Agrafa

Agrafa mountains unite West with Central Greece and Thessaly. The hills, the ravines and the peaks of the mountains are shelters of flora and fauna such as the partridge, the blackbird, the hare, the wild boar etc. The beautiful villages of Agrafa are built on the slopes of the mountains and the plateaus. Seventy three of the villages are located on the side of Thessaly. Because of migration, the villages were deserted until only the elderly lived there. Today efforts are being made by the Association of Agrafa to develop the place and attract tourists.

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Plastiras Lake

Plastiras Lake is located on the plateau of Nevropolis in the Prefecture of Karditsa. It is an artificial lake and its official name is Tavropos. It was constructed in 1959 with the completion of the dam. The idea of the construction belongs to general and politician, Nikolaos Plastiras. In 1935 he visited his home town which had been destroyed floods in the region and looking at the area, he said "one day there will be lake here".

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The Church of Episkopi

This is the most unique and interesting monument of Sikinos. It is surrounded by Byzantine chapels, cells, ruins of ancient buildings, parts of walls, pottery shards and pieces of marble sculptures. The Church has underground vaulted crypts of the architectural style of a Roman mausoleum: it is a funerary monument of the 3rd century AD. Around the 17th century it was converted into a Christian church with a dome.

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The Monastery of Chrissopigi

The Monastery of Zoodochos Pigi or Chrysopigi was built in 1690 and used to be a nunnery. There was a heavy wooden door, high walls, crypts, a scalding, secret passages, embrasures and escape exits with ropes to the cliff. However, the pirates still managed to raid the island.

In 1834 Otto ordered the disbanding of the monastery. The eight old nuns who lived there had to move into various families of Sikinos.

The monastery is open for visits in the afternoon.

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Byzantine and Post-Byzantine Collection of Sikinos

This collection is housed in first floor of the Municipal store. After the fall of Constantinople many painters took refuge in Venetian Crete and around the 16th century, the so-called Cretan School was founded. The paintings of Sikinos follow the standards of this School, too. The exhibition room is open in the summer months and the paintings are given to the Church of Pantanassa for the rest of the year.

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