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Chora church (Turkish: Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church) is probably one of the most beautiful museums of Istanbul. It's relatively difficult to find, compared to marvels such as Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Topkapi palace, the Basilica Cistern, that are very close the one to the other, but it's an absolute "must see"!!! It's mostly famous for its fantastic mosaics (considered the best sample of late Byzantine art, also know as "The Palaeologian Renaissance") but you can also see some fantastic frescoes, like this one. Chora church is part of the "Historic areas of Istanbul", World Heritage Site by UNESCO

Chora (Folegandros), Greece. It's a challenge to get to this whitewashed clifftop town.

If you are Greek, grab this awesome Greece home souvenir tee. A good-looking Greece travel tourist summer gift.

Chora (Folegandros), Greece. Getting to this whitewashed clifftop town is... a challenge.

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 Today, the strip of land has been replaced by a causeway.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...

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 once was part of the ancient temple of Apollo. It lies close to the port of Naxos on the islet of Palatia which was once a hill.

The Hora of Serifos is divided in 2 parts, in 2 neighbourhoods, the Ano (Upper) Hora and the Kato (lower) Hora. In this photo you can see the square (Piazza) of Ano Hora, where you can see on the background the only building that's not white and blue, and it's the Town Hall.

One of the domes in Chora Church, with a beautiful mosaic of Jesus Christ ("Pantokrator"), Istanbul, Turkey. Chora church (Turkish: Kariye Müzesi, Kariye Camii, or Kariye Kilisesi — the Chora Museum, Mosque or Church) is probably one of the most beautiful museums of Istanbul. It's relatively difficult to find, compared to marvels such as Hagia Sophia, the Blue Mosque, the Topkapi palace, the Basilica Cistern, that are very close the one to the other, but it's an absolute "must see"!!! It's mostly famous for its fantastics mosaics, like this one of Jesus Christ - Pantokrator (considered the best sample of late Byzantine art, also know as "The Palaeologian Renaissance")") but you can also see some fantastic frescoes.

The port in the Chora of Skopelos island, Greece

The sunrise at the old port in the Chora of Skiathos island, Greece

A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

Great view at the port and Chora from a windmill of Mykonos, Greece

A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

For the English travellers to Mykonos Greece

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A Pop Art Travel Print of Chora Andros Island - Greece

Walking around the picturesque streets of Chora in Kythira (or "Cythera") island (Greece), you can see 3 different styles of Architecture: Venetian, Cretan and Cycladic. This particular spot with the "Fossa" (arch) reminds mostly the cycladic architecture.

Beautiful "detail" in Ano Syra ("Ano Syros"), the old medieval settlement of Syros island, Cyclades, Greece. EXIF DATA 58 mm 1/125 sec f/11 ISO 200 Camera: Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III

Beautiful house in Chora, the "capital" village of Kythira (or "Kythera" or "Cythera") island, Greece.

n the vast majority of the islands of the Aegean their "capitals" are called "Hora" (or "Chora"). Most of the Horas are located in the interior of the island, high up on some hill, relatively far from the sea. The main reasons, were defensive reasons, as the people of the islands wanted to avoid attacks from the pirates that once upon a time were lurking the Archipelago. Of course there are some exceptions. For example, the "Hora" of Myconos is a seaside town, because the Myconians used to do business with the pirates, or in some cases were pirates themselves. The Hora of Serifos is divided in 2 parts, in 2 neighbourhoods, the Ano (Upper) Hora and the Kato (lower) Hora. In this photo you can see the square (Piazza) of Ano Hora, whe...

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