What we usually call “The Sporades” is a group of islands called The Northern Sporades. They consist of scattered or “sporadic” islands, all fertile and remote: Skiathos, Skopelos, Alonissos, Skyros, and some other smaller islands.
Alonissos has a characteristic architecture slightly influenced by the Cycladic style consisting of square whitewashed houses. Alonissos architecture and building style are more related to the typical Macedonian style and to the architectural style ruling in the neighbouring mainland.
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Just a few traditional houses have survived at the ancient island capital city, Palio Chorio, displaying long and narrow windows, the typical small wooden balconies on the upper floors, perfectly whitewashed walls, and slate-tiled multicoloured roofs. .
Those houses are usually divided into a ground floor for storage and a couple of upper floors for dwelling. However these are scarce on Alonissos and more common on Skiathos.
Nevertheless, not many of them have survived the action of the |
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Although the architecture in Patitiri is not as interesting as that of the old capital, the surroundings near the natural port are absolutely worth a visit.
Moreover, some churches dating from Byzantine times have
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