EXAMBELLA - SIFNOS
 The
toponym Exambella means dry and uncultivated vineyard, which is the
vineyard that has been abandoned and turned into fields. In the
entrance of the settlement, you shall find Arades, i.e. series o
about ten wind mills, some of which are abandoned while the rest are
well preserved.
It is the homeland of the poet and academic Aristomenis Provelegios,
of the great master of cookery and pastry making Nikolaos
Tselemendes, of the professor and director of Arsakeio Instit ution
Georgios Vionis, of the hagiographer Ioannis Maroulis and of the
painter Nikolaos Maroulis, of the family of industrialists Karella
etc.
In Exambella there are the church of "Geros" (old man) Agios Nikolas,
where you shall find the grave of Aristimenis Provelegios and the
churches of Agios Nikolaos, of Agios Athanassios, of Agios Dimitrios
and of Panagia. At the S.E. edge of the village there are ruins of
the ancient tower.
Outside
the village at the road to Faros and to
Platis Gialos there is the
monastery of Panagia Vryssiani (1642) where there is also the
Ecclesiastic Art Museum
and among the exhibited articles there are issues of old
publications, one Gospel of 1796, reliquaries, cherubims, sacred
ware, vestments, icons etc.
At Exambela there are many
rooms and apartments to let
for the summer months, traditional taverns,
super-markets etc.
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Studios Andromeda,
Exambela -
Sifnos
Only 800m from Apollonia, where the heart of the island's
nightlife beats. Ôhe studios are built in the gardens of
the poet Aristomenis Provelengios.
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Sifnos Villas, Exambela
- Sifnos
Between the narrow streets of the traditional "Exampelon"
settlement, are the houses of an old Sifnian family from
the previous century which have been tastefully
restored...more...
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