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Tinos is the third in size island of Cyclades with extent 194.500 acres and population 8.000 residents. It is found north-westernly Mykonos and southly-eastern Andros, from which abstains half mile (in the point that it is said Steno).

Her administrative division, after the application of law “Kapodistrias”, is:

• Municipality Tinos, with seat the city of Tinos (Xora)

• Municipality Exomboyrgo, with seat the ??µp?

• Community Panormoy

Few history
The first residents of Tinos were Iones from the Asia Minor. Her name is considered that it emanates from the Phoenician word “Tanoth”, that means snake, whereas other people think tha it came from the name of the first resident. In the antiquity was named “Ydrousa” and “Ofioysa” which leads to the conclusion that the island had a lot of waters but also snakes. Aristofanis names it “Skorodoforo” because the chosen garlics that it produced.

Tinos, as other islands of Aegean, was occupied at intervals from the Perses, Athenians, Spartiates, the Macedonian and Romen. The period of Byzantium was pillaged repeatedly from Saracen pirates, while in 1207 Venetians came.

Afterwards the fall of Konstantinoupoli, in 1453, the one after the other islands began to devolve to their Turks. As it happened and in other islands of Aegean, Tinos was not occupied but it was delivered in Tuks, after sport rayal of Venice. Concretely, in 1715 the Venetian provost marshall Balbis wetted the powder and it barred the canon of the fortress, in order to it bends the defense of island. Like this Tinos was surrendered, which the Turkish conqueror respected, with result her residents maintain certain privileges, as their own bishop, free exercise of their religious duties, they build schools and churches and they do not pay the “cephalic” tax.

The Greeks of Tinos were from the first that raised the flag of Revolution in 1821 on 31 March.

Today Tinos is interwoven with Panagia Megalochari, the celebration of which on 15 August becomes pole of attraction for thousands of pilgrims. The tourism constitutes a big part of economic activity, without fall short however and the traditional occupations that claim dynamically their contribution in the progress of island. Her residents at the religion are catholic and orthodoxe Christians.

City of Tinos (Chora)

It is the harbor and the capital of island. Here you can find the assembled services of Tinos. Two wide streets, vertical to the beach, lead to the big temple of Panagia tis Eyaggelistrias] In the city there is a lot of and appreciable old churches, as the church of Brigadiers with temple the 17th century and marble belfry. Thera are maintained tiled roads, home of Cycladitic architecture and old mansions.

Arnados
It is found in side of Kechrobouniou, 9km from the Chora. Small village with traditional arcades and backstreet.

Dio Choria
It abstains 8km from the Chora. It is traditional settlement with big square and running waters.

Exombourgo
It is a granite rock of height of 640m. in root of that, after 1700, it began to be created a small settlement that was named Exomboyrgo or Xompoyrgko, that it means from the castle (burgo in the Italian). It is the castle that in 1207 had built the Venice on the rock. It had two huge walls, the one near the top and the other lower. sport ween them, there was built the medieval capital of Tinos. Today are saved the ruins of castle, while archaeological discoveries from the region are found in the museum of Chora and are emanated from holy Dimitra and Persephone which were found here.

Kardiani
Mountainous village, that is found in altitude 260m in the mountain Patelas. The name of village is name of Panagia that was worshipped in the region and the residents named it Kioyra (Lady) Kardian. The village was built in the 17th century (1670-1690) from catholic and orthodoxe that emanated from various parts of island. Discoveries strengthen the opinion that the region was lived in Geometrical period. In the Temple of Kioyras Kardianis are found discoveries that lead to the conclusion that the temple was re-built before 1000 ac

Triantaros
It abstains 6km from the Country and it is found in altitude 500[m]. It has splendid view in Aegean. Local titbits are served in his traditional cafes.

Falatados
It is a mountainous village in distance 10km. from the country and two kilometres from the Abbey Kechroboynioy. In the village exists the tiled Temple of Saint Ioannis with pebbled courtyard 1902. In the entry of temple is found monument to price of Falatadianon of workers that found the picture of Panagia. Here can anyone taste the Tino's omelette with potatoes fried and sausages. In Falatado is produced also the eminent Tino's pink grape.

Artists From Tinos
Tinos offered in the painting and sculptural many of the biggest artists that Greece presented.

Nikiforos Lytras (1832-1904), painter: Existed academician and teacher in the Faculty of Good Arts on 37 years. He Is considered the most important Greek painter of 19th century.

Nikolaos Gyzis (1842-1900), painter: He taught in the Academy of Good Arts of Munich and is considered, with Nikiforos [Lytra], the ringleader of Modern Greek Art.

Dimitrios Filippotis (1839-1919), sculptor: He studied in Rome and created in Athens, contributing considerably in the promotion of sculpture in Greece.

Giannoylis Chalepas (1854-1938), sculptor: He studied in the Faculty of Good Arts of Techical university and in the Academy of Good Arts of Munich. He is considered the leading Greek sculptor and his name was connected with “Koimomeni” his - sculpture of astonishing beauty - that finds in A Cemetery of Athens and shows a girl that sleeps the eternal sleep.