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As
each Pelion's mountain village has its bay, Damouchari is part
of Mouresi, which is situated higher on the mountain. Being
the only natural port on Eastern Pelion, Damouchari has always
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It
was established by Venezian sailors, when the ships of Venice
had conquered the Mediterranean. They built a castle in Damouchari
as protection against the pirates and as a station of supplies
and rest during their long trips. Even the name of Damouchari
derives from them. They say that the Venezians, coming here,
were in a hurry to reach the castle and avoid the pirates and
they were praying to the Virgin to save them ("dammi chari"). |
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In
the beginning of the 20th century, Apostolos Vainopoulos, captain
in the commercial navy of England and rich enough, returns to
his birth-place and decides to organise the commerce and the
transportation of goods on Eastern Pelion. At that time there
was no road connecting Volos and Tsagarada or the rest of the
villages. Consequently, the provision of food and medicine products
was being held through Damouchari's port, where |
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customs
and big stores were operating.
Meanwhile
Apostolos Vainopoulos gets married to a greek-romanian lady,
Kleopatra Miramare, and he brings her from the cosmopolitan
(at that time) Bukurest to isolated Damouchari. Here Kleopatra
Miramare feels captured and suffers from depression. At the
end, she dies on the birth of her first child. Afterwards
Apostolos marries the baby sitter of the child (which
dies, also, three
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years old), Victoria, a poor girl from Mouresi. With her he
has two children and then he dies on a fire in his house.
So, Victoria remains alone with a really big fortune, that
wastes and sells to live. Later she marries a man twenty years
younger than her and together they have many children.
Today Damouchari, being inhabited by the descendants of the
family, is a picturesque summer resort and a refuge for many
fishermen. During the summer you can find three tavernas,
"Victoria's" mini market, two cafe-bars and of course
"Victoria" the hostel and the traditional hotel
"Ghermaniko".
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