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07/09/03

The Feast of Vintage 2003 - Agricultural Museum (Bonis' windmill)

Sunday, 7 September 2003

sponsored by the municipality of Mykonos

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The threshing floor

The country oven - Musicians with ancient musical instruments (bag-pipe & drum named "sambouna" & "toubaki") - Musicians, the next generation...

The Agricultural Museum is situated at Ano Mili (Up Windmills) in the town of Mykonos. It is a branch of the Folklore Museum and hosts installations for the processing agricultural products on the island before industrialization. The large "Bonis" -after the captain- windmill, which dates since 16th century is a listed building, a traditional threshing-floor and a village style oven, the wine-press, a water wheel, a stone water tank, dovecote, pigsty, the miller's house and two little twin churches. There is also a collection of old agricultural tools and machinery. The museum is open from June till 30th September, between 16:00-20:00 daily. Telephone : (+30) 22890 22591-22748. No admission charge.

Polykandrioti's windmill

35 years ago...

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Many thanks to mr. Leonidas Harakopoulos ( e-mail: leochas@otenet.gr ) for letting us publish the windmill's pictures.

( The copyright of the pictures exclusively belong to mr. Harakopoulos and any unauthorized copying or reproducing in any way is prohibited )