Tinos Island, Cyclades, church of Panagia, marbles of Tinos, Louza making s1e10

Tinos is famous amongst Greeks for the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, and like many I myself, believed that Tinos was mainly a religious destination.
But this year I found out that there is much more than this. 50 active villages, about 1000 artistic dovecotes, and 80 or so windmills. On Tinos, both Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic populations co-exist, and the island is also well known for its mineral resources that include marble, Verde antico, asbestos and a granite mine, famous sculptors and painters, such as Nikolaos Gysis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras.
The hills are all terraced with stone walls and every village is connected to its nearest neighbors by stone walkways set between a parallel set of stone walls. Beautiful beaches, superb accommodation, good food, and a population of about 8,600 inhabitants that is ready to welcome you, makes this island a great destination for families and young people
In this part one episode of Tinos, we take a visit to the Church of Panagia, The Holy Mother Mary, Nikoleta Foskolou cooks for us 2 amazing recipes in her traditional kitchen at her orchard, “To Perivoli tis Nikoletas” we tale a drive to visit some of the Dovecotes of Tinos, Yiannis Kritikos will show us the making of the traditional Louza of Tinos.
And professor Alekos Florakis will answer to my question… why so many marble artists came out of Tinos?
My thanks and gratitude go to:
Nafsika Kouzeli for her help, suggestions and friendship mrandmrswhitetinos.com/en/
Nikoleta and Matfeo Foskolou for their hospitality and amazing cooking @nikoleta_foskolou
Yianni Kritiko for his demonstration on the making of Louza www.ikritikos.com
Professor Aleko Florakis for his time, interview and incredible information he gave us (find all his books here: www.skroutz.gr/a/42015/alekos... )
To many more friends that made my visit to Tinos beautiful, and I will introduce them to you in part 2.
Recipes for:
Stuffed Zucchini shoes: thegreekchef.us/blog/kolokith...
Potato Pie: thegreekchef.us/blog/patatopi...
Video, drone takes, production, editing: Tony Kavalieros with Filmora9
Assist: Takis Haralambidis
Map animation: Google Earth Pro
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Music from:
www.fesliyanstudios.com/ under license
TH-cam music library