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       Astypalaia in located to the south part of the Aegean sea and is part of  Dodecanese islands  . Astypalaia in fact resembles, two islands joined together by a ribbon of land only 105 meters wide.   

        The main village is Xora or Astipalea, built up the side of s steep hill,and presided over by the massive, austere remains of a Venetian castle. It's small square houses ,painted white with brightly colored doors and windows, follow the contours of the hill in an almost unbroken band down to the sea.

     A row of widmills on the pass of the hill provides an additional picturesque note

      One enters the castel from the south -west side of the hill. Inside it are two churches one of St George and another of the Evagelismos.

Livadia ,Analipsi and Vathi are charming fishing hamplets on the south and north cost of the island, while amorg  its many beaches,Tria Marmara ,Schinontas, and  Vathi.

The map of Astypalaia

Greek islands

Dodecanece  islands of Greece

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