Viniani Evritania is a village very close to the village where my father, his parents and their parents grew up. It is a place with a long history that tends to disappear. Old, as they are now called, Viniani was abandoned after the devastating earthquake of 1966, after which the village was characterized as inhabited and transported. In this way Nea Viniani was built where the remaining residents of the village were transferred. Many migrated to other parts of Greece or abroad and few decided to stay behind. Old Viniani is currently inhabited by three permanent residents, Voula, Lenitsa and Kosta's brother. Some of the abandoned houses have been purchased and maintained. The example of the painter Christos Bokoros is typical. Unfortunately, however, most of the village is in decline, at the mercy of time.

This abandonment of such a place created a curiosity and a desire to learn more about the village and the people who decided to stay behind.

The present research topic is an anthropological as well as a folklore study of Viniani Evritania. Visiting this place, I took a series of tours, getting to know and talking with the last inhabitants of the village but also people who are still visiting that remote place. Through this acquaintance with the place and the people I have tried to understand its architecture and its course through time. As Walter Benjamin points out, the most important art, in his opinion, is that of architecture, because he is not only seen but experienced too.