The remote house at Valmas beach Those who have walked route A: Chora, Valmas beach, Agia Irini, Gialos, have noticed a small house at the edge of the beach, which almost touches the sea. It is certain that many have wondered how it was constructed, as there does not appear to be a connection to…
Lorentzou Kassimati street The Kassimati family has its origins from Crete. They settled in the Aegean islands, Asia Minor and Kythira. At the Ethnological Museum of Athens there is a document from the Venetian Authorities of 1753. Kosmas Kassimatis, settled in Ios in 1820 and created his own dynasthy. Lorentzos Kassimatis is his great-grandson. Lorentzou…
Holy Monastery of Hozoviotissa Street The Monastery of Panagia Hozoviotissa is an Orthodox monastery located in Amorgos. It is built on the steep southern coast of the island, at an altitude of 300 meters. On the island there is since 1579 a part of the Monastery of Hozovitiotissa (Metochi refers to a farm belonging to…
Phoenicians Street Ancient Greeks used the general term “Phoenicians” for all the merchants of the East who transported exotic products and spoke exotic languages, and not for a specific city-state, ethnicity, language or cultural group. The Phoenicians, who used to transplant trees wherever they went, including the palm tree (Foinikas), transplanted such trees into Ios,…
Nileos Kodrou Street Nileas was the son of the king of Athens, Kodros. According to tradition, he founded the city of Miletus, where he went, leading Ionian settlers from Attica. To these Ionians were added Messinians, who had been expelled by the Heracleids from their place. According to Strabo, the Ionians, led by Nileas the…
Εγκαινιάζουμε σήμερα μια νέα κατηγορία άρθρων, που θα αφορούν στην καταγραφή των τοπωνυμίων, των δρόμων και των πλατειών του νησιού μας. Οδός Ομήρου Η πρώτη μας αναφορά σε δρόμο του νησιού, δεν θα μπορούσε να ήταν άλλη από την οδό που έχει το όνομα του Ομήρου. H οδός Ομήρου, ξεκινά κάτω από την Παναγία τη…