The Main House is called the Old Bakery, or Palaios Fournos in Greek.  We bought the house in 2005, and when we first saw it, it had been empty, for four years.  The previous owners were an elderly couple of bakers, and when the wife passed away, the husband locked the doors and moved to an island.   Here is a picture we found in the house, showing the bakery in action.

The house was divided into upstairs which was a café, and downstairs which was a huge, (3 meters wide), bread oven, with just enough space to slide down each side.  The building was like the Marie Celeste.  There were still bread trays laid out for bread.  There was a chalk sign on the wall, “Bread 70 drachmas”, about 12 cents in today’s money.  There were blankets and antique cooking utensils and pots everywhere.  Some of what we found ended up as a donation to the heritage Olive Museum opposite.

The house was not always a bakery.  It was built in 1934 as a desirable residence for a wealthy business man who had interests in Egypt.  There are small Egyptian motifs in the plasterwork.  In 1947, at the height of the Greek Civil War, it was bought by the bakers.  We converted the house into our home, like the first owner, and one of our excellent builders is visible in the second picture, showing the same space.  

We decided to keep the name.