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It is located to the southeast and very close to the city of Samos. These two communities have almost united in our days after continuously expanding through the ages. It has been built on an altitude of 80 meters above sea level and at the end of Samos bay that probably gave its name to the village as well. It is very close to the sea, built on uneven and downhill ground. Its houses are built close one to the other, separated by narrow mazy streets, a characteristic more intense than in any other Samian village. According to Emmanuel Criticides, its building started immediately after 1550 by Samians and later by Peloponnesian refugees that arrived and built the district “Moraitochori” in rugged country to the west of the main village and hidden by hills. To the east and a little to the north, at the southeast end of the Vlamari valley and on an altitude of 120 meters the monastery of Agia Zoni is located. The monk Meletios has built it in 1695 and it contains many frescos, a wood carved icon screen and many ecclesiastic utensils. To the northeast of Agia Zoni, on the mountain of Rabaidoni, is the monastery of Zoodochos Pigi on an altitude of approximately 300 meters and a wonderful view to the Asia Minor coast and the straits of Micali. The monk Dorotheus built it in 1756 and it contains many frescos, a wonderful wood carved icon screen, many ecclesiastic utensils and old books. Most of the inhabitants of Vathi are occupied in tourism and agriculture with vines and olives being the primary products of the village. In the old days tobacco was also widely cultivated. The settlements of: Agia Zoni with 71 residents, Agia Marcella with 9, Agia Triada with 22, Agios Athanasios with 36, Varelas with 48, Drosia with 29, Zervou with 48, Zoodochos Pigi with 11, Camara with 171, Kedros with 73, Koumarionas with 48, Mesocampos with 41, Moraitochori with 24, Nicola with 60, Panayitsa with 30, Platanos with 22, Tourkomylonas with 42 and Floca with 65 residents all belong to the district of Vathi. Apart for Agia Zoni, Camara and Zervou, which are settlement that mainly belonged to the old tobacco growers, all the rest are new settlements.
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