Location information

Agio Gala cave

In Village Agio Galas you can find Virgin Mary' church, which is called Panagia Agiogalousena by the local people. It is a church built at the entrance of a cave. Its old carved wooden iconostasis is unique. Two more caves, one larger than the other extend the cave of the church. In the third cave there are numerous stalactites. The cave is very big and has many rooms. You can visit it, but you can only penetrate 200 m. inside it.

Municipality of Amani WebPage
• http://amani.gr/items.asp?id=99 (3 img.)

• http://www.chiosonline.gr/preaghiogalas.asp (1 img.)

Deserted settlement of Agios Ioannis

Analogism to Agio Galas, in a top of a mountain you can find the desolated village of Agio Giannis . The view is wonderful. You can see the blue of Aigaio.

Municipality of Amani WebPage
• http://amani.gr/items.asp?id=98 (3 img.)

  An abandoned village on the Amanis slope. Its location is alluring, offering an infinite view of the Aegean as well as an unforgettable sunset. The homes, basically in ruins, reveal the architecture of the small, poor village homes of the area. The villagers that sowed the barren slopes of Amanis used to say “Spiti oso xoreis kai ktima oso thoreis”, meaning that their homes were built small, just enough to fit all family members, while they were to cultivate as much land as they could in order to survive. The ground floor of the two story homes was used as a stable. There was an inner staircase within the home, which led to the balcony. That way, both floors could be accessed from within.
  The home interior usually had two rooms. The fireplaces today are still maintained and so are the thick shafts located in the center of the room that served to hold up the roof.
  The village was abandoned around 1960.
(text: Giannis Makridakis)
This text is cited December 2003 from the Prefecture of Chios tourist pamphlet (2003).