This is the main square of Ermoupoli, the very heart of the island. Here the locals and the tourists will spend their hour discussing and having fun. This is the place where you will be every night since its lighting and bars create a magical atmosphere. Moreover, it is one of the rarest squares in Greece, made in the 19th century and...
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Its construction was completed in 1898 and it is without doubt one of the greatest and most beautiful City Halls in Modern Greece. As a blueprint, it passed through the hands of many architects to end up in the hands of E. Chiller, who designed it in such a way that it could house other services as well. At the front, it consists of three...
The theater was designed by the Italian architect P. Sampo. Syros needed a decent theater that could host performances by the various troupes which visited the greatest cultural center of Greece back then. The building, which is said to be a miniature of La Scala di Milano, opened its doors to the public for the first time on the 20th of April...
This was also designed by the Italian architect P. Sampo, built in 1863 and located on Miaoulis Square. There you will see and reproductions of the Cycladic Art Museum. The "HELLAS" Club was housed in this neoclassical building. It is worth wandering around the old ballroom where masks, murals and ceiling paintings with depictions of the god of...
Next to the City Hall is housed the Historical Archive of the Cyclades, where several files are kept, dated from 1821 as well as from the period before and during the Revolution. It is worth having a look at the archives to pore into the martial history of the Cyclades and Greece in general.
Built in the 19th century in Nisaki, it served as the first telegraph office in Greece from 1880 until 1925. It is a three-storey, oblong building of tufa and marble. If you are fans of the Navy, you should definitely visit it to see scale models of ships, pictures of sailing and historical ships as well as various exhibits related to seafaring.
It is located in the area where the seafaring of the island flourished and keeps on flourishing. At this part of the island, the tradition in wooden fishing vessels, i.e. the wood marine architecture, has prevailed. This tradition is dated from 1823 when shipbuilders from Chios and Psara came to the island. Moreover, you will encounter old...
They are both located in the northern part of Ano Syros, at the feet of the hill. Historical places, full of diachronic emotions, if one considers how many lives were saved in the hospital and how many souls of small unchristened children are buried in the cemetery. Statues and innocence at the cemetery and many memories in the hospital, these...