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and numerous copies of the
Massacre at Chíos by Delacroix
(1798–1863). The main core of
the Koraís library, on the THE REFUGEE
ground floor, consists of CRISIS
books and manuscripts Since 2015, there have
bequeath ed by the cultural been tens of thousands
revolutionary and intellectual of refugees, escaping
Adamantios Koraís (1748– the Syrian civil war and
1833); these include works other trouble spots,
given to Koraís by Napoleon. who have made the
short but often perilous
crossing from the
5 Turkish coast to the
nearest Greek islands.
Kámbos Híos, Lésvos, Kos and
Sámos have seen the
⌂ 6 km (4 miles) S of Híos
town greatest influx. The
Windmills at the shoreline refugees have not
of Híos town, with the sun This fertile plain is crossed by always been warmly
low on the horizon a number of unmarked lanes welcomed by the locals
that stretch between high on these islands.
stone walls, betraying nothing
of what lies behind. However,
3 " through an open gateway, you mansions were devastated
Byzantine Museum may catch a glimpse of what by the 1881 earth quake, but
were once the summer some have been restored.
⌂ Plateía Vounakíou
§ 22710 26866 # 8am– estates of the medieval Híot Many of these still have their
own waterwheels.
aristocracy. Several of the
3pm Tue–Sun
This museum is housed within
the former Mecidiye Cami, one 0 metres 300 N
of the few mosques to have
survived in tact in the east 0 yards 300 Turkish Baths
Aegean; it still retains its
minaret. Inside are 18th- AGIOU FO TIO U OINOPIONOS
century frescoes by Mihaïl S O STRATOU AGKOULE
Homatzas, rescued from the DIMOKR ATIAS AGIOU GEORGIOU FROU RIOU
rural church of Panagía Krína, MAR T IRON ZACHARIOU
and a Genoese marble relief K ARPASIAS ARSENIO U THEOTOKA NEORION
of St George and the Dragon. Kástro
Giustiniani Palace
Porta Maggiora
DIMOKRATIAS
4 " P OLYTECHNEÍOU PLATEIA KANARI
Filippos Argentis EGKREMOU Byzantine
VOUNAKIOU
Folklore Museum Museum V OUPALOU LEOF. AIGAIOU
AG. ANARGIRON PACHNOU Lésvos, Pireaus,
Çeşme, Sámos
⌂ Koraís 2 § 22710 44246 APLOTARIA NIK. RALLI RODOKANAKI
# 8am–3pm Mon–Fri (also KAL OPLITOU VASIL I KARI ARGENTI VEN IZE LOU
5–8pm Fri), 9am–2pm Sat OMIROU
PA SPAT I
Endowed in 1932 by one of P A S PAT I
the members of the leading KORAIS Filippos Argentis
Argentis family, and oc cu pying Folklore Museum
the floor above the Koraís AMANTOU
library, this museum's col lec- MITROPOLITI PAVLOU LEOF. AIGAIOU
tion features rural wooden MICHAEL LIVANOU
implements, plus examples of DELAGRAMMATIKA KOUNTOURIOTOU MOUSIOU
traditional embroidery and RITSOU FAVIEROU MICHALON
costumes. Also on view, T S O U R I KALAMPOK A DAMIANOU
alongside a number of por- PIPINOU Archaeological
traits of the Híot family, are Kámbos A SOMATON Museum
rare engravings of islanders 6 km (4 miles)
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