Picture of Syros
Caption: 5 facts you may not know about Syros Island, Greece.
Picture of Ermoupoli
Caption: 1. Ermoúpoli (meaning “the city of Hermes”) is the island’s capital town and has been the first important trade and industrial centre of the country in the 19th century.
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Caption: During the revolution, refugees from the North Aegean and Crete settled on the island of Syros. There they built their distinctive mansions by the sea, that seem to float above the rocks. They called them ‘vaporia’ in Greek, which means ‘steamers’. 2.
Picture of Ermoupoli
Caption: Hermoupolis was built in the ‘flames’ of the Greek revolution of 1821 by refugees who came from other places of the revolutionary Greece.
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Picture of Finikas
Caption: Some of the most known beaches of the island are: Vari, Foinikas, Yalissas and Kíni, as well as Possidonia, which is the beach of a village with many neoclassical mansions with colourful orchards.
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Caption: The Orthodox community has contributed some outstanding religious monuments to the architecture of Ermoupoli such as the churches of Metamorphossi tou Sotiros (Transfiguration of Jesus Christ) and St Nicolas the Rich (Agios Nikolaos Ploussios). 5.
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Caption: *extra tip Syros is well-known for its gastronomic peculiarities. Halva pie (a pie made of thyme honey and roasted almonds) and loukoúmi (a candy made of water, sugar and flavorings) are some of them.
