Capital of her Amorgos is the Country, which is built
internally, roughly in the center of island. Characteristically her
narrow tiles roads, imposing rooms, the cool galleries
and her Enetic castle.
The two basic destinations of island however, are his harbors: Aigiali and
Katapola. Aigiali is found in the northern part of island and constitutes
the number a pole of attraction. And no unfairly: At first sight he is one
still small graphic harbour. The truth however, you discover him when you
remain. It is the unique and irreplaceable sense that you are “home”.
Truth, going in Aigiali you feel that her each corner is extension
of your room. Familiar and heat.
Backgammon, snack, swimming, freddo (or frape for the unregretting),
conversations in low tons and a veil astonis that makes you stretch
lazy all day, as the dog that seats in your legs.
Geographically, Amorgos is found in the Eastern department of Cyclades and abstains
136 naval miles from the harbor of Piraeus. The boats begin from Piraeus or Rafina
and stay or in Katapola or in Aigiali. The travel lasts from 8 up
to 12 hours, depending on the harbors of departure and arrival and the attitudes
in the intermediary islands.
In the all island exist partridges, that even though that in the past few year,
chased intensively also in a lot of cases, fun, what is egally because the lack
police, achieve and survive in satisfactory numbers. The abrupt and steep
coasts, with big height, are their sure shelter! Hares exist more in
the Western part of island. There the all region round Katapola, is also important
passage of quails.
In Amorgos functions organized road network that connects the all villages and
service of buses with dense itineraries. Exist also shops of renting of cars
and taxi, that serves the all island and caiques that make the tour of Amorgos.
In the island exist still herb stores, banks, posts and centers of health.
Amorgos, the last island of Cyclades and first Dodekanisa according
to the information of ancient geographers and lexicographers as
well as the epigraphy testimonies, had three cities: in the
BA utmost, Aigiali, colony of Mikrasiatikis Militoy, in
the BD coast Arkesini, colony Naxion, and Minoa, colony
Samion, in the means of roughly northern coast.
Aigiali is found in the place Bigla, near the village Tholaria,
in naturally and artificially fortified boynodi hill. Important
building relic and signs engraved in the rocks are scattered in
fields and pasture lands. Molonoti many signs and a lot of important
mobile discoveries emanate from Aigiali, the ancient city, the
more major region and from the Bight, substantially still it has
not been searched excavation, apart from surface researches and
his architectural imprinting walls of ancient city of hellenistic
years. In the more major region of Aigialis are found scattered
Towers, circular and rectangle the Hellenistic years.
City of Arkesinis, today in the place Kastri, in enough distance
from the Village Broytsi, she is accessible only from path, in
ancient pedestrian. It is particularly
important city artificially fortified. The monumental wall with
the rampants, in a lot of points, is saved in capable height. The
double gate, the “Doors”, countless building relic
the classic and hellenistic years are built under large rocks,
architectural members and things of monumental statues, are
found in
or scattered in the fields.
Despite the big number, surface or accidental, important discoveries,
from the city of Arkesinis have not been realized systematic
excavations. And here have only become surface researches and have
been impressed the wall of city. The saved building residues in
Arkesini and in the citadel of natural Mary of Kastrianis as
well as the mobile discoveries testify for the continuous diachronic
habitation, from the 3rd eg millenium up to the 18th century.
Minoa, third ancient city of Amorgos, is alone rapproachable with
automotive and unique that excavated systematically. It is
connected with earth-road. with the harbor of Katapolon
and she is daily visiting.
Amorgos, thanks to the many archaeological discoveries, was already
acquaintance from the passed century as one from the more important
centers of Kykladikoy of Culture, at the 3rd eg millenium, the
Precocious Season of Coper. Recent however archaeological testimonies
mainly in Minoa showed that it is lived already by the Later
Season of Stone, the 4th eg millenium.
The material testimonies, remaining at country building residues
and the many mobile discoveries no only from the ancient cities,
but also from other places, allow the reconstitution of picture
of history continuous habitaton and life in Amorgos from the
farthest Antiquity, the Season of Stone, until the Newer years
and the current “Season of Plastic”.