Chios Sights & Attractions - Page 2

Ecclesiastical Museum

Museums
​​ Karyes

This small museum is housed in an old cell in the Monastery of Nea Moni. It houses fine post-Byzantine icons, silver ecclesiastical works, embroideries, and woven textiles.

Justinian Museum

Museums
​​ Town

Justinian Museum (or Palataki) is housed in a historical building that dates from the 15th century AD. It houses Byzantine icons and frescoes and ecclesiastical items from the Venetian times.

Tower of Ta Markou

Castles
​​ Pispilounta

The Tower was built in the 15th century and constituted the central defense tower of a medieval settlement, whose remnants are distinguished in the landscape's rare natural beauty.