The ecclesiastical museum of Panormitis Monastery the visitor will admire the rich collection of ecclesiastical relics of the monastery. Numerous liturgical manuscripts with colorful artistic decoration, portable icons, precious sacred vessels, gold-embroidered vestments, silver buckles and a
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In Chora tis Symi, the capital of the island, it is a pleasant experience to visit the Hatziagapitou Hall located next to the Archaeological and Folklore Museum of Symi. In the museum housed in the mansion of Hatziagapitos and more specifically in the "Hall of Hatziagapitos" (18th century), which
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The museum is housed in a traditional mansion, which consists of a kitchen, a cistern and a courtyard. The exhibits cover the time period from prehistory to modern times and originally belonged to small private collections that were granted for the enrichment of the museum. Ancient inscriptions,
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The Monastery is located in the western part of the island, four kilometers from Chorio and is dedicated to Archangel Michael Taxiarchis. Entering the monastery's grounds, the visitor is impressed by the tall umbrella-shaped cypress that adorns it. In the past, the Monastery was a Patriarchal Cross.
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The Museum of Maritime Art was created in 1983 and in 1990 it was housed in one of the most representative neoclassical houses of the area, an elegant building, restored with much care, which is where the central tarsana of the island was located. It has a special section dedicated to sponge-making
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The Folklore Museum of the Panormitis Monastery includes a collection of marine antiquities, the old cellar, a traditional Simian living room with a bedroom, the first kitchen of the Monastery, agricultural tools, measures and standards of the 19th century. as well as the area of women's domestic
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The "Twelve Caves", one of the most unusual and enigmatic sights of Symi, are located in Niborio, Symi. There are twelve cavernous domes that were probably used in the Byzantine era as painting and sculpture workshops. Still others say they were catacombs or funerary monuments. Editor: Fotini
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It is worth it to wander through the narrow picturesque streets of Chorio, but the route itself will repay you as you will be given the opportunity to admire the beautiful mansions of Ano Symi. On the western side of the Village, at the highest point stands the Castle, built on the ancient
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