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Four days
earlier the fire in Peloponnesus, I was with my whole family in my
mother's homestead. Today nothing has remained but ashes. A total
disaster! The house was over hundred years old and has survived from two
world wars. It survived also from the earthquake in 1965, where almost
the whole village of Tripotamos was ruined. The fire though, was enough
to destroy it completely, since the unorganized Greek state couldn't
protect a small part of Greece's history.
From my side, the least I can do is to maintain the memory of this house
where I spent my childhood and my youth. No amends can replace it's
emotional value. The total destruction of the house is a great loss for
my family.
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13/07/2007 |
27/08/2007 |
Watch some videos as a proof of the total destruction:
Outside area
Inside area
In August of 2007 70 people lost their lives from
the fires in Peloponnesus and in Evia. Beyond the human losses,
thousand of acres of forest were burned and many houses were
destroyed. Among them, was my mother’s homestead in Tripotamos of
Arcadia (the village is 10 Km away from Megalopoli).The house was a
historical one over 100 years old. It survived from two world wars,
the Germans turned it out in to a hospital, the royal service used
it as a general office for the reconstruction of the region and it
also was one of the few houses which survived the major earthquake
that destroyed the village thoroughly. Unfortunately this summer the
house didn’t make it, since there were neither ladder trucks nor
firemen to defend the village from the flames. Tripotamos belongs to
the municipality of Megalopoli, which is responsible for the village
destruction, since it didn’t send the fire brigade to none of the
villages that belong to it. The municipality of Megalopoli was only
interested in saving the town itself and nothing else did matter for
the local authorities. The municipality collects of course each time
the taxes but without protecting its villages when it is needed. But
what more to expect from a municipality which doesn’t even care for
its ancient theatre and has turned out Alfeios River to a drainage ?
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For the history only, my house will not be
rebuilt and every historical heirloom was turned into ashes. |
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