Patmos

|----- | colspan=2 align=" center" cellpadding=" 0" bgcolor=white| |----- ! bgcolor=" #ccccff" colspan=" 2" | Statistics |----- | Periphery | Dodécanèse |----- | Chief town | Patmos |----- | Surface | 34 km ² |----- | Population | 2.600 (1995) |----- | Density of pop |76,5 habitants/km ² |----- | zip code | |----- | Indicative telephone | (00) 30 |----- | Internet site | http://www.patmos.gr/ |} Patmos (in Greek Πάτμος ) is a Greek island belonging to the archipelago of the Dodécanèse, in the Aegean Sea.

History

The Romains used Patmos as place of deportation. Thus, in 95, the Emperor Domitien exiled there the evangelist Jean which wrote the Apocalypse there.

In 1088 Saint Christodule made build with the assistance of the Byzantine Emperor Alexis Ier Comnène the monastery of Saint-Jean-the Évangéliste, with the site of a temple of Artémis. The monastery authorized in 1138 the inhabitants of the island to be settled around its enclosing wall. The town of Patmos (Chora) had been born.

In 1207, Patmos passed under the Venetian domination and was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1537. The Turkish occupation lasted until 1912.

Monuments

Midsummer's Day Monastery the Theologist

Localities

Skala

In Greek Σκάλα , of the island of Patmos located in islands of Dodécanèse
It is the principal port is also a name of locality spread in several Greek islands where it generally indicates a port, (just as Vathi, in Greek: Βαθυ ).
Skala means also staircase, the ports thus named having the oldest habitat built on the hills around the port, where one goes while climbing steps.
Skala de Patmos is the favorite stopover of the steamers of cruisings which one sees only stationing a few hours, time for the tourists to go to the monastery of Jean Saint. In summer, there is sometimes obstruction. The steamers are then obliged to drop anchor remotely at sea, their passengers being transported to the port in the high-speed motorboats which make the shuttle.
the tourist agitation around Chora and of the monastery of Jean Saint practically does not affect the life of Skala which remains a small accessible port, with old seldom visited churches and old lanes.
the island was an important commercial power whose refined culture and the taste for architecture are still visible in the houses of Chora and Skala, which goes back to the 16th century and 19th century centuries.

Sweetened speciality

the small cone in fresh almond paste Αμυγδαλοτο , which draws its name from the word " amande" (amygdalae)

from which comes the medical term éponyme to indicate glands of the throat in the almond shape.

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