AGHIA IRINI

On a small peninsula that juts out into the bay, Aghia Irini is undoubtedly the most beautiful of the 200 or so churches and chapels that Kea has. It rises near the ruins of one of the oldest sites in the Aegean Sea. The American School of Archaeology discovered a city from the Copper Age (around 2800 BC). You will also see the remains of walls and the remains of a palace from the Mycenaean period. A sanctuary completed the ancient city: during the classical era, the place was dedicated to the cult of Dionysus.