{"id":1890,"date":"2026-10-28T15:46:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/?p=1890"},"modified":"2026-10-28T15:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T12:47:26","slug":"dry-stone-wall-workshop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/dry-stone-wall-workshop\/","title":{"rendered":"Dry Stone Wall Workshop \u201cStone by Stone\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid shape_divider_top-none shape_divider_bottom-none\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-8 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"trx_addons_dropcap trx_addons_dropcap_style_2\">\u03a4<\/span> <big>he terrace is one of the most distinctive features of the Mediterranean landscape, the result of generations of hard work and a craft that is slowly disappearing. The best way to appreciate the importance of dry stone walling is to try building a few metres yourself!<br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><big>With these thoughts in mind, more than 40 people were introduced to the art of dry stone wall restoration by taking part in workshops held over three consecutive weekends in October along the Egrigoros\u2013Agiasmata trail.<\/big><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><big>The workshops were led by master stonemasons Valantis Bo\u00efs and Hippocrates Kostoglou, resulting in the restoration of 50 m\u00b2 of dry stone walls along sections of the trail above Agia Kyriaki, as well as at Agios Ioannis Prodromos. The work began with clearing the rubble and sorting the stones, followed by carefully putting them back in place. 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More than 70 of us stopped at the restored dry stone walls to discuss the importance of preserving this ancestral craft, which is also a living part of the area&#8217;s history.<\/big><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><big>The workshops were organised by the Thermai Agiasmaton Social Cooperative Enterprise, the Astifides group, and Chios Hiking, helping support local businesses in the Amani region and increase visitor numbers to the Agiasmata thermal baths.<br \/>\n<\/big><\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-2 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid shape_divider_top-none shape_divider_bottom-none\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12 sc_layouts_column_icons_position_left\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><div class=\"vc_empty_space  hide_on_notebook hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\"   style=\"height: 3em\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  hide_on_desktop hide_on_tablet hide_on_mobile\"   style=\"height: 2em\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><div class=\"vc_empty_space  hide_on_desktop hide_on_notebook\"   style=\"height: 1em\"><span class=\"vc_empty_space_inner\"><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More than 40 people were introduced to the art of dry stone wall restoration by taking part in workshops held over three consecutive weekends in October along the Egrigoros\u2013Agiasmata trail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":990004,"featured_media":1885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[51,53,52,54],"class_list":["post-1890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-agiasmata","tag-astifides","tag-dry-stone","tag-thermae-agiasmata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/990004"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1890"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1894,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1890\/revisions\/1894"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}