Sights

• Ancient Ioulida: dating to the Archaic Era

• The Lion of Ioulis: a statue carved in the rock, dating back to the Archaic Era

• The Medieval Castle: built by Domenico Mikkeli in the 13 th century. AD.

• The Town Hall: designed by Ernst Ziller

• The Church of the Annunciation: the metropolis of the island

• The Monastery of St. Anna: the church of the 13th century and the remains of cells and other structures

• The Tower of Agia Marina: square, five-storey building. It was built during the Post / Hellenistic period (4th century BC)

• The Archaeological Museum: includes artifacts from the Neolithic period, the Bronze, the Archaic Age and Roman times.

• Ancient Korissos: dating to the Archaic Era

• The Old Enamel Factory: unique in Greece

• The Prehistoric settlement of Agia Irini: dating back to the Neolithic Period

• The Lighthouse: Akrotiri Agios Nikolaos

• The street of Lampros Katsoni: from where our national hero escaped after being surrounded by the Turks

Other interesting sites on the island are: the magnificent archaeological site in Karthaia, the Monastery of Panagia Kastriani Otzia, the Fort of Piiessa in Pisses and the view from the Prophet Elijah.