Archaeological Museum of Symi

The archaeological collection is housed in a traditional Symi mansion of Yianneskis family which was given as an endowment to N. K. Pharmakidis, tradesman and vice consul on Symi. It was given to the Greek state by Ariadne B. Pharmakidis and Sevasti N.Farmakidi. In the exhibition you will see a representation of the interior of a Symi house with its dining and living room (furniture, crockery, paintings and photographs of the period), as well as traditional local costumes.

The museum houses the following collections:

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Nautical Museum of Symi

It was created as a museum of naval art in 1983 and in 1990 it was housed in a fine neoclassical building of Symi. There is a special section dedicated to sponge diving, diving equipment, various types of sponges and other accessories of the divers, as well as models of the sponge diving boats.

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Panormitis Museum

In the center of the monastic complex of Panormitis you will see the Byzantine Museum. Here you will also see bottles-offerings that faithful followers left in the sea and hoped they would reach the monastery. One of the most characteristic ones is what came from Leipzig in 1998, with oil, wax, incense and names "for commemoration." There are also items dating back to 1930, a carved canopy of an epitaph of the 18th century, swords and guns and a clock of 1896.

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Artisanship of Bells at Emporio

The Artisanship of Bells at Emporio Symi is the only one that exists in the Dodecanese. It is a unique example of craft of this kind in the region of the southeastern Aegean and therefore appreciated and advertised a lot by the local community. The equipment, the blast furnace and the oven have been declared a historical monument.

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Monastery of Archangel Michael Panormitis

This is a monastery complex with cells, a bank, hostels, a kitchen, a library, a sacristy, a cemetery, a museum, reception rooms and a pebbled courtyard. The monastery exists from  the period of the Knights. It was destroyed in the mid-18th century  and was rebuilt in 1783. The monastery played an important role in the revolution of 1821 by helping financially. The interior is covered with frescoes of brothers Karakosti (1783). The temple was built in the same year by Mastrodiakos Taliadouros, while the painting of Panormitis was made silver in 1724.

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Castle of the village of Symi

This is an acropolis of an unfortified settlement, built within the village in the north part of the island at a height of 154 m. There are three construction phases: Hellenistic, Byzantine and Knightly. The south and the east wall of the fortifications (140 m.) are preserved. They are a combination of the Hellenistic fortification, Byzantine walls and chivalric additions. To the northeast there is cylindrical tower, while the semicircular bastion of the castle is a construction of the knightly period.

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