Symi Island (Greece, Dodecanese)

Symi is the eighth largest Greek island of the Dodecanese.  It is located about 12 miles NW. of Rhodes.  Its natural harbor is Gialos (from Aegialos), around which the city is built amphitheatrically.

The Island of Symi is a world-class tourist destination due to its architecture.  About 5% of residents of Symi are foreign European citizens, mainly English. 

The Holy Monastery of Panormitis is the most important religious monument on the island. From Gialos, you can reach Panormitis by boat, but also by road. The monastery of Taxiarhis Michael of Panormitis is located on the southwest side of the island.

 

ARCHITECTURE

The palette of colors of pale, salmon, red, blue, white is becoming more daring in the large neoclassical houses of Yalos that have been restored.

The houses are double and triple, with tiled roofs.

The picturesque colorful houses enchant the visitor.

The natural harbor of the island is Gialos, around which the largest settlement is built amphitheatrically, on the slopes of Mount Vigla.

 

 

RELIGIOUS MONUMENTS

PANORMITIS MONASTERY

The monastery is built on the bay of a bay, Panormos, from which it was named.

 

In the center of the building complex of the Monastery dominates the unique art of towering Bell Tower.

Today, every Christian who visits the Panormitis Monastery can admire the elaborate frescoes and feel awe and thrill in front of the miraculous, super-magnificent Picture of the Taximeter Michael of Panormitis, which epitomizes and brightens the Katholikon.