Hydra Mansions: The Stone Archontika of the Sea Captains
The Hydra mansions are the island’s most striking landmark. A set of grand stone houses that rise in a natural amphitheatre around the harbour and give the town its unmistakable character. Known as archontika, these three and four-storey mansions were built by the wealthy sea captains and merchants of the 18th and 19th centuries, when … Read more