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Chios
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| NEA
MONI |
Nea Moni was founded in the middle of the 11th century,
with a donation of the emperor Constantine IX Monomachos
and his wife, Zoe.
For many centuries it was the most important religious
center on Chios but was repeatedly destroyed in
the 19th century. It was plundered by the Turks
in 1822 and was severely damaged by an earthquake
in 1881, which caused the collapse of the dome,
the belltower, the apse of the sanctuary of the
catholicon, as well as the destruction of many mosaics
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| KAMPOS |
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One of the most beautiful areas of the island is
Kambos, a green valley 3 Km south of Chora covered
with citrus orchards. Kambos ("Plain")
is a flat land that stretches, along the east coast
of the island of Chios, about 10 Km long and 2 Km
wide. The low mountains that surround it from the
west are the source of its underground waters; what
makes Kambos an endless garden with flowers and
citrus trees, very close to the capital of Chios.
Kambos represents a unique, both residential and
agricultural site, situated in a very critical area
of Greece and Europe, in general.
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| ANAVATOS |
The village of Anavatos
is built on a conical cliff 450 meters above the
sea, with steep sides to the south and west, and
with only a single access to the north. The people
took advantage of the natural fortification of this
cliff, and strengthened it with a circular wall
surrounding the houses that seem to be glued, one
to the other. Together with the cliff, the village
made up the defensive perimeter of the fortress.
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| MASTIC
VILLAGES |
The Castle-village, takes you back centuries, with
its very few changes. It keeps its houses tied tightly
together in what seems like a closed and compact
form. The streets are cobbled and narrow. This type
of fortress, a four-cornered structure, was built
for protection against the frequent attacks by pirates
and Turks, as well as for better cultivation of
the mastic bush. It lies in small, treeless valleys
far from the sea. The gray houses had doors and
windows that faced only the interior of the wall,
that is, inside the village.
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| OLYMPOI
VILLAGE CAVE |
The cave of Olimbi is a cave-precipice with an excellent decoration of stalactites. Although it is not very big is one of the most important caves in Greece.
It is open from early May till October.
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