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final resting place of the novelist A. Valaoritis is in the churchyard. • Panagia ton Vlachernon, in Elaionas. On Meatfare Sunday of 1821, at the instigation of Ioannis Zampelios, one of the local leading members of Filiki Etairia [Society of Friends], this historic church was the place where chieftains and elders from Roumeli pledged themselves to take part in the Greek War of Independence. The Gospel Book they took their oath on is still preserved. • Dormition of Theotokos (the Mother of God), on the NW side of the lagoon. It is the
oldest church on the island, a single-naved construction with a large semicircular arch, built in the 15th c. • Agios Ioannis Antzousis, a small, picturesque church on the beach by the same name. • Panagia Faneromeni Monastery, 2 km SW of Fryni. Built on a hill covered with pine trees, it is one of the island’s most important monuments with a historic course that goes possibly back to the Apostles’ times. Panagia Faneromeni is Lefkada’s patron saint and is celebrated on the Pentecost (Holy Spirit) Monday. The 1876 icon of Panagia is preserved in the monastery and has 31. Windsurfing by Agios Ioannis beach.
by the “Orpheus” Music and Literature Association. Exhibits include a wide and rare collection of items related to local everyday life and work. • To the Phonograph-Memorabilia Museum whose exhibits include old phonographs, vinyl records, decorative antique items, old banknotes etc. •To the agelong Elaionas (Olive Grove), lying west, on the town outskirts. • To Megalos Avlaimonas and Mikros Avlaimonas wetlands, two natural-habitat fish farms near the city. • To the windmills at Gyra. • To Fryni (2 km SW), a small village on a slope with a fantastic view.
• To Tsoukalades (7 km SW), a traditional village.
Churches
• Agios Minas. The town’s most noteworthy church boasts an exquisite wood-carved iconostasis, icons painted by great iconographers e.g. Kontarinis and Roussos, and oil paintings by Doxaras, Koutouzis, Ventouras and others. This initially small baroque-style church was founded on 1707 and was rebuilt to its present size after the damage it sustained in 1724. • Agios Nikolaos (1687): the wood-carved iconostasis is remarkable. • Christos Pantokrator, founded in 1700. The