EΝtopia Project

Europa Nostra Vice President

Costa Carras

Franciacorta,

Umbria

Port Carlisle, England

A programme for landscapes and

villages

Sikinos Island, Greece

Sikinos Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-

Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

ENtopia Project-Structure

Without a local municipality's active participation it is impossible to achieve the project’s objectives

International Organization: Europa Nostra

Project Director: Prof. Philip Geoghegan

National Member Associations oversee the ENtopia project in each

country

What is the ENtopia Project?

Objective: Establish a pan-European Network of traditional settlements

contain a population of under 15.000 people

Different localities that may join the network (whether small parts of towns, cities, islands or sites) should:

maintain -as far as possible- authentic natural and architectural characteristics

maintain their customs and traditions, including traditional production

support local government committed to sustainable development of the locality with respect for its cultural heritage

Any locality that joins the network will be reassed after 3 years in the light of development over that period

ENtopia Project Objectives

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Cantabria, Spain

Shipca, Albania

Belo Planto, Serbia

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Trying to preserve the scarce but precious soil, local residents have built kserolithies (= dry stone walls) along the bare mountain.

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Sikinos Island,

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The village square is surrounded by old mansions, which have been restored. These mansions are all two storeys high and built tightly next to each other in order to form a wall.

"What human beings need is

not utopia ('no place'), but

Entopia ('in place') ... a place

which satisfies the dreamer

and is acceptable to the

scientist, a place where the

projections of the artist and

the Builder merge”.

C. Doxiadis ‘Ekistics’, 1968

Spanish Coastline

The ENtopia project is the newest program of Europa Nostra

Pilot period 2012- to the end of 2014

Official launch: Conference in Chios March 2014

Online platform available from March 2015

February 2015: opening date for nominations

Until today

A programme for landscapes and

villages

The Mastichohoria of Chios, Greece

Chios Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-

Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

Mastic is a product cultivated on the island from the aromatic resin, which is extracted from the shrub pistacia lentiscus that thrives on Chios’ southern hills aand is beneficial to human health. Last year mastic was added by UNESCO to the list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Chios is famous for its mild climate, its history, its dominant position in the world shipping industry and its monuments. It is known worldwide

also for producing mastic.

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These settlements were established during Genoese rule (1346-1566), and until today the villages’ existence is inextricably bound up with the valuable

crystal “tear” shed by mastic trees that grow only here and only in the southern part of the island.

photos: Ivan Rous, 2012 (left), www.bergwerkpunk.com; Lorin Niculae, 2006, 2008 (right)

Roşia Montană, Romania

photos: Daniel Vrăbioiu (up left), Călin Caproş (up right), Radu Sălcudean (down), 2012 www.rosiamontanainimagini.ro

Roşia Montană, Romania

Roşia Montană, Romania

Skyros Island, Greece

A programme for landscapes and

villages

Skyros Island, Greece

Skyros Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-

Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

Rare endemic plants such as Aethionema retsina, Campanula merxmuelleri, Centaurea rechingeri, Scorzonera scyria, Aubrieta scyria, Galanthus ikariae grow in inaccessible rocky

places, mainly in the southern partof the island.

On the steep cliffs of Mount Kochylas and the nearby islets, are nests of Falcon (Falco eleonorae), a migratory falcon that is a globally threatened species. Greece is considered as the most important country for its survival since hosts 85% of the world population of the species. Skyros has the largest colony of Falco Eleonorae worldwide with more than 1,000

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•Southern Skyros has been for centuries the natural habitat of the indigenous breed of Skyros horses (Equus cabalus skyriano), unique in the world today, considered to be under threat of extinction by the European Union.

•These horses play a significant role in the rural heritage of the island, since in the past they were used by locals for farming, especially during the summer months

A programme for landscapes and

villages

Amorgos Island, Greece

Amorgos Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA-

Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

“Krokellos”, is the highest point (821 m) dominating the north-west. The area from Langada village to the island’s northern tip is a protected area, part of the Natura 2000 network.

Chora, the Saracen island and the area of Ormos Kalogrias, Atsitsa and a neighbouring pine forest have been designated as Landscapes of Outstanding Natural Beauty according to Greek

legislation.

The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, founded in 1017 by monks fleeing persecution in Palestine, is one of the older in the Aegean. Refounded in 1088 it hangs on a cliffside 300 metres above the sea. Its annual feast is

on 21 November, celebrating the entry of the Mother of God into the Temple.

Chora, the Saracen island and the area of Ormos Kalogrias, Atsitsa and a neighbouring pine forest have been designated as Landscapes of Outstanding Natural Beauty according to Greek

legislation.

Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa, Amorgos

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