Simou traditional building
Former seat of the Municipality of Pylini
Simou, always one of the main villages of Nafpaktia (former seat of the Municipality of Pylini), is located on the southwestern foothills of Mount Kalpaki. It is considered the pre-eminent craftsman village of Nafpaktia and is distinguished for the architecture of its houses.
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Simou, always one of the main villages of Nafpaktia (former seat of the Municipality of Pylini), is located on the southwestern foothills of Mount Kalpaki. It is considered the pre-eminent craftsman village of Nafpaktia and is distinguished for the architecture of its houses. In the center of the village dominates the traditional three-storey stone building where the City Hall was housed and today is being reconstructed to create a traditional guest house. It was built in 1900, by the local merchant Theodoros Z. Malamis, for residential and commercial use. It has been designated as a listed building and impresses with the harmonious structure of its bulk, the stone and the “openings”.
In Simou you will find beautiful stone houses, with well-carved stones and elaborated cornerstones, elegant windowsills and – in some cases – ornate iron balconies. A typical building is the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin (1869), where there was also a Primary School (1899-1908). The famous craftsmen from Epirus worked for its construction. However, Simou was known in the wider area for its local masonry.
It is worth visiting the stone-built Vrisi Liontari (Lion Fountain), which you will meet as you leave the village, and, in a short distance from there, the Trani Vrisi, beautifully landscaped by the forest office, stone-built with a small stone bridge. At a short distance is the watermill of Giannias Boule.
Simou is 33 km away from Nafpaktos, 505 km from Thessaloniki and 239 km from Athens.
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