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Loutraki
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On the Road to Perachora
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Perachora
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Pisia
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SCHINOS (ancient oenoe)
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Kalanisa |
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Kalanisa
Off
Cape Olmia are the four islets called the Alcyonides. The name, meaning
'kingfisher islands', is derived from the fact that since very 
ancient
times there were the birds Alkiones, which were protected (in the matter
of climate) by Gods for 15 days in the winter in order to bear their
children. So these days were
named Alkionides days since they are always sunny days.
The individual names of the islets are Zoodochos Pigi, Daskaleio,
Glaronisi and Prasonisi. Shreds
of Corinthian pottery have been found on Daskaleio, together with traces
of a polygonal wall.On
Zoodochos Piyi, there are many more remnants of ancient buildings, and
there is also a monastery of Our Lady, which was founded in the twelfth
century and is still occupied. According to the tradition, the catholicon
of the monastery was built on the foundations of an ancient temple to
Castor and Ñïllu÷. The church is dedicated to the Dormition of Our Lady
and is of the cruciform domed architectural type. In its interior are
notable ecclesiastical vessels and icons. A famous triptych icon called
'Our Lady of Kalanisa', depicting the Virgin and Child is kept now in the
church of the Great Archangels in Perachora.
