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Galaxidi
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The Galaxidi designated and preserved as a traditional settlement and distinguishes the architecture of kapetanospiton. Some of the preserved buildings are: the building Tsalangyra, current City Hall, the building Angelis, current Folklore museum, the building of Parthenagogeiou, building Bourzeiko. The configuration of the ground was the key factor "formulation" of the State of Galaxidi, which is built on lofiskous.Epeidi built in small peninsulas, which are running east, almost surrounded by sea from everywhere. The coast is rocky and elsewhere else normal form and still safe and coves. The shores of the bay is Galaxidi polykolpes and the opening of the bay there are many rocks and reefs. From across the southern island of defy, with lighthouse in 1887. A short distance is the largest of the islands, St George, with two more churches, St. George and St. Andrew. The island is filled with complex Petalas islet, which is highlighted with white stone wall, to indicate the close of the opening night. And farther east are the islands of Panagia and Agios Dimitrios. Finally at the end of the three-door is the island Molemeno (or contaminated). The islets of these defy the St. George and the natural beauty and unique existence in Narcissus Tazetta (known as a share), a type of hyacinth, which are distinguished for their special aroma throughout the winter, but also agriokounelon, predispose to visit. 'She ypinema two natural harbors, the Market and Chirolaka, separated from Kavos. Kavos is a lighthouse from 1909. In the main port is the mole in the hangar from the old days. In addition always the citizens and visitors enjoy the beautiful grove, established since 1929. In the last century were recognized by the long white windmills, the tops of surrounding hills.
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 Currently there are three windmills, two in good condition and a fallen, for the most part. Both are on the side of the forest, including one owned and one municipality. The misogkremismenos is in "Koukounas. Main roads connecting dense housing estates, where there are means to this young irregular streets, "the streets". Both downhill paths starting from the church called "kantounia. Saved to date roads with stones and stairs carved in the rocks, from the time the boats. The central beach of the harbor is called even today "the market" by the stone municipal food market, which was at the edge of where the current square N. Mamas from 1870.Sto one end of the square there is a natural domed cave in rock The allotinos "Karkaros", today's "Cave". The blown technical corridor in the rock, length 30m. made in 1940 with money benefactor Nick. Mamas, leads from the homonymous square inside the cave, which has opened 800m2, approximately two lakes either side, the water bob depending on tides, or the riches. The first cave, and because of the constant-temperature xeimona summer served as Community fridge. During the 1970s and 1980s as an entertainment center and now lives anekmetallefti.Yparchei also cave grindstone (or Ancona), the slope of the hill "Xirotyri", with the antiquities, the steps, the stalactites and pythari the bottom, whose entry without a guide is difficult to find. The katramospilies even at the foot of the hill "Xirotyri. So called because of the cracks emerges as a black liquid pitch, and there is dirt road, which comes quite close. Other caves the "long cave and the cave" Tsolaki. "From the town squares of the five largest are: a) the Heroes Square, formerly Manousakis, b) Kavos c) Chirolaka, d) Satha, e) Mama.Teleftaia up of small square around the old armyropigado. Statues and busts: a) EFTH. Vlami, Square Kavos b) Konstantinou Satha, in the homonymous square, c) Nicholas Mamas in the homonymous square, Mnimanaklitou Navy, Square Chirolaka d) Heroes monument, in the homonymous square, e) Gerasimou Zochiou, founder NAT, in Chirolaka f) Mitropoulou John, chieftain, Nick Square. Mamas, g) Agana-seared, founder grove, the grove, the) missing sailor in Karnagio. |
