The magnificent church was founded in 1849 with plans by G. Metaxas, and was officially inaugurated in 1870, without the interior decoration having been completed. In the shape of a cross, it is set in a raised courtyard with a marble parapet and balustrade. It belongs to the domed basilica type. A
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In Ermoupoli, the city of refugees of the Greek Revolution, in the first city of trade, shipping and industry, the historical wealth and flavor of the 19th century is preserved untouched. Next to the neoclassical mansions, the fugaras of the industry, the scaffolding of the tarsanades, the cranes
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One of the largest town halls in the country, the work of the German architect Ernestos Ziller, was founded in 1876 and inaugurated in 1898. Built on the axis of E. Venizelou Street, it has three floors towards Miaouli Square and, due to the height difference, two floors at the back road. In 1998,
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Ano Syros, the medieval town of the island inhabited mainly by the Catholic community, is built on the hill of Agios Georgios, a three-aisled basilica for which legends and traditions date back to the construction of the church in the early Byzantine period. Next to the church, the Historical
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In Alithini (1 km. from upper Syros) and further north in Plati Vouni (5 km.) there are the caves where, according to tradition, the philosopher of the 6th century stayed. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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