Did you know that there is a watermill 30 minutes from Omonia, in Pikermi?
And yet it exists and was built in 1876!
During the first years after the liberation of the Greek nation, Pikermi is recognized as a farmhouse of Spata, a settlement of Kropia. At that time, viticulture flourished, with the inhabitants gathering together for the harvest, and so did the hippoforbes.
In the Rema of Valanaris, which originates from Penteliko (its flow never stops and flows into Rafina), the Pikermi reservoir is built, which serves the irrigation needs for watering the fields in Drafi, and watermills are built around 1845.
The estates of the area are covered with olive trees, vines, citrus fruits, while cattle sheds and poultry farming are being built. During that period, archaeologists visit the area and after excavations, rich findings are revealed.
In 1862, the Skordas inn was built, which accommodated passers-by and visitors who came to admire the archaeological finds and the mound of the marathon course, while it also had stables for their horses.
In 1870 it hosted Lord Mancaster, both with the secretaries of the English and Italian embassies and their entourage. The Arvanitakis kidnap the lord and his entourage and a diplomatic episode follows, culminating in the massacre at Delesi.
The inn later receives as a guest the marooned marathon runner Spyros Louis in 1896 in order to rest and drink a glass of wine, asking to know if the other competitors have passed him.