$culture_text=”Our aim is to promote all the artistic creations of the young people of our region, as well as of the whole of Crete, and host the trends and currents of all the cultural sectors from other regions of Greece and abroad.
<br><br>Culture is a form of social consciousness. It is a means of social self-awareness and does not include Art, Knowledge and Thinking only, but life itself in all its expressions. It reflects and shapes the system of values which determines social behaviour.
<br><br>The quality of the surroundings and the environment, the protection of our cultural and architectural heritage, the preservation and promotion of monuments, the improvement of our aesthetics are not only the basis of quality development, but, in the long term, they are the prerequisite for our financial welfare.
<br><br>We live in a developing area. Our economy is based on the tourist sector to a great extent. The connection of tourism with culture is the only guarantee for the real upgrading of our area.
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$xaroypomylos_text=”HAROUPOMYLOS (The mill of locust beans) was built around 1930 and belongs to the Agricultural Cooperative of Panormos. Here, locust beans, found in abundance in the area, were processed. Some of the processed products were distributed in the Greek market, such as locust bean flour, and others were exported abroad, such as the grains of the locust tree which were necessary for the manufacturing of every kind of film -for photographs or the cinema- as well as the production of cosmetics.<br><br> A place full of memories for the older generation who lived to see it working, it reminds us of a period with different moral and aesthetic values. HAROUPOMYLOS was characterized as an industrial monument by the Ministry of Culture and has hosted various art events since 1996, although it was almost in ruins. In 1998, it was financed by the Regional Operational Programme (PEP) of Crete with 100 million drachmas. The implementation agent for its restoration and conversion into a Cultural Exhibition and Convention Centre was the Development Organization of Western Crete (OADYK). <br><Br>Moreover, 80 million drachmas have been additionally approved for its equipment by the Special Programme for Local Authorities (EPTA). In our effort to contribute to the preservation and enrichment of our cultural tradition as well as our introduction to other cultural traditions, we founded ‘EPIMENIDES’, the cultural society of Panormos, which has jurisdiction over the use of HAROUPOMYLOS as a ‘Cultural Exhibition and Convention Centre’. “;
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