Ermoupoli: The Neoclassical Capital of Syros and the Cyclades
Ermoupoli is the capital of Syros and the neoclassical showpiece of the Cyclades, built by refugees in the 1820s who turned a bare harbour into the leading commercial port of nineteenth-century Greece. Marble squares, an opera house modelled on La Scala, and mansions raised by sea-captains give the town a scale found in no other … Read more