ISLAND OF IOS

 

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As you sail around the point of the island, you look upon the white walls on the coast, twirling windmills, fisherman boats bobbing on the Aegean Sea, reflecting blue, way up into the sky.I was thrilled with the pure white buildings with blue doors and window shutters. According to ancient tradition, Homer's mother was from Ios, and he himself was buried there - and indeed the locals will show visitors the site of the ancient town of Plakotos at the northernmost end of the island, where the rocky entrance to a tomb may be seen. There is no physical evidence connecting this with Homer however. There are signs of a Mycenaean settlement. The north end of Ios has a ruined Venetian castle from the 15th century. The island is said to have 365 churches and chapels, like the days of the year.

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