The Portara & the Chora - Naxos island Long Sleeve T-Shirt
Naxos Long Sleeve T-Shirt
designed and sold by Cretense72
The Portara (temple of Apollo) and the Chora ("capital") of Naxos island in the background. Cyclades, Greece. The Portara or the “Great Door” is essentially a massive marble doorway, leading to nowhere. It lies close to the port of Naxos on the islet of Palatia which was once a hill. A strip of land connected the north of the port of Naxos to Palatia in ancient times. Today, the strip of land has been replaced by a causeway. Myth has it that the islet of Palatia was exactly where Ariadne, the Minoan princess was abandoned by her lover, Theseus after he killed Minotaur on the island of Crete. Around the year 530 B.C when Naxos was at its peak of glory, the then ruler, Lygdamis wanted to build the highest and most magnificent buildin...
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