COESIMA
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Europa Nostra Award 2012
GREECE, Chora, Patmos Conservation WINDMILLS OF THE MONASTERY OF ST JOHN THE THEOLOGIAN 2012 "Who could resist a sense of exhilaration at the sight of these windmills, in a row, on top of the island, fully restored and spinning against the sky? The jury was asked to consider several different mills from across Europe for this year’s awards and comparisons were therefore inevitable. Among the windmills, the jury agreed that this group in Patmos was outstanding in the detail and completeness of its restoration, and the imaginative uses to which each was to be put for future production or education. As a group, the three form an integral part of the island landscape’s aesthetic as well as contributing to its economy as an important and original example of proto-industrial heritage." Patmos is one of Europe's most important historical and religious pilgrimage sites. The Monastery's three windmills sit atop a hill in the UNESCO world heritage town of Chora. Two were buil...
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