00:00Serifos is one of the most beautiful islands in the Keclades.
00:04Behind its thriving tourism industry, lies a history that remains largely unknown to most visitors.
00:10The island has been an important mining center since ancient times.
00:13In the south west, visitors can still see rusty railway tracks, machinery, tools, wagons and loading platforms.
00:19To highlight and preserve these memories, the Serifos French Association,
00:23launched the project Deliving History of the Serifos Mines,
00:26supported by the Cycladic Identity Program of the Museum of Cycladic Art.
00:30The goal of the Filon Serifos is the first.
00:33It is first to maintain and to maintain this real history of the Serifos Mines.
00:40This was made through the photographs of the real real events,
00:44which were given by the metallurie and the settlers to the island.
00:48The second reason is that we want to share this story.
00:52The mines at the Great Olivetti are a historic site
00:55as the miners stayed there their bloody strike in 1916.
00:58They were demanding the introduction of an eight-hour working day
01:01and more dignified working conditions
01:03from the German employers, the Grohmann Company.
01:06It is a historic site in which we want to show
01:09and become an epic metal museum here,
01:13which will be published without a voice.
01:23The aim of the project, the living history of the Serifos Mines,
01:27is to preserve the intangible cultural heritage
01:29that has shaped the island's history over the centuries.
01:46At a special event, former miners and descendants of mining families
01:51share their stories and memories with the public.
01:53The Serifos Mines has taken over the years.
02:21The Serifos Mines has taken over the years.
02:25The metal museum is a special place.
02:26The metal museum is a special place for the land.
02:30It was a special place for the land.
02:33The metal museum is the work of the construction
02:36and the agricultural issue was the work of the construction.
02:43The Kroomanai, the former workers who took the metal,
02:49who ate the nutrients of the workers, who ate the blood of the workers,
02:53and finally they were paid.
