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Ancient Chios Town |
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| The ancient city of Chios occupied the same site as the present capital of the island. Literary sources tell of a large, thriving walled city, with a large dockyard, magnificent temples, a theatre, gymnasium, presbytikon, baths, porticoes and other buildings. Today virtually nothing can be seen of this important Ionian center, and the site of not a single building has been identified with certainty. Continual re-use of earlier building material and successive destruction due to wars and earthquakes, re-organization of the city plan and the fragmentary nature of the finds (mainly from the rescue excavations) make it difficult even to determine the exact location of the city. |
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