Abandoned quarries form a usual scene of Greek urban and rural landscape. The visual pollution deriving from the view of an empty mountain has been just one of the many problems of these places. Rehabilitation of abandoned quarries forms the main solution to these problems and it consists in the improvement of the places and the partial reforming of the previous natural landscape. However, in many cases, internationally and in Greece, rehabilitation of abandoned quarries contributed in the creation of new, modern recreational and cultural multi-places.
In this paper, a proposal for the rehabilitation of the abandoned “Viero” quarry, in the Municipality of Souli, is presented. In situ research revealed the problems and the potentialities of the place. The central idea of the rehabilitation proposal is the physical improvement of the quarry and the creation of a recreational place in order for the needs of local habitants to be met as well as for visitors to be attracted. With the main design-idea the creation of two lakes in the bottom of the quarry, sports activities and environmental awareness uses are proposed accomplished by planting of local plant species.