Epitropoulos Brothers house with tsardaki (chardak)
Ayios Germanos, Greece
Ayios Germanos is a village in the Prespes region of northwestern Greece that includes portions of the Prespa Lakes. The area has been settled since the 10th century CE and a number of small settlements still contain traditional dwellings that are typical in northern Greece and nearby Macedonia and Albania. Most of the dwellings in the village have foundations that date from the 18th and 19th centuries. The typical dwelling has stone foundations with adobe brick above grade, a timber porch (tsardaki), and a timber roof structure and clay tile roof.
(photo 2004)
