Naxian marble commercial name.
Marble city naxos.
Naxos or naxus greek.
Naxos is the biggest and the greenest island in the cyclades.
It s not a big place but you ll find several cafes and restaurants in the old town here too.
It has high mountains fertile valleys lush green gorges stunning seascapes and traditional villages perched high on mountain tops where the inhabitants still wear their traditional dress and live off the fruits of the land.
Naxos is famous for its marble.
If you visit the interior on some hills you may notice the characteristic large patches of this stone this is where marble is mined.
Next along this route is apeiranthos an extraordinary town built almost entirely of marble.
νάξος was an ancient greek city.
Naxos ˈ n æ k s ɒ s s oʊ s.
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Marble was mined on the island in ancient times as well the kouros large marble statues being the proof.
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Its crisp white background accented with shimmering crystal deposits makes it an ideal choice for the sophisticated consumer.
Bc script of greek naxos.
Its main town of hora has a gorgeous waterfront and a web of steep cobbled alleys below its hilltop kastro and fortified venetian mansions testament to three centuries of venetian rule.
The largest of the cyclades naxos packs a lot of bang for its buck.
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You needn t travel far though to find isolated beaches atmospheric mountain villages ancient sites and marble quarries.
The mountains look like someone cut them with a knife.
Alexander marble is a large crystaled white marble which is quarried from the cycladic island of naxos in greece it was among the most significant types of marble for ancient greece and it continues to be quarried in modern times.
Naxos is also home to beautiful old churches monasteries and venetian castles coexisting harmoniously.
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From here it s about a 40 to 50 minute journey back to the centre of naxos town.
Naxos is a sophisticated marble that brings a sense of lightness to any installation.
Another example of naxos wealth is the various monumental dedications that were made at the great sanctuary sites such as delos the famous marble lions and delphi the celebrated sphinx.
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Naxos in a joint venture with chalkis founded the city of naxos in sicily in 735 bce the first greek colony on the island.
This has become even more definite since 1977 when the marble cippus or sacred stone inscribed with a dedication to the goddess enyo was found in the large sanctuary west of the santa venera river.
