Paros - Town Attractions Parikía

 
The chief town on the island of Páros is also named Páros or Parikía. It lies on the west coast, on the site of the ancient capital. The central feature of the town was (and is) a 15m/50ft high gneiss crag on the southeast side of the bay, now occupied by the Kástro, a ruined Frankish castle of about 1260, with stonework from an ancient Ionic temple, the Hekatompedon (the "hundred-footer") built into its walls. The tower incorporates a circular building of the fourth century B.C., walled in during the Frankish period, part of which serves as the apse of the castle chapel.

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Paros' Cathedral, a two-story domed cruciform church, dates from between the 5th and 7th C.

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The Marble Quarries of Paros were renowned for the high quality of the rock produced here for thousands of years.
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