Poseidonia (Delagrazia) on Syros: The Aristocratic Villa Village of the Southern Coast

Poseidonia (Delagrazia) on Syros: The Aristocratic Villa Village of the Southern Coast

Poseidonia, also called Delagrazia, is the aristocratic villa village on the southwest coast of Syros, roughly 12 kilometres from the port capital Ermoupoli. Wealthy Ermoupoli merchants built eclectic and neoclassical mansions here in the late nineteenth century, giving the village a character unlike any other Cycladic settlement. The village faces a sandy beach backed by … Read more