There are also the ruins of a venetian fortress, the Kastro, an ideal vantage spot for a sweeping view.
Though only a small island, Skopelos contains about 360 churches, chapels, monasteries and convents. The principal town alone has 123. The 12 white-washed convents, which dot the gentle hillsides, date from the 17th and 18th centuries.
Many of them contain works of art: hand carved "reredos" (altar-screens), frescoes and icons.
So do some of the monasteries and churches. Christ Church for example has its reredo of beautiful miniatures of saints and a gold- decorated chandelier from mount Athos.
The church of Zoodohos Pigi is reputed to contain a miraculous icon painted by St. Luke the Evangelist. |
