Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades On a mound hulking over the beginnings of a fertile valley in the Gyroulas district, south of the village of Sagrion Naxos, the inhabitants of the area began worshipping (outdoors) the deities of nature in the 8th century... View More
Temple of Apollo - Portara
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades Naxos' Temple of Apollo - Portara, a huge marble gate and the single remaining part of an unfinished temple of Apollo of 530 BC, is the island's emblem and main landmark.
Standing on the islet of Palatia, at the entrance to... View More
Ancient Aqueduct of Naxos
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades As early as the Archaic period, when Naxos island was ruled by the tyrant Lygdamis (550-524 BC), Naxians tapped the rich sources in the lush are of Flerio, Melanes and the neighboring area of Kampones in order to solve the water... View More
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades The entry and exit points of the underground tunnel of the ancient Naxos aqueduct were discovered at the positions of Barou and Kaminia respectively after copious excavations.
This important and difficult engineering work, constructed... View More
Ancient Naxos Aqueduct Tunnel
Ancient Quarry of Apollonas
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades Near the coastal settlement of Apollonas on Naxos is one of the two ancient marble quarries of Naxos, where sculpture, the greatest art of antiquity started.
Hundreds of half-finished statues and blocks of marble would be slided... View More
Ancient Quarry of Apollonas
Ancient Sanctuary at Flerio Water Spring
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades At the center of the lush district of Flerio on Naxos and just a few meters above the fountainhead of the ancient aqueduct is a sanctuary dedicated to the female deity of the fertility of the earth, and to the twin brothers Otus... View More
Ancient Sanctuary at Flerio Water Spring
Ancient Sanctuary at Yria
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades One of the most important sanctuaries of ancient Naxos, dedicated to the god Dionysus and possibly a female deity of nature, was operated at Yria, south of Naxos town and in the middle of the fertile valley of Livadi, between... View More
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades Excavation work has led to the discovery of part of Naxos’s Mycenaean-era capital, dated 1300 BC, on the northern side of the harbor of Naxos, below Mitropoleos Square.
The section discovered constitutes part of the ancient... View More
Archaeological Site of Grotta
Geometrical Era Necropolis
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades A Geometrical era (9th-8th century BC) cemetery has been discovered at Alonakia position, at the SE foot of Apano Kastro hill.
The finds in the circular tombs, which included pottery, golden jewelry, lances and burned fruit,... View More
Geometrical Era Necropolis
Kouros of Apollo
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades The most impressive sight in the ancient quarry of Apollonas on Naxos is a huge, half-finished statue, known as the Kouros of the god Apollo.
The statue, lying in supine position and longer than 10m, dates to the 6th century... View More
Kouros of Apollo
Kouros of Melanes
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades One of Naxos’s two main marble quarrying areas in antiquity is located in the greater Flerio area (the other is in the area of Apollonas).
The locale is replete with remnants of quarrying activity (wedge-slots, rectangular... View More
Kouros of Melanes
Mycenaean Tomb at Chosti
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades The Mycenaean tomb at Chosti on Naxos is an important and rare monument in the Cyclades, being one of only three vaulted tombs that have been discovered in the region -the other two are those at Agia Thekla on Tinos and at Aggelika... View More
Mycenaean Tomb at Chosti
Prehistoric Acropolis of Panermos
Naxos Island, Naxos Island, Cyclades The low hill at Korfari, Amygdalies, is situated NW of Panermos bay, on Naxos’s southern coast.Excavations at the top of the hill brought to light a fortified settlement dating to the second half of the 3rd millennium BC (2500-2300... View More