About
In 1862 an organized convent of Ursuline nuns is founded on Tinos, the Sacred Monastery of the Ursulines (ΜΟΝΗ ΚΑΙ ΣΧΟΛΗ ΟΥΡΣΟΥΛΙΝΩΝ), which was destined to house, simultaneously or in succession, an orphanage, a boarding school, a French gymnasium, a university, a Greek elementary school, carpet weaving, sewing, looms, etc.
On the island
More attraction listings on Tinos
Museum of Marble Crafts
A museum in Pyrgos presenting Tinian marble-working tools, techniques, objects, and the pre- and proto-industrial tradition of local marble workshops.
Panagia Evangelistria (Holy Church of Panagia of Tinos)
The Holy Church of Panagia Evangelistria in Tinos, built at the reported site where the Annunciation icon was found and one of the island’s major Orthodox pilgrimage sites.
Sanctuary of Poseidon and Amphitrite in Kionia
A late-fourth-century-BC sanctuary at Kionia with remains of a temple, fountain, altar, and Great Stoa, alongside conservation work.
Volax granite boulder landscape
The granite-boulder landscape around Volax, where rounded rocks surround the village on routes toward Livada.