The castle of the Knights in Mandraki, which includes the most prominent worship center in Nisyros, the Holy Monastery of Panayia Spiliani, is built at the western end of Mandraki, on the top of a steep rocky hilltop that enters the sea like a small peninsula. The first thing you see when you reach Nisyros
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The castle of the Knights in Mandraki, which includes the most prominent worship center in Nisyros, the Holy Monastery of Panayia Spiliani, is built at the western end of Mandraki, on the top of a steep rocky hilltop that enters the sea like a small peninsula. The first thing you see when you reach Nisyros
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Yali, with an area of 6 sq. Km., is the largest island of the groups of islands near Nisyros, in the lane in between Kos-Nisyros. It is also known as Kisserousa in antiquity; it owes its names to its geological composition, which largely determined its fate over the centuries, as a source of obsidian in
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The islet of Pyrgousa or Pergousa, with an area of 2 sq. km, is located 6 miles west of Nisyros and is one of the six islets that surround the island. It belongs to an island group in the west-southwest of Nisyros, along with Pachia and Kandeliousa. Pyrgousa and Pachia were created long before Nisyros,
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The picturesque semi-mountainous settlement of Emporeio lies on the northeastern side of Nisyros, 8 km from Mandraki. Built at an altitude of about 330 m, at the edge of the caldera of the volcano, it offers an amazing view of the impressive crater. Its position ensured the control of the fertile valley of Lakki to
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The ancient fortification wall of Nisyros crowns the hill above Mandraki, a naturally fortified site above the Kos –Nisyros lane on the sea route from the coastlands of Asia Minor to the central Aegean and Greek mainland. Built in the 4th c. BC, it is one of the most important ancient fortifications of antiquity and
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The Archaeological Museum of Nisyrosis located at Mandraki, in the site of Limnes. It is housed in a building, named”Giannideios Hestia for the protection of Archaeological finds” in honour of Giannidis’ brothers, the Nisyrians who donated and sponsored it in 2001. Necessary renovations of improving the building, according to themost modern attitude for Museums, had
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The church of Panayia Faneromeni is a metochion (glebe) of the monastery of Panayia Spiliani. It is located in a deserted location, on the northwest side of Nisyros, in the site Kardia, an area rich in architectural remains from the early Christian and middle Byzantine period. A short path to the east of the road
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The first thing you see when you reach Mandraki is the imposing, due to its prominent location, Monastery of Panayia Spiliani (Ηoly Mary of the Cave)perched on a steep rocky hill that dominates the modern capital of Nisyros. This inaccessible rock, known as “Oxos of Panayia”(cliff of Holy Mary), enters the sea forming a small
On the southwestern side of Nisyros, at the southernmost edge of the volcano, lies the fertile area of Argos, a serene lowland slope that ends at the sea. The area is known for its rich archaeological remains, which come from different chronological periods and prove the continuous use of the site from antiquity, at least
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