Industrial heritage / hiking · Northwest
Agiasmata Antimony Mining Landscape
Μεταλλεία Αντιμονίου Αγιασμάτων
Around Agiasmata and Keramos, traces of Chios's former antimony industry remain visible in a stark northern landscape of ruins, mine entrances and old workers' paths. The area offers an unusual glimpse of the island's industrial past, especially when combined with the thermal springs and coast. View the old workings only from safe exterior paths and viewpoints; the tunnels are not visitor routes.
Why go
Around Agiasmata and Keramos, traces of Chios's former antimony industry remain visible in a stark northern landscape of ruins, mine entrances and old workers' paths. The area offers an unusual glimpse of the island's industrial past, especially when combined with the thermal springs and coast. View the old workings only from safe exterior paths and viewpoints; the tunnels are not visitor routes.
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