This very beautiful "humble" mansion had reached the ready-to-collapse level long before its preservation. It used to give overnight shelter to poor illegal economic immigrants from the Balkan countries on their trip on foot to the south, and this brought more damage to the treasures it was hiding. During the preservation works after the unresting efforts of the local Cultural Club of Siatista "Markides Pouliou", the volume of rubble that had to be removed away from just its yard, after careful inspection for reusable architectural pieces or even cultural masterpieces like the icon we show in this album, exceeded several hundred truck-loads. What it is extremely important and worth mentioning is that this mansion, after its renovation (or should we say «its preservation») has attracted the interest of the local people who have trusted it with their vintage household belongings, inherited to them by their fore-fathers; the mansion now is much more than an empty shell, it is a Folklore Museum that is definately worth visiting. It would be unforgivably unkind if we failed to mention the tremendous help we were offered by Mr. Nectarios Tsionis, member of the Siatista Cultural Society "Markides Pouliou", in guiding us through this Mansion, as well as by the "heart" of the prenamed Society, Mrs. Siasiou Vassiliki, co-founder of the society. We remain thankful to them for their efforts to preserve the local culture and their help to producing these pages. Please have in mind that due to the substantial work load required to prepare and upload the photos for this album, the work will progress gradually; please visit us from time to time to see it growing.