TINOS

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SIGHTS

Worth visiting are:

  • The Church of the Panayia, one of the most important Orthodox churches in Greece. The church houses a galley and there is a weaving workshop within its grounds.
  • The TaxiarchesChurch.
  • The Catholic Church of Ayios Nikolaos.
  • Malamatenia Church.
  • The village of Pyrgos.
  • The School of Fine Arts at Panormos.
  • The Church of Ayia Ekaterini at Kampos.
  • The granite boulders at Volax and Voliaka.
  • The archaeological site at Kionia, including the ruins of a temple dedicated to Poseidon.
  • The village of Mountados.
  • The Analipsis Christou Church at Arnado.
  • The Church of Ayia Triada at Falatado.
  • The Timios Stavros Church at Ktikado.
  • The Panayia Rodarion at Xynara.
  • The "Despot's Palace", a Center for Faith and Culture, at Xynara.
  • The village of Ysternia where most marble sculptors reside.
  • The village of Kardiani.
  • The Parish Churches of the Genethlia Theotokou and Ayii Anaryiri at Plateia and Marla.
  • There are more than 600 dovecotes around the island and most date from the 18th and 19th centuries. Many are clustered in the central and eastern parts of the island, especially in the Tarabados valley.

Museums:

  • The Archaeological Museum.
  • The Tsoclis Museum, at Kampos village.
  • The Museum of Tinos Artists, whose collection comprises original works and replicas of paintings by locally-born artists who gained national and international prominence.
  • The Antonis Sohos Museum with its collection of wood and clay carvings by the Tinian scholar.
  • The Collection of Religious Relics, including 18th- and 19th-century icons as well as the Charter of Rigas Feraios and a ring worn by the revolutionary leader Theodoros Kolokotronis.
  • The Picture Gallery, located at the Evaggelistria Church.
  • The Museum of the Moni Kehrovouniou which houses a collection of 18th- and 19th-century icons and handicrafts by the convent's nuns.
  • The Arnados Church Museum with its collection of old icons, church relics, and old books.
  • The Ethnographic Museum at Ursuline Convent at Loutra.
  • The Ethnographic Museum at Jesuit Monastery at Loutra.
  • The Karya Ethnographic Museum.
  • The Relics Repository with its collection of church vessels.

Orthodox Monasteries:

  • Iera Moni Theotokou at Kehrovouni.
  • Iera Moni Ayias Triadas at Yirla in Hora.
  • Iera Moni Kyra Xenis at Panormos.
  • Iera Moni Katapolianis at Ysternia.
  • Iera Moni Vourniotissas at Agapi.
  • Pigrimmage of Eleoussa at Exombourgo.
  • Pigrimmage of Faneromeni at Tsiknia.
  • Pigrimmage of Ayia Varvara at Smovolo.
  • The 10th-century Monastery of Kyria Angelon.

Catholic Monasteries:

  • Jesuit Monastery at Loutra.
  • Ursuline Convent at Loutra.
  • Franciscan Monastery at Mesi.
  • Pigrimmage of Panayia Vrisiou at Ayios Romanos.
  • Pigrimmage of Ieri Kardia Isou at Exombourgo.