Category: Museums

Dovecotes The dovecotes are unique monuments of folk creation. The first official written evidence for their existence dates back to 1726 and refers to a ruined dovecote in Spilia, near Komi. They contribute to cover the need for food and fertilizer. There are about 800-1500 dovecotes, built on slopes, water oriented.They are made of stone

Ursuline Nunnery The Ursuline nunnery was founded in Loutra in 1862 by Mary-Anne Leaves, english woman originating from Constantinople. Two years after their settlement in Tinos, the four sisters had already created a school attended by twenty-four girls of the island. In 1876-1877, a great number of girls from all over the area of the

Poseidon Temple In ancient times, Tinos was one of the most important religious centers, contemporary to that of Delos. In the 5th century BC it became famous as a center of worship of Poseidon, who, besides as the sea god, was also worshiped as a healer. In the 3rd century BC the temple was reconstructed

Kechrovouni Monastery Located on the mountainside of Kechrovouni, at 650 meters above sea level, this Monastery is dedicated to the Dormition of Virgin Mary and was founded by daughters of a wealthy family of Tinos in the 11th or 12th century. It is a complex, which includes the main church, smaller churches, as well as

Monastiria: Searching the traces of another life The only traces of life in the phantom-village, Monastiria, are the deserted buildings that can hardly stand up. Visit the village and feel the majesty of the ruins. Just hearing the word – Monastiria means monasteries – suffices for your mind to jump to conclusions and terms such

An open air folk sculpture museum Most of the times, the passer-by is repelled due to its showy rambling. A thundering kitsch at the gap of the Ysternia windmills, just like the person who lied behind the “exploitation” of the space. Yet, at that period of time – in mid-50’s – when the marble lintels

How was life before glass and plastic? The museum of Traditional Pottery in Aetofolia answers through its beautiful earthen world.  The jars that have ended up here from other islands (Sifnos, Chios, Crete etc.) denote that Tinos was an important mercantile station during the 18th and 19th century. The Museum of Traditional Pottery in Tinos

The political cartoonists Kostas and Vassilis Mitropoulos in totally humoristic mood, have created in Falatados the first cartoon museum in Greece, aiming at getting plenty of smiles! “From Ancient times to nowadays, Greek political cartoonists are not more than twenty. If two of them –as a matter of fact brothers- originate from this beautiful medieval

Museum of Marble Crafts of Tinos: An institution that enhances culture The Museum of Marble Crafts in Pyrgos, Tinos balances between the technological and historical framework, with the island always being the principal point of reference. Deductions in space and time connect local tradition to the overall Greek world, expressing the timelessness of techniques, from