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ANO SYROS (Small town) SYROS
Tel: +30 22810 82768
Fax: +30 22810 83924
The Centre for Historical Studies of the Catholic Diocese of Syros (K.I.M.K.E.S.)
was founded in 1986 and is located at Ano Syros, next to the Cathedral of St. George.
It includes the historical and ecclesiastical archives of the Catholic Dioceses of Syros and Thera,
as well as the archives of the Municipality of Ano Syros. Through the preservation and study of
the historical literary sources, one of the primary aims of the institution is to illuminate and promote
the history of Syros and the Cyclades in general.
DELOS (Island) KYKLADES
Its collections of sculpture and relief representations are the finest
in the world. This museum was built in 1904 with expenses paid by the Archaeological
Society. The five western wings of the first building were supplemented with additional
wings in 1931 and 1972.
Currently the museum of Delos hosts the following collections:
•Vases from mid-3rd c. B.C. to the 1st millennium B.C.
•Statuettes (2nd - 1st c. B.C.)
•Tomb statues and columns (7th c. - 1st c. B.C.)
•Jewellery and various articles dating from the 2nd to 1st c. B.C.
•Mosaics from the 2nd and 1st c. B.C.
Significant exhibits of the Museum of Delos are:
•Corinthian alabaster
•Brass mask of bearded Dionysus (2nd c. B.C.)
•Statue of Apollo (2nd c. B.C.)
•Archaic Kore (young woman) (580 B.C.)
•Marble complex of Voreas abducting Oreithyia (end of 5th c. B.C.)
•Marble Statue of Dioscurides and his wife Cleopatra (138 A.D.)
This text is cited May 2003 from the Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs URL below.
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