Mikro Chorio, a settlement that was founded and flourished in the Middle Ages and was inhabited until 1940, is now in ruins. A witness to its prosperity are its churches, the most important of which are Sotiras (15th century), Agios Ioannis in Avala (14th century), Agia Elesa in Arno (14th century),
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The paleontological museum of the island has been housed since 1994 in a small building on the main street of Megalos Chorio, near the Town Hall. It includes fossilized bones of dwarf mammoths and other findings from the excavations in the Xarkadio cave of Mesaria. Source: Encyclopedia of Major
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Near the settlement of Megalo Chorio, in the N. of the island of Tilos, is located the most important, probably early, Doric settlement with the acropolis at the top (Castle) and the city of the 4th c. BC on the S. slope of the hill. A walled acropolis had been formed in the Castle, where there was
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The most important pilgrimage of the island is the monastery of Agios Panteleimon. It stands isolated on a green slope on the Kryallos hill. It is located at an altitude of 450m, among century-old plane trees and chestnut trees and is 15 km from Livadia or 6.5 km from Megalo Chorio. Ancient Greek
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In the area of Mesaria in the Xarkadio cave, bones of dwarf mammoths have been found dating back to 7,000 BC. More than 15,000 bones from at least 40 dwarf mammoths were found in the cave. At the same time, the paleontological excavation carried out in 1971 in the cave brought to light and deer
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