Point of interest
Ancient Marble Quarries
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Tips from locals
Νίκος
May 28, 2021
Have a look of the ancient quarries where the famous Parian marble ''lychnites'' was quarried.
Aggeliki
February 8, 2021
The Quarries of Marathi worked from the first Cycladic times (3rd millennium BC) till recently. Visitors will see underground corridors and buildings of the 19th century. Many statues of the antiquity were made of Parian marble, which is considered of fine quality.
Μπετυ
October 23, 2019
Take a bottle of water and a light with you and go to explore Parian marble quarry. Parian marble is well known all over the world. The marble of Acropolis,temple of Apollonas in Delos,temple of Pasidonas in Sounio,Thisio in Athens,temple of Solomon, Afrodite of Milos,Niki of Samothrace and many more. All these monuments are made out of Parian marble and you can visit the exact place that all this marble was mined. Just remember to enter from the south gate! Trully magnificent!
Take a bottle of water and a light with you and go to explore Parian marble quarry. Parian marble is well known all over the world. The marble of Acropolis,temple of Apollonas in Delos,temple of Pasidonas in Sounio,Thisio in Athens,temple of Solomon, Afrodite of Milos,Niki of Samothrace and many mor…
Anna
May 5, 2019
An ancient place of marble mining in Paros, featuring two shafts that can be walked all along and are connected underneath the earth. You will need good shoes and a torch!
Suzanne
March 18, 2021
The famous Parian merble was in a great demand by many of the great sculptors of various periods, who created important monuments of the antiquity and statues such as : The Venu, the Kore from Acropolis etc.
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