Emporios (or Imborios) is the port as well as the capital of Chalkis and is today the only inhabited area on the island. Amphitheatrically built at the foot of the mountain, it consists of tall, two-story and three-story restored mansions that truly constitute a traditional settlement of
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It is located in the northeast of the island, and stands on the foundations of the ancient wall and next to the ruins of the ancient city. The Castle was built in the 14th and 15th centuries by the Knights of Agios Ioannis. The order of the John Knights, when the lands that had been occupied in
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The Vault-Museum was created with the main purpose of promoting the Ecclesiastical History of Halki through Ecclesiastical Art. The aim of the Museum of Ecclesiastical Art-Skeufolgiou is the gathering of the Ecclesiastical Antiquities that are at risk, their conservation, their safe keeping and
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The monastery of Agios Ioannou of Alarka (or Alarga) or Makria is the most important pilgrimage on the island of Chalki. The monastery is dedicated to the Dissection of the Head of the Holy Forerunner (August 29). It is located in the west of the island, northwest of Emporio and at a distance of
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