Kasos
Top Attractions / Top Sights
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ARCHAEOLOGICAL COLLECTION (MUSEUM) OF KASOS
Museum
In a specially designed area of the old town hall of Fry, the archaeological collection of Kasos is housed, as well as exhibits from the period of the Revolution of 1821. The collection includes finds from the Hellinokamara cave, from the prehistoric acropolis at Poli, from Khelatro as well as …»
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FOLKLORE MUSEUM OF KASOS
Museum
The Folklore Museum of Kasos is housed in an old house in Arvanitochori. Two rooms of the traditional Kasio house, the bedroom and the hall, represent life and house objects of daily use. Source: MEIZONOS HELLENISMO FOUNDATION www2.egeonet.gr …»
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SIX CHURCHES
Attractions
The complex of Six Churches is located on a hill near the village of Panagia, on the road to Poli. It is said that 6 fairies lived in this location, which, with the gradual construction of the temples, disappeared, thus ridding the area of "evil" spirits. According to another version, in the place …»
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ARMATHIA ISLAND BEACH
Attractions
Armathia is an island located north of Kasos. Today this islet is uninhabited, but their history is long. The subsoil of Armathia is rich in excellent quality gypsum. From the 19th century, the mining and export of gypsum contributed to the development of Armathia, from where 8,000 tons per year …»
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MONASTERY OF ST. GEORGE CHRYSOKAVALARI
Monastery
St. George is the favorite saint of Kasiots. The monastery was first built in 1690 on a spot said to have been indicated by the saint, whose icon was found at the bottom of the sea nearby. Tradition says that two shepherds found an image of Saint George the Golden Horseman and put it on their …»
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MONASTERY OF PANAGIA ELLERO
Monastery
The Monastery of Panagia Elleros is located in the area of Elleros-Agia Marina, southwest of Fry. The building area consists of the one-room vaulted church of Panagia and a small building of the "mitatou" type (shepherd's residence). Inside the church there is a small iconostasis and a floor …»
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MONASTERY OF SAINT MAMA
Monastery
The Monastery of Agios Mamas is located on the south side of Kasos, near the old capital Poli, on a hill overlooking the Libyan Sea. It was founded by the hieromonk Christoforos in the 19th century (between 1867-1894). It is a cruciform temple with a single room, three niches with semi-cylindrical …»
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