The village of Apollon with the nice beach, the clean and clear water, in combination with the full of green there is a settlement about 150 residents with their small traditional houses.
Apollonas is a beautiful fishermen’s village on the north-eastern coast of Naxos, with an area where ancient marble quarries have been found. Near the village, at the entrance to an ancient quarry, there is an unfinished statue (a kouros) lying on the ground (10.45m. in leght). It stands in the spot where it was being carved, from where it has never been moved. It dates to the beginning of the 6th century BC.
Believed that display the God of Apollo, some other searches reported that is probably a sculpture of the god Dionysus. Finally year after year found an ancient inscription said that it was a Temple and belonged to God of Apollo.
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