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Antiparos Island
Area (sq.km): 35
Population(1991): 819
Population(2001): 1.057
Population Density(1991): 23
Population Density(2001): 30
Change% 2001/1991: 22,5
Length of Coast (km): 57
Airports: No

Camping sites
Antiparos, Apolonia Kiklades Antiparos, Tel: 22840 61410

Caves
Name: Ag. Ioannis
Location: Antiparos
Description: The renowned cave of Antiparos is sited on the hill of Agios Ioannis at an elevation of 350 m, 8 km away from Kastro. Fascinating stalactites and stalagmites adorn its chambers. One of the cave's most outstanding spectacles is an 8-m-high stalagmite named "Agia Trapeza" (Greek term for high altar) following a Christmas mass that was celebrated in the cavern in 1673 by the priest who was escorting French Ambassador Marquis De Nointel to Constantinople. This impressive stalagmite bears a carved Latin inscription that reads: "Here, Christ himself celebrated his birth in the middle of the night of 1673". Several other inscriptions have been chiseled in various parts of the cave, many of which, however, are barely discernible today. A case in point is the inscription that provides the names of those who, according to tradition, had conspired against Alexander the Great and later sought refuge in the cave. Elsewhere appears inscribed the name of the lyric poet Archilochus who lived in the 7th century BC. At the mouth of the cave, is found the chapel of Agios Ioannis Spiliotis, dating to the 18th century.

Name: Mayri
Location: Kastro
Island: Antiparos
Description: The renowned cave of Antiparos is sited on the hill of Agios Ioannis at an elevation of 350 m, 8 km away from Kastro. Fascinating stalactites and stalagmites adorn its chambers. One of the cave's most outstanding spectacles is an 8-m-high stalagmite named "Agia Trapeza" (Greek term for high altar) following a Christmas mass that was celebrated in the cavern in 1673 by the priest who was escorting French Ambassador Marquis De Nointel to Constantinople. This impressive stalagmite bears a carved Latin inscription that reads: "Here, Christ himself celebrated his birth in the middle of the night of 1673". Several other inscriptions have been chiseled in various parts of the cave, many of which, however, are barely discernible today. A case in point is the inscription that provides the names of those who, according to tradition, had conspired against Alexander the Great and later sought refuge in the cave. Elsewhere appears inscribed the name of the lyric poet Archilochus who lived in the 7th century BC. At the mouth of the cave, is found the chapel of Agios Ioannis Spiliotis, dating to the 18th century.