Longo (Longos)
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Lo que dice el Arxiduc:
“The path climbs slowly down the hill with the two mills and then turns towards Longo passing by Anemoyanis’ pretty house. The view from the balcony is spectacular, overlooking the nearby point with the two mills and the port, Corfu’s nearly invisible point, but a clear panorama of Albania’s coast. Abundant and large mastics grow between the road and the sea, the house’s boat hidden under a roof. A second new house is found next door, with well cared for terraces and a grove of orange and lemon trees, with medlars and fig trees on the slope in back.
Longo Port, whose name must come from longo which means forest, is formed by Cucuzza and Lovrechio points. It features a dock with a small staircase in front of the sanidad [=?] and not very deep water. This is why only coastal boats can enter. It is especially shallow in the corner formed by the two jetties. There are approximately thirty houses. Some are pretty and pained white, with cornices, in a plaza with a raised part and paved in front. In front of the latter is the church.
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A sloped and paved path starts from behind Agios Nikolaos towards Agia Analifsi, while another takes steep curves and some steps up to an old mill. On top is a windmill with iron poles in the wings. It doesn’t currently work. To the side is a lime oven. The view of the southern strait is beautiful, with Longo basis and, on the other side, along the path is the round point in the middle and the lost reefs of Sto Lithari. The views of the faraway coast are impressive.”
Datos proyecto Nixe III:
In Loggos we find another place that has preserved all its old charm. Standing out is a factory built at the start of the 20th century which wasn’t built when the Archduke was here. Curiously, it is now completely abandoned. They used to make oil, soap and other products at the factory. It belonged to an Englishman, and Town Hall tried to buy it to create a cultural center until relenting due to opposition from the neighbors.
We climbed up to one of the two windmills in Longo. When we got there we realized that it was precisely the one the Archduke had drawn, in other words, the wrong one. But, every cloud has its silver lining, and now we could see the windmill the Archduke visited and drew from. The view from here of Loggos is now slightly to the east.
The views from the mill of both Corfu and Loggos as well as the southern coast of Paxos are impressive.
As indicated, the port at Loggos maintains all its charm. We first see the set of houses on the southern side of the port. Just behind them and the small breakwater is Anemoyanis’ house. At the time of our visit to Loggos (May 2013), the house was being restored.
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