Patmos pictures

A Photo Gallery from the island of Patmos with high resolution pictures.

Patmos is an island of the Aegean Sea belonging to the Dodecanese islands. Patmos located south of Samos and north of Leros
The soil is barren, rocky and volcanic. The beaches are full of bays, headlands and small islands that surround it. The highest peak is the mount Prophet Elias. Together with the island of Kalymnos, Astypalea, Leros and other smaller islands like Lipsi, Furni and Agathonisi are the province of Kalymnos in the prefecture of Dodecanese. The island's capital is the town of Patmos, called Chora built on a hill, where is also the monastery of Saint John the Theologian, which resembles a fortress. There is also a cave where John wrote the "Apocalypse".
the main port a center of life on the island is Skala. Patmos island shows the characteristic colour, with whitewashed houses, with the island architecture, clean yards with flowers and narrow streets.
Patmos is mentioned by many ancient writers, and her name is associated with the mountains of Asia Minor Lakmos where worshiped Artemis. In Roman and early Christian times it was a place of exile. There was exiled John the Evangelist, where he wrote the "Apocalypse". From this Patmos became famous.
In the 11th century settled in Patmos the monk Christodoulos from Nice, who founded the monastery and school of Patmos, who later enjoyed great prosperity and attended many scholars, teachers and priests of Greece. In the monastery is the famous library of Patmos, which includes many old manuscripts, scripts and rare books.