Chora Wells

This well, along with a second a few meters behind, served the needs for water of the inhabitants of Chora for centuries. This site thus got the name Pigadia (wells).

“Nerokouvalitades” (water bearers) filled water from the fountain (under the well), and transported it to the houses during the dry summer period, when the cisterns of the houses were becoming empty.

The lavoir was filled with female voices when the women of Chora were washing their thick clothes and fabrics. Apart from the troughs, the lavoir’s wall had an opening, made of “porolithos” (a type of travertine stone), which allowed to pour water with the bucket from the well, as well as a fireplace to heat water in a laundry caldron.

In the early 1950s, locals pioneered and set up the first organized water supply of Chora. The wells increased in size. The water was pumped and transported through pipelines to tanks. From there, the water was distributed to the neighborhoods, which were supplied with public faucets.