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C H A P T E R 1 Ayia Triada from the fifteenth century, with the truncated minaret of the ex-mosque Hellenistic and Byzantine-era ruins in the centre of the city Penetrating into the heart of the Turkish quarter, churches and mosques really do begin to blur: the Demirli Camii was once a Byzantine place of worship, the church of Ayios Spiridon is still topped by a minaret, the chapels of Ayios Fanourios and Ayia Triada stand beside the ruins of a Turkish palace and the church of Ayia Kiriaki also still flaunts its minaret which once belonged to the Buruzan Camii. 28
The entrance to the Mosque of Sultan Moustafa and a little fountain Narrow houses, fountains, miniscule courtyards paved with kochlakes (the river-polished pebbles), small shrines and scattered ruins from Hellenistic and Byzantine eras all form an intricate urban weave. Many lanes are surmounted by stone archways in the style of old Jerusalem, and this was perhaps what the Knights intended, coming as they did from Palestine. The Retjep Pasha Mosque, constructed with material salvaged from medieval buildings 29
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Page 38 and 39: C H A P T E R 1 The harbour and the
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C H A P T E R 2 Between beaches and
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CHAPTER 3 THE CASTLES OF THE KNIGHT
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C H A P T E R 3 Kamirou Skala and K
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C H A P T E R 3 The flower-filled v
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C H A P T E R 3 Mt Atavyros The mos
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C H A P T E R 3 A little further on
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C H A P T E R 3 mythical founder of
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C H A P T E R 3 The frescos at Moni
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C H A P T E R 3 Monolithos Glifada
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C H A P T E R 3 Wind and water have
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CHAPTER 4 THE HISTORY OF THE GREAT
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C H A P T E R 4 Moni Tsambika Tradi
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Archanghelos has conserved the trad
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At about a kilometre beyond Archang
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The fishing village of Charaki, ben
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Ayios Georgios Loryma and Moni Kami
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Returning to the main road we can p
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In reality Lindos, the largest of t
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Stone relief representing a ship Cl
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The Greek theatre from the fourth c
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Reading the names of the saints to
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A scene from Genesis: God finds Ada
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AYIOS GEORGIOS O VARDAS AYIA IRINI
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Ayios Mamas, the pipe-playing patro
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the floor of the central nave one n
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woman spinning wool, her spindle he
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The altar that can be seen behind t
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The clock on the bell tower is stop
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The Kattavia coast Stopping off at
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The Prassonissi lighthouse on the f
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Glossary Acropolis Agora Amphiktion
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