{"id":3150,"date":"2025-09-05T12:03:23","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T12:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/?post_type=story&#038;p=3150"},"modified":"2026-01-04T13:33:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T13:33:41","slug":"to-xerolithiko-topio-tis-tinou-ena-zontano-mnimeio","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/to-xerolithiko-topio-tis-tinou-ena-zontano-mnimeio\/","title":{"rendered":"The dry-stone landscape of Tinos, a living monument"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"1\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\toneImg\n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-1536x1152.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-1536x1152.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-2048x1536.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:50%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-2048x1536.jpg\" alt=\"The dry-stone landscape of Tinos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6345-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-prev swiper-button-prev\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-right-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>Dry-stone walls &#8211; the art of masonry without using any binding material &#8211; frame the painstaking labor of the island\u2019s inhabitants, shaping terraces, shelters, dovecotes, mills, irrigation systems, and paths that once linked all the villages together.<\/p>\n<p>The year 2018 was a milestone for the island, when UNESCO recognized the art of dry-stone walling as an element of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, worthy of acknowledgment, promotion and protection. The Tinian landscape features an extensive network of access routes to settlements, estates and countless agricultural structures, none of which exist in isolation. The dovecotes, the roads leading to them, and the terraces on which they stand are all integral parts of one indivisible whole.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section EmphasisText  \">\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>The dry-stone landscape was a vast infrastructure project that allowed the locals to live and survive, holding back the sloping terrain by using the natural materials they found around them.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  \">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>This dry-stone landscape was a vast infrastructure project that enabled the locals to live and survive, holding back the sloping ground by using only the natural materials found around them. Completed over the course of many centuries, this remarkable achievement now forms the backdrop of contemporary life and the canvas upon which both residents and visitors are called to act.<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section galleryBlock \">\n\n\t\n\n\t\n\t\t\t\n<div class=\"CarouselDiv\">\n\t<div data-view=\"2\" class=\"Carousel \n\t\tImageGrid ImageGallery--slideshow \n\t\t\t two-items \n\t\t\t \n\t\t\t\tswiper-container \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t half\"  data-type=\"half\">\n\n\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__wrapper swiper-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6362-1536x1152.jpg\" 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(min-width: 768px) 768px, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-1536x1152.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-1536x1152.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-2048x1536.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The dry-stone landscape of Tinos\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6348-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1081px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" 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https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6361-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1081px) 1024px, (min-width: 768px) 768px, 100vw\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__slide swiper-slide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"ImageGalleryItem \" style=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"ImageGalleryItemCarousel \">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"ImageGalleryItem__image\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6360-1536x1221.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6360-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6360-1536x1221.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6360-2048x1629.jpg 1536w\" data-sizes=\"(min-width: 1024px) 100vw, 100vw\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" 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\n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-left-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-left-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"divider arrows\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"Carousel__nav-next swiper-button-next\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<button  class=\"Button \n\t\t\t  \t\t\t   Button--icon-only\t\t\t   Button--secondary--alt \t\t\t  \"   >\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"Button__icon  Button__icon--right \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<svg class=\"SvgIcon  \" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"presentation\" shape-rendering=\"geometricPrecision\"  style=\"--svg-size: 24px\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<use class=\"icon-arrow-right-icon\" href=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hh\/public\/images\/icons.svg#icon-arrow-right-icon\"><\/use>\n\t<\/svg>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section ContentText TitleCenter  withDivider\">\n\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"rich-text\">\n\t\t<p>Not every visitor may know its history, yet few remain unmoved by the energy the landscape exudes &#8211; an energy infused with the hundreds of thousands of hours of labor spent by the islanders in sculpting their land. But what does it mean for the island\u2019s future that we have inherited a handmade &#8211; and therefore fragile &#8211; landscape, without inheriting the very skills that created it?<\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"section listBlock   \">\n\t<div class=\"block-heading d-flex\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"heading-title\">See also<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\t<div class=\"row list three-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/i-kalathoplektiki-sti-volax\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The art of basket weaving in Volax<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2.jpg\" alt=\"The art of basket weaving in Volax\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-300x192.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1024x655.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-768x492.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-1536x983.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1-2-2048x1311.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 768px) 100vw, 100vw\">\n            <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"CardBody   \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"CardTitle__title \" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe art of basket weaving in Volax\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"CardBody__description \">Volax, the Tinian village with the unusual name and the mysterious lunar landscape that has led to endless speculations about fallen meteorites, was once one of the most important basket-weaving centers in Greece.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-12  col-md-4 card-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n<div class=\"Card    \"  \n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/masticha-to-dentro-pou-pligoname\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Mastic: Nature\u2019s tears<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_.jpeg\" alt=\"The mastic tree\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-300x192.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1_-1024x655.jpeg 1024w, 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\n   >\n  \n\t\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/en\/story\/o-ellinas-karagkiozis\/\" class=\"cardMainLink\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"CardTitle__title\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>The Greek Karagiozis<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\n\t      <div class=\"Card__image\">\n                          \n<div style=\"--ratio:75%\" class=\" AspectRatioBox \">                 <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MNEP_12-crop-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Shadow theatre puppets at the Museum of Modern Greek Culture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MNEP_12-crop-1-300x141.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MNEP_12-crop-1-1024x481.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MNEP_12-crop-1-768x360.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.hh.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/MNEP_12-crop-1-1536x721.jpg 1536w, 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