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Skyros Island

Skyros island is the southernmost island of the Sporades, in the Aegean Sea, Greece. Around the 2nd millennium BC and slightly later, the island was known as The Island of the Magnetes where the Magnetes used to live. Skyros island is the largest of the Sporades, Skyros is one of the municipalities that are not part of any provinces in Greece. Read the rest of this entry »

Ancient Academy of Asklepion, Kos island

Kos island is located in the south Sporades group of the Dodecanese islands in Greece, next to the Gulf of Gökova, about 4 kilometres from the coast of Bodrum, Turkey. Kos town is the administrative center and largest town of the island. The ruins of Asklepieion are popular tourist attractions. In ancient Greece and Rome, an asclepeion was a healing temple, sacred to the god Asclepius.The cult of Asclepius started around 300 BC. Hippocrates is said to have received his medical training at asclepieion of Kos. Read the rest of this entry »

Skiathos Island

Skiathos island is located in the Aegean Sea, Greece. It is the westernmost island in the Northern Sporades group of islands. The name of the island dates back to ancient times. Skiathos is a popular tourist destination. It has more than 60, chiefly sandy, beaches scattered along the 44 km long coastline. Read the rest of this entry »