3D reconstruction of Olympoi, Chios, Greece

Olympoi Village lies in a small, treeless valley far from the sea. It is a medieval village of the 14th century and has been declared a listed monument. The village maintains the form of the medieval "castle-village" quite well, enclosed by the exterior walls of the houses, which joined together. Those residences had no doors or windows, so as to deter their owners from seeing the outside of the village. The stone-paved streets of the village are narrow and lead to the main square. The functional character of the houses supports the village's defense against pirate raids. The church of St. Paraskevi with its wood-carved iconostasis and the Trapeza of Olympoi, a two-storey building with long hallways preserved in a good condition since the Middle Ages, are of noteworthy interest. Just outside the village, near the beach of St. Dinami with the homonymous church, there is a cavern with remarkable natural decoration of stalactites. It was first visited in 2000.

The Mingei project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement No 822336.