Some Views Around Amorgos Chora

Some photos of Amorgos Chora taken this trip.


Looking down from the viewpoint near Chora school.  The path leading down to the monastery (on the left) and Agia Anna (on the right).



Another view from the viewpoint.  In summer there would be hardly any vegetation on this path.

A small square near the centre of Chora.

Many years ago (long before I had a digital camera!) I took many photos of door knobs and knockers in Chora.  Since then many old buildings have been renovated, and the old metalwork has gone.  On some doors you still see what in Morocco is called a "hand of Fatima" door knocker.  I photographed the door knocker above as an example of a modern knocker!

Going by the size and shape of this container it is a water tank.  But someone has gone to great trouble to disguise it in a cane cover!

If you know Chora you'll know that something is missing from this photo!  My first thought was that I didn't recall seeing the white buildings before, but they did not look like new buildings.  Then I realised that the OTE mast, which had towered above this area since my first visit in 1985, was no more.

Another view of the site of the OTE mast.  Also in this area you can see a circle on the road, which was the site of the helicopter landing place in 1985.  Helicopters now land on the other side of Chora, near the clinic.

An old fashioned sign outside Kafeneion Leonidas, an establishment I have yet to get into!

Kafeneion Leonidas

Chora from near the windmills

This stone is set into the wall of a building on a lane near the post office.  I guess it was for some sort of agricultural activity, and that something was crushed in the centre (olives, perhaps?) and the liquid drained away aling the ridge, and down the spout into a container.

Another view of the same stone

A quaint corner in Chora

An elaborate window in Chora

An attractive door in Chora

Shades of blue



Chora Town Hall, built in the last few years.  The cash machine below is just off this photo to the left.



Chora cash machine!  There is now no bank in Chora - there used to be a bank in a small square near the post office.