Ανω Καστανιά

Urban section

This section shows the retaining walls that were built to create the roads and houses. The topography of the village can also be seen, this topography is a really important point of the village since it’s the reason for the typologies of the houses. The ruins are an integral part of the village, in the middle of the inhabited houses. The relationship between public and private space is also visible: some houses have their main access on the ground floor, which looks out onto the lower road, and others have a second access via a staircase from the road on the first floor, a few meters below the road.

We can also see the important place given to vegetation in the settlement. There are many fruit trees, which provide shade for the houses and outdoor areas.