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Square Miaouli
Square Miaoulis, located a short distance from the port of Syros, is one of the few squares in Greece in the 19th century.and is now the heart of the city, the place of evening stroll, the obvious meeting point for residents and visitors.
The original name, "Otto Square" in honor of the first king of Greece. After the eviction of Otto on October 15, 1862, renaming to 'square Leotsakou "Leotsakos honored Nicholas, who on February 28, 1862 was head of the military guard of Syros that attempted to release political prisoners in Kythnos. The present name was given in 1889 when it was unveiled a statue of Andrew Miaoulis.
There stands the Town Hall building, one of the largest municipalities in the country, the work of German architect Ernst Ziller, founded in 1876 and inaugurated in 1898.Apart from the municipal services are housed in the town hall and the courts, the Archaeological Museum (with the Cycladic and Byzantine exhibits and the Historical Archive of the Cyclades hosted at the Mansion Ladopoulos) and other public bodies (Bar, etc.).
The square is also the Cultural Centre and the Municipal Library, which features rare footage of the history of Syros. At the entrance of the square stands the statue of A. Miaoulis and towering palm trees give it a unique beauty.
The Old Port
The old port is located on the left side of the bay. There are old warehouses Transit built in 1834-1839 with public expenditure plans IB Erlacher and under the supervision of Wilhelm von Weiler. The building is a total length of 122 meters and is divided into two wings.
In each ward there were seven stores. Confronting them was a portico with large arched openings that have now closed. The barge dock on the building from the sea, and unload directly to the gallery.
From the interwar stores were no longer perform its original function.The arrangements made for the installation of public services (Port Authority, LUCC) has not touched the shell of the building.
In 1994 four warehouses on the southern wing of the Cycladic Art Gallery, which hosts regular exhibitions and collections of its own (entrance at the rear of the building).
There is also the Merchant Navy School, Opy previously housed the first telegraph in Greece and the Neoclassical building fees, which gives a touch of culture flooding the island.
Archaeological Museum of Syros
The Museum of Syros is one of the oldest museums in Greece. Founded in 1834-35 and is now housed at the Municipal Hall of Syros, an important monument, designed by renowned architect E. Schiller.
The Museum of Syros, originally founded as a central prefecture of Cyclades, Syros is because the capital of the prefecture. Later with the establishment of local museums and other islands confined by the end of last century, the finds from Syros.It remained at the Museum of Syros what findings were admitted to his collection of old, as relief from Amorgos and Kythnos and other small items from different sites (Aegina, Viotia, etc.).
But most importantly all the Museum is a collection of artifacts from the settlement in Chalandriani, located on a steep hill in the middle of the east coast of Syros, which revealed significant parts of the fortification (in the castle), ruins of houses, pottery and metalwork workshops.This settlement is the most important so-called Prokykladikou culture and dating in the second half of the third millennium BC (2400/2300-2100 BC).Most of these findings, Marble works, pottery and metalwork are grave goods and from the excavations of the Archaeological Society in Chalandriani during which revealed some 600 graves.The Museum of Syros exposed a small part, but most have been transferred to the National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
At the end of the prehistoric era to the 8th century. BCfindings have been found sporadically on the island belonging to the Mycenaean and Geometric years, but they do not help to form an overall picture of life in Syros during these years.
During the Classical period (5th - 4th century BC.) Syros remained in the shadow of nearby Delos, but was independent of government in the Hellenistic and Roman times.
The Museum of Syros also presented some findings from across the island, a few sculptures and inscriptions, and several tombstones.Most of the artifacts are dated to the Hellenistic era. Much interest is even an Egyptian statue of black granite was donated to the old museum. It depicts the priest Anchapi and dates according to the inscription of 730 BC (22nd Dynasty).
Industrial Museum of Syros
Next to the neoclassical mansions of Syros, one encounters the smokestacks of industry, the shipyards of scaffolding, cranes and tugs of the shipyards.
InThis historic fabric are the three buildings that the city of Syros has given a very interesting museum: the Industrial Museum of Syros.
Over four hundred rare items from the industrial heritage of Syros was the first glimpse of the Museum, an exhibition opened in May 2000.
Maps and images from the late 17th to mid 20th century, original architectural and urban plans from the creation of neoclassical Syros, Syros paintings painters of the 19th century ship models, were just some of the first exhibits.
Today, the backbone of the report, are about twenty conserved machinery for the collection of the Museum, accompanied by dozens of articles, tools, raw materials and products industry.
Furthermore, the report displays the visitor can admire pictures of the port of age of steam and sail to attend scenes of industrial work and to see a virtual collection of scientific instruments of the 19th century.
Special interest is the digital image file and audio recordings of oral testimonies of old workers and craftsmen, as well as three-dimensional digital representation of public and industrial buildings.
As part of the exhibition on the history of trade, and exposed an entire women's novelty shop in the early 20th century.The exhibition is open to Chromatourgeio Katsimanti and neighboring Skagiopoieio contradicted, and has completed and the renovation of the third building of the Museum, the tannery Kornilaki.
Please note that the systematic work of restoration and maintenance of exhibits in the Industrial Museum, which started in 1998, is entirely in Ermoupolis.
Industrial Museum of Syros
Tel 22810 to 81243 and 22810 to 84762
Fax. 22810 to 79136
The Library of Syros
The Public Library Ermoupoleos housed in the basement of the Cultural Centre, a beautiful neoclassical building of the 19th century (1863-1865).
Official reason for the library is from 1926 and starts with a core of approximately 2000 volumes of books from the collections of the Library School (1835) and especially the library of James Rota, favorite friend of Korai, the Bishop of Cyclades Anthimou Comnenus (1842) k . al.
The precious old books like "Argonautica "of Apollonius the Rhodian 1521), the" Nominal Pollux "1608) of Racine, the" Ioustinianai "Prince Rodokanakis - rare version Syros etc. preserved in a separate location.
Special mention should be made to collect the local press that starts from the last century and up until today. Approximately 45,000 volumes of books are available to the readership.
The printed material is sorted by the decimal system of classification DEWEY.
Apollo Theater
Apollo Theatre is a symbol of economic and cultural development of Syros, in the 19th century, is one of the oldest theaters closed in modern times and one of the most impressive architectural ornaments of Syros is located behind the main square Miaouliand the Municipal Library Square Vardaka.
Constructed in 1862 when work began on the theater and was completed in 1864, designed by Italian architect Club, Pietro Sampo, and cover the cost of the same holding company, under the responsibility of the municipality.The initiative for the construction of the Michael took over. Salvagos.
Church of St. Nicholas
This magnificent church was founded in 1849 with plans of G. Metaxas, and officially inaugurated in 1870 without having completed the interior decoration.
Cross-shaped, is situated in an elevated courtyard with a marble balustrade and handrail. It belongs to the type of domed basilica. Ladder height of 4 meters leads to the central part of the full-marble facade, which is on the ground floor porch to form a gallery four Ionic columns and two pilasters with Corinthian capitals.
Church of the Resurrection
Built on hilltop Dili, the Orthodox Church seems to counterbalance the dominant form of the Saint George church on the hill of Ano Syros.The original (1858) Hermoupolis plan was to set up in this position the war memorial during the Revolution, which eventually was placed in front of Ag. Nicholas, the new church was dedicated but the "resurrection of the Nation."
Founded in 1873, designed by D. Eleftheriadis, but only completed in 1909.It is a church with a cruciform plan with dome, rather heavy, with carved stonework and jagged strips of brick on sides and around the marble within the openings.
The interior is separated by arches and columns into three aisles, have enough classic elements:temple, the women's Ionic columns, etc., carved pulpit (a copy of the pulpit of St. Nicholas) and his throne, and many icons of the 19th century.
Cathedral of Saint George
The first church was built in 1200 AD and was rebuilt three times since then.The present church dates from 1834, is a sign of the basilica and decorated with great pictures. Among them, the "Lady of Hope" in which the Syrians Catholics place great reverence.
In 1652 became a Cathedral.Bishop Andreas Kargas hanged by the Turks in 1617 along with his secretary.
Then it is destroyed and most of the files of the Diocese.What has survived since then kept at the Centre for Historical Studies of the Catholic Diocese, where there are extremely important documents relating to the history of the island.
Museum Mark Vamvakari
The Museum of M.Vamvakari founded in 1995 in an old house in the center of Ano Syros, which was renovated to accommodate the personal belongings of the great troubadour, who was born in Ano Syros in 1905 and spent there the first years of his life.
In this small museum kept some of the few personal belongings of the top pop composer, who kindly gave his relatives and who have seen fit to expose the public to visit the Upper Syros.
Friends of Mark will meet at the museum memorabilia and old photographs of the passport and identity, clothing and shoes, manuscripts, lyrics, ring and watch and other personal items that were granted by the family to exposed to aircraft museumpart name. Since the exhibits are particularly important watch, wedding ring and ring with the initials MB, not lacking in symbolic value so much manuscripts of songs on rough paper.
Since 2000 especially, the Municipality of Ano Syros organizes every summer festival of folk music in his memory, entitled "Musical Journeys .... the streets of Mark, which notes always successful.
Source: http://www.syrostoday.gr
