![]() You will be amazed at the number of churches, and will no doubt spend a little time at the 16th-century Church of Aghios Ioannis Prodromos, dedicated to the patron saint of the village. As you pass beneath arch after arch, you will be struck by the blazes of color from the well-tended courtyards full of geraniums, bougainvilleas and basil plants you will encounter countless cats that will rub against your legs purring you will hear the twittering of birds, the roll of dice on backgammon boards, and the voices of children playing in the car-free streets. You enter the village of Prodromos through a gateway. Lefkes, Prodromos and Marpissa are among the most beautiful villages in the Aegean, places where – even in August – time seems to be measured differently. This has helped preserve their authenticity and the appearance they have maintained since the 15th century, when they were built with defense in mind, out of fear of pirates. But the fact that the interiors of these medieval settlements are not visible from the road has left them relatively untouched by the tourism that has reshaped the rest of Paros. The main road that ascends from the main towns of Parikia and Naoussa and leads to the east coast passes close to the outskirts of these villages. Unless you visit these villages for yourself, it is difficult to believe that all these people live on cosmopolitan and heavily-touristed Paros. A short distance away the artist Angelika is busy painting in her studio, while in the village of Prodromos the local priest Father Yiannis, dressed in his cassock, is playing soccer with some kids. ![]() In the village of Lefkes, Apostolis Pantelaios and Yannis Kontaratos toss wooden balls as they play an ancient Greek game similar to bowls and which survives in only very few places.
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