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1 EΝtopia Project Costa Carras Europa Nostra Vice President

2 Franciacorta, Umbria

3 Port Carlisle, England

4 Sikinos Island, Greece A programme for landscapes and villages Sikinos Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA- Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

ENtopia Project-Structure International Organization: Europa Nostra National Member Associations oversee the ENtopia project in each country

5 ENtopia Project-Structure International Organization: Europa Nostra National Member Associations oversee the ENtopia project in each country Project Director: Prof. Philip Geoghegan Without a local municipality's active participation it is impossible to achieve the project s objectives

6 ENtopia Project Objectives What is the ENtopia Project? Objective: Establish a pan-european Network of traditional settlements 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 contain a population of under people Any locality that joins the network will be reassed after 3 years in the light of development over that period

7 Inis Oirr, Ireland

8 ❶ Landscape: The Northern hills and lakes Westmeath, Ireland

9 Cantabria, Spain

10 Shipca, Albania

11 Belo Planto, Serbia

12 Sikinos Island, Greece

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

14 Sikinos Island, Greece

15 ❶ Surrounding Landscape Sikinos Island, Greece

16 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.

17 "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

18 Spanish Coastline

Until today The ENtopia project is the newest program of Europa Nostra Pilot period 2012- to the end of 2014 Official

19 Until today The ENtopia project is the newest program of Europa Nostra Pilot period to the end of 2014 Official launch: Conference in Chios March 2014 Online platform available from March 2015 February 2015: opening date for nominations

20 The Mastichohoria of Chios, Greece A programme for landscapes and villages 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

21 ❶ Landscape: History>Mastic and Chios 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. 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.

❶ Landscape: History>Mastic and Chios These settlements were established during Genoese rule (1346-1566), and until today the villages

22 ❶ Landscape: History>Mastic and Chios These settlements were established during Genoese rule ( ), 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.

23 photos: Ivan Rous, 2012 (left), Lorin Niculae, 2006, 2008 (right) Roşia Montană, Romania

24 photos: Daniel Vrăbioiu (up left), Călin Caproş (up right), Radu Sălcudean (down), Roşia Montană, Romania

25 Roşia Montană, Romania

26 Skyros Island, Greece

27 Skyros Island, Greece A programme for landscapes and villages Skyros Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA- Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

28 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.

29 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 couples.

❷ Quality of Place: Skyros 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

30 ❷ Quality of Place: Skyros 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

31 Amorgos Island, Greece A programme for landscapes and villages Amorgos Municipality and ELLINIKI ETAIRIA- Society for the Environment and Cultural Heritage

32 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.

The Chora, Monastery the Saracen of Panagia island Hozoviotissa, and the founded area of in Ormos 1017 by Kalogrias, monks fleeing Atsitsa persecution and a neighbouring in Palestine, is one pine of

33 The Chora, Monastery the Saracen of Panagia island Hozoviotissa, and the founded area of in Ormos 1017 by Kalogrias, monks fleeing Atsitsa persecution and a neighbouring in Palestine, is one pine of forest the older have in the been Aegean. designated Refounded as in Landscapes 1088 it hangs of on Outstanding a cliffside 300 Natural metres above Beauty the according sea. Its annual to feast Greek is on 21 November, celebrating the entry of the Mother of God into legislation. the Temple.

34 Chora, the Saracen island and the area of Ormos Kalogrias, Atsitsa and a neighbouring pine forest have been designated as Landscapes of Outstanding Monastery Natural of Beauty Panagia according Hozoviotissa, to Greek legislation. Amorgos

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Athens, EΝtopia Project. Costa Carras Europa Nostra Vice President

Athens, EΝtopia Project. Costa Carras Europa Nostra Vice President Athens, 2014 EΝtopia Project Costa Carras Europa Nostra Vice President European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage-Europa Nostra Awards Categories: CONSERVATION Outstanding achievements in the conservation,