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Artemonas
Artemonas is situated one kilometre north of Apollonia.
It is a real jewellery of Sifnos, with mansions
of neoclassical architecture, with gardens and courtyards
full of flowers. In the top of the hill a number
of old windmills are saved but only two remains
in good condition. From here the view of Sifnos
is panoramic. The spectator can attend the adjacent
islands, Kastro village, the central settlements,
even Kamares village.
It is speculated that in the location where today
Panagia Kochi is located, according to the legend
the ancient years existed center of adoration of
Ekvatirias Artemis, who protected during the disembarkation
from the boat, but also gave good result in each
affair. The name of the place is problematic, because
in the ancient years the holy and the dedicated
places to the adoration Artemis was called Artemisia.
Artemonas is the village where Nikolaos Chrisogelos,
the significant teacher and national fighter, was
born as well as the poet and philologist Ioannis
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From 1914 until 1998 was the capital city
of homonym community of Artemona.
Visitor worth to see except of the classic
mansions the house where Ioannis Gryparis
was born and the Churches of Panagia Kochi
which has a very interesting architecture,
the church of Panagia of Ammou, where exists
the Virgin Mary the Monk, an infrequent depiction
of Virgin Mary without Divine Infant, the
church Panagia of Bali and the church of Agios
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HOTEL MYRTO IN SIFNOS ISLAND GREECE - 84003 Kamares - SIFNOS - GREECE
Tel.: +30 22840 32055, 32386 Fax: +30 22840 32386 Mobile: +30 6932 942300 Winter Tel./Fax: +30 210 6715202
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