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Sights and monuments

Numerous monuments give us an insight into the history of Naxos. Here a list of the about 70 articles about the sights and monuments of the island as well as other places of interest.

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The Byzantine fortress of Apalirou

10. November 2009

The most important Byzantine fortress of Naxos is located in the southwest of the island between the small village of Sangrí and the bay of Agiassós. The large castle complex occupies the top of the…

The Temple of Dionysus in Iria near the Chora

2. November 2009

The area around the capital of the island of Naxos, Chóra, has been inhabited for millennia. Excavations show that from the Early Bronze Age (Cycladic culture) on a significant settlement (excavation…

The Byzantine fortress on Mount Kalogeros

31. October 2009

Near Apóllonas on the northern tip of Naxos, the remains of a small Byzantine fortress lie on the 350 metre high mount Kalógeros. View of the Kalogeros from the harbour of Apollonas; the fortress li…

Cemeteries and burials in the Cycladic culture

28. October 2009

Already during the Stone age people started to bury their dead. The oldest known graves are dated to an age of 40,000 years. The first known cemeteries are about 12,000 years old. On the Cyclades as…

Sights and Monuments

Die Sehenswürdigkeiten von Naxos (Hier kann man direkt zur Liste mit den weiterführenden Links ganz unten springen.) Die Insel Naxos hat viele Sehenswürdigkeiten zu bieten. Abgesehen von den natürl…

The Early Bronze age acropolis at Panormos

Near the bay of Pánormos at the southeastern tip of Naxos lies on a low hill called Korfári ton Amygdalión (= hill of the almond trees) a small Bronze age acropolis (= fortress). It consists of about…

The inscription at the ancient quarry at Apollonas

The village of Apóllonas was named after an antique inscription which lies on a marble cliff on the southern side of the hill with the ancient marble quarry in which the famous Kouros, a gigantic, un…

The ancient quarry at Apollonas

Close to the small village of Apóllonas, at the northern tip of Naxos, lies the island’s main antique marble quarry. It is located on a small hill to the southwest of the village that consists of ver…

The Kouros of Apollonas

In an ancient quarry near the village Apóllonas in the north of Naxos lies a large, unfinished marble statue, the Kouros. On the whole hill many traces of the marble quarrying are still visible today…

The bridge near Kinidaros

North of Kinídaros, runs the largest river in Naxos in a deeply incised valley. From Kinídaros, an adventurous, steep road leads down into the valley and to the church of Ágios Artémios, which is loc…

Bei Atsipapi

Wenn man vom Dorf Kóronos aus Richtung (Süd-)Osten fährt, gelangt man auf eine Hochebene mit aufgegebenen Feldern und Olivenhainen. Hier liegt die kleine, schon lange verlassene Siedlung Atsipápi mit…

The traditional lime kilns

A typical Cycladic village is characterised by its simple, roughly cube-shaped, whitewashed houses standing close together. This preference for white plaster is relatively new; in the Middle Ages, t…

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