{"id":961,"date":"2023-07-25T22:17:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-25T19:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/?p=961"},"modified":"2024-11-29T18:25:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:25:41","slug":"the-middle-of-nowhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chioshiking.gr\/en\/the-middle-of-nowhere\/","title":{"rendered":"To whom does “The middle of nowhere” belong?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\u03a4<\/span>ragovouno, Perdikovouno, Maradovouno… To whom do the Babakies belong? Does Kellia belong to Anavatos or to Pitios? How far do the boundaries of Vrontathos extend? Observing satellite images of Chios, one can see a large, land-based area with numerous old agricultural constructions in the western part of the mountainous mass we have come to call ‘Aepos Plateau.’ It is kilometers away from the nearest settlements and perhaps that is why it is an unknown place for most people from Chios today. In local media, it is often referred to as the ‘middle of nowhere,’ when the area comes into the spotlight, usually after a proposal for the placement of an unwanted structure.<\/p>\n

This area has been the ‘apple of discord’ for neighboring communities and farmers for centuries, whether they wanted to sow or graze their herds there. Although it does not correspond to the current reality and doesn’t align with the official boundaries between the Municipal Units of Kardamila and Omiropoli, some believe that the long stone wall in Babakies is the one that separates Pitios’ from Anavatos’ ‘territory’. ‘Pitios is northern and Anavatos is southern,’ said Yianis Bachas, may he rest in peace, a shepherd from Vrontathos of the Egissa area, to Giorgos Chalatsis twenty years ago. ‘They have opened heads here,’ he added, while Nikos K. Frangos, from Pitios, told us that ‘if they did not observe the borders, there were fights,’ which sometimes escalated into a ‘terrible stone war.’<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>

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\u03a4<\/span>ragovouno, Perdikovouno, Maradovouno… To whom do the Babakies belong? Does Kellia belong to Anavatos or to Pitios? How far do the boundaries of Vrontathos extend? Observing satellite images of Chios, one can see a large, land-based area with numerous old agricultural constructions in the western part of the mountainous mass we have come to call ‘Aepos Plateau.’ It is kilometers away from the nearest settlements and perhaps that is why it is an unknown place for most people from Chios today. In local media, it is often referred to as the ‘middle of nowhere,’ when the area comes into the spotlight, usually after a proposal for the placement of an unwanted structure.<\/p>\n

This area has been the ‘apple of discord’ for neighboring communities and farmers for centuries, whether they wanted to sow or graze their herds there. Although it does not correspond to the current reality and doesn’t align with the official boundaries between the Municipal Units of Kardamila and Omiropoli, some believe that the long stone wall in Babakies is the one that separates Pitios’ from Anavatos’ ‘territory’. ‘Pitios is northern and Anavatos is southern,’ said Yianis Bachas, may he rest in peace, a shepherd from Vrontathos of the Egissa area, to Giorgos Chalatsis twenty years ago. ‘They have opened heads here,’ he added, while Nikos K. Frangos, from Pitios, told us that ‘if they did not observe the borders, there were fights,’ which sometimes escalated into a ‘terrible stone war.’<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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