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View of Leipsoi harbour<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

The islands have been inhabited since the Prehistoric Age<\/strong>, and the locals boast that this is where Calyps\u00f3 bewitched Odyss\u00e9as (now, if there is any relation between LEIPS\u00d3S and KALYPS\u00d3, I am unaware of it). The temple dedicated to Ap\u00f3llonas of Leips\u00f3s (4th century BC) once stood on the site of the church of \u00c1gios Nik\u00f3laos, in the bay of Leips\u00f3s. It is probable that the acropolis of the ancient city, overlooking the town, stood in the area of \u201cK\u00e1stro\u201d and the sea haven was then where the shipyard stands today. <\/p>\n\n

From the 11th up until the 16th centuries<\/strong> it belonged to the Monastery of P\u00e1tmos (they were so assigned by the Byzantine Emperor Al\u00e9xios I). Generally the fate of these islands followed that of the Dodecanese and in 1948 they were reunited with Mother Greece.<\/p>\n\n

Sightseeing: <\/strong>It is very nice for walking. The central island together with the islands surrounding it and the Arkio\u00ed islands to the north complete a complex of at least 40 islands, one close to the other, full of surprises, where you can enjoy an unforgettable holiday close to nature.<\/p>\n\n

The miraculous icon of the Virgin Mary<\/strong> is in the church of \u00c1gios Io\u00e1nnis. There are wonderful ecclesiastic and folk collections in the Town Hall and Museum.<\/p>\n\n

The dark Leipsian wine<\/strong> is very famous (the Vatican used to use it for Communion). But beware, it is very potent. Don\u2019t get carried away during the first fortnight of August, when the wine festival is held, by drinking too much.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The islands have been inhabited since the Prehistoric Age, and the locals boast that this is where Calyps\u00f3 bewitched Odyss\u00e9as (now, if there is any relation between LEIPS\u00d3S and KALYPS\u00d3, I am unaware of it). The temple dedicated to Ap\u00f3llonas of Leips\u00f3s (4th century BC) once stood on the site of the church of \u00c1gios…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40674,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[741,740],"tags":[887,452,886],"class_list":["post-40676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agathonisi-to-leros-islands","category-dodecanese","tag-arkioi","tag-history","tag-leipsoi","category-741","category-740","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40676"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40676\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40677,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40676\/revisions\/40677"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}