National Archaeological Museum of Kampos

The Archaeological Museum is located in Kampos (ancient Inoi). It includes findings from Kampos, Nas (temple of Artemis Tavropoulos), Arethusa, Christ Rahes, Proespera, Frantato and others. The exhibits of the museum include vases, statues, tomb offerings, sarcophagi and figurines. A marble sarcophagus of late antiquity stands out among the findings. It is decorated with sculptured garlands, rosettes and fruit and probably belongs to the works of art of a workshop from Asia Minor.

Entrance to the Museum is free.

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Monastery Saint Theoktisti & Chapel Theoskepasti

The monastery is located on the northern side of Ikaria, in the Municipal District of Evdilos, and near the village of Pigi. It is dedicated to Osia Theoktisti from Lesvos, who is associated with the islands of Paros and Ikaria, although not much information is known about her life. The foundation date of the monastery is unknown but it definitely operated in 1688 based on an inscription on the south wall. The complex consists of a Katholikon, fifteen cells and various auxiliary rooms.

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Koskina Castle

Castle Koskina (or Castle of  Nikaria or Castle of Messaria) is located in the village Kosoikia, in the middle of the island. It used to be the strongest fortification of the Byzantine city Dolichi. It was built by the Byzantines on the top of a hill in the 10th century in order to host a small military unit that could oversee the surrounding area and the sea routes. Parts of the wall surrounding the top of the hill can still be seen nowadays. There is also the church of St. George Dorgana, a vaulted basilica, within which you can see columns of ancient buildings.

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Ag. Irini Church, Kampos

This is one of the most important post-Byzantine monuments of Ikaria, built on the ruins of an early Christian basilica, parts of which can still be seen today in various places. The church had previously been dated to the 9th-10th c., but a recent reevaluation suggests it is a construction of the 11th-12th century. The church is a four-column cruciform. It is rectangular, with a towering dome. The corner rooms have pitched roofs, while in the east there is an arch. On the west side of the temple there is a narthex.

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