A celebration, a remembered street, a photograph someone has kept: small records open a more personal view of Kalamoti. Explore the accounts shared in public Facebook posts and read who published them and when. Where an embedded view is available, open the original here and return to the guide at the same point.
Kalamoti today · village photograph, not an archival image from the posts.KALAMOTI MEMORIES 01 — 05
PHOTOGRAPHY · EVERYDAY LIFE · SHARED MEMORY2024 — 2026
On the paths to the village feast.
Michail Kanarios shares an old photograph of the feasts at Kalamoti’s rural chapels. In his related Masticnews account, he recalls preparing the churches, bread for worshippers and early journeys by donkey and horse. The feast was also an occasion for villagers to come together.
Source: Μιχαήλ Κανάριος · Facebook Public post · Michail Kanarios
A WINDOW INTO THE ORIGINAL ALBUM
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In “Allotines epoches” — bygone times — Stamatis Kamarias returns to photographs he took while walking through the village with his camera. His post of 15 February 2024 introduces the series and invites others to share their own images.
A post from the 2024 festive season records a visit by the Municipality of Chios Philharmonic to decorated Kalamoti for New Year carols. Stamatis Kamarias shares photographs and video of this winter moment in village life.
Writing about a March 2025 visit to Agia Paraskevi’s ecclesiastical collection, Stamatis Kamarias recalls its creation in 1997. According to his account, the family of Ioannis and Mary Dimitrakis funded the room and furnishings in memory of teacher Christos Dimitrakis.
In his 1 September 2025 post, Georgios Damalas recalls the Chios Music Festival’s walking performance in Kalamoti on 28 and 30 July 2025. Audiences moved between musical stops through the medieval settlement. His public post includes photographs and a 19-minute video, connecting the architecture with a recent shared experience.
Source: Γεώργιος Δαμαλάς · Facebook Public post · Georgios Damalas
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These short editorial summaries link to public posts reviewed on 2–3 November 2026. Photographs remain on Facebook with their original publishers. Where Facebook offers embedding, you can load the original post here; otherwise follow the photo link. No image files are copied into this guide. Links open in a new tab and Facebook may ask you to sign in. Publication dates are not necessarily the dates when photographs were taken.
Twenty-four archive photographs connect the architecture with the work and celebrations of village life. Explore the xato, carved openings, household crafts and school photographs from 1955–1965.
A photograph, a drawing and a personal recollection preserve different kinds of evidence. Keep the maker, date and setting alongside the image; a remembered village is made of many viewpoints.
The historical connection
This drawing of Agia Marina’s sanctuary in Kalamoti is catalogued on Wikimedia Commons as a Dimitris Pikionis illustration from The Architecture of Chios (1930). Its careful recording of openings and curves offers another way into village architecture. It documents a historical view, not the building’s present condition or visitor access.
