Kalymnos.
Kalymnos.
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on the island is Aghioi Apostoloi at Argos (3), a transitional,
tetrastyle, cross-in-square church. In the “dark ages” (7th-8th
c.) the fortresses of Galatiani (9) and of Kastelli (7) were built
in response to Arab raids. Constructed in the 11th c. and re-
paired and expanded in the 15th c by the Knights Hospitaller
(who had seized Kalymnos in 1310), Kastro Choras (1) was
the main settlement on the island until the 18th c. Its walls
surround a castle city of roughly 3 ha. In the middle of the
castle two large public cisterns had been constructed. Today
ten small churches (15th-early 16th c.) are preserved in good
condition within the castle. Within the framework of Kalymnian
defence, the Hospitallers also constructed the small Chryso-
cheria Castle (4).
603. Kalymnos, Kastro Choras (Κάλυμνος, κάστρο της Χώρας)
603. Kalymnos, Panagia Kyra-Chosti, wall painting (Κάλυμνος, Παναγία
Κυρά-Χωστή, τοιχογραφία)
603. Lalymnos, Limniotissa, basilica of Aghia Sophia, mosaic (Κάλυμνος,
Λιμνιώτισσα, βασιλική της Αγίας Σοφίας, ψηφιδωτό)
