You needn t travel far though to find isolated beaches atmospheric mountain villages ancient sites and marble quarries.
Marble city naxos.
Naxos is famous for its marble.
The mountains look like someone cut them with a knife.
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It s not a big place but you ll find several cafes and restaurants in the old town here too.
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νάξος was an ancient greek city.
Naxos or naxus greek.
It has high mountains fertile valleys lush green gorges stunning seascapes and traditional villages perched high on mountain tops where the inhabitants still wear their traditional dress and live off the fruits of the land.
From here it s about a 40 to 50 minute journey back to the centre of naxos town.
Naxos ˈ n æ k s ɒ s s oʊ s.
Bc script of greek naxos.
Marble was mined on the island in ancient times as well the kouros large marble statues being the proof.
Next along this route is apeiranthos an extraordinary town built almost entirely of marble.
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Naxos in a joint venture with chalkis founded the city of naxos in sicily in 735 bce the first greek colony on the island.
Naxos is the biggest and the greenest island in the cyclades.
Naxos is a sophisticated marble that brings a sense of lightness to any installation.
The largest town and capital of the island is chora or naxos city with 7 374 inhabitants 2011.
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Its crisp white background accented with shimmering crystal deposits makes it an ideal choice for the sophisticated consumer.
Naxian marble commercial name.
If you visit the interior on some hills you may notice the characteristic large patches of this stone this is where marble is mined.
Alexander marble is a large crystaled white marble which is quarried from the cycladic island of naxos in greece it was among the most significant types of marble for ancient greece and it continues to be quarried in modern times.
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This has become even more definite since 1977 when the marble cippus or sacred stone inscribed with a dedication to the goddess enyo was found in the large sanctuary west of the santa venera river.
Another example of naxos wealth is the various monumental dedications that were made at the great sanctuary sites such as delos the famous marble lions and delphi the celebrated sphinx.
Its main town of hora has a gorgeous waterfront and a web of steep cobbled alleys below its hilltop kastro and fortified venetian mansions testament to three centuries of venetian rule.
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