Kypseli Aegina: The Historic Village of Sponge Divers and Pistachios

The silver-domed church of Evangelistria on the main square of Kypseli, Aegina

Kypseli is the second-largest village on Aegina, a traditional inland community just kilometres east of Aegina Town with a rich history and strong local character. Once home to prosperous sponge divers, whose wealth built the handsome neoclassical mansions that still line its streets, it sits amid fertile countryside famous for its pistachio groves. At its … Read more