In western Macedonia, a few kilometers from the city of Kastoria, are the so-called “Korestia” or “brick villages”, which were built of red soil, water and straw and which were built by local builders in the first half of last century.
According to Travel Inspiration, Gavros, which takes its name from the homonymous tree of the forests of Sarakina, is one of these villages and is located west of the national road Kastoria – Prespa.
The oldest name of the village was Gavresi.
Most of its inhabitants migrated to Australia and Canada during the Civil War, while those who remained were forced to leave and relocate to the newly established village of Korestia. From Gavros starts the river Ladopotamos which ends in Aliakmonas, giving wonderful images in its passage.
The “trunk” of abandonment unfolds before the eyes of the visitor, through the half-ruined “red houses”, which, as eyewitnesses of a bygone era, have a lot to tell you. In fact, the faded colors of the houses have inspired great names of directors of Greek and foreign cinema and its images have become known to the general public through it.
“Deep Soul” by Pantelis Voulgaris, “The meteoric step of the stork” by Theodoros Angelopoulos and the play “James Bodia for your eyes only”, are some of the films that host images of the place, such as the historical film ” Pavlos Melas “by Filippos Fylaktos, which was even considered an overproduction,” cutting “in its first screening 433,000 tickets in Athens and Piraeus alone, and presents the life of this powerful man who lost his life in these places.
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