{"id":40075,"date":"2021-11-29T17:28:10","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/anafi\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T17:28:11","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T15:28:11","slug":"anafi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/anafi\/","title":{"rendered":"An\u00e1fi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Monastery of Zood\u00f3chos Pig\u00ed, An\u00e1fi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

According to mythology, An\u00e1fi<\/strong> owes its name to the fact that it emerged (an\u00e1fi derives from the verb \u201canafainomai\u201d, which means emerge) from the waters of the Aegean, following the desire of Apollo to offer refuge to the Argonauts. That is why its inhabitants, in his honor, built the temple of Apollo Aigl\u00edtis (from the word “aigli” which means glamor, i.e. the one that shines) at the top of K\u00e1lamos (where the church of Panag\u00eda Kalami\u00f3tissa was later built).<\/p>\n\n

Again according to mythology, the island was the homeland of Aeolus<\/strong>, god of winds, who offered Odysseus the bags with his winds.<\/p>\n\n

Phoenicians<\/strong> and later Dorians<\/strong> lived in An\u00e1fi who lived in the center of the island. During the 5th century BC, An\u00e1fi became a member of the Athenian Alliance. <\/p>\n\n

In the Middle Ages the island belonged to the Duchy of Naxos and was ruled by Venetians who, unable to protect the island from pirates, were forced to flee to Crete. In 1537 it was looted by the Turkish Admiral Barbarossa and then enslaved by the Turks. It was liberated in 1832 together with Santorini. <\/p>\n\n

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\"Kalamos\"
Vr\u00e1chos, eastern An\u00e1fi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

To the east of Anafi dominates the Vr\u00e1chos<\/strong> (Rock), a limestone monolith with its higher peak, K\u00e1lamos. Vr\u00e1chos is the main attraction of the island and the second largest monolith in the Mediterranean, after Gibraltar. At the top of K\u00e1lamos, which leads to a path from the monastery of Zood\u00f3chos Pig\u00ed, is the old monastery of Panag\u00eda Kalami\u00f3tissa, built in 1715, next to the ruins of a medieval fortress.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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