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  • Agios Nikolaos gives his name to the islet that closes the harbour of Gaios. The church is a dependency of the Panagia of the Vellianites and appears in the catalogue of 1686, so it already stood when the Venetian castle above it was still in use.

    It sits at the southern end of the islet, inside the walls. Its stone iconostasis is the piece that matters: the municipality has sought funding to have it conserved and put back in place, together with the restoration of the church and the opening of the fortress to visitors.

    The islet is private ground of a sort: visits are made by boat from Gaios and the castle is entered with the permission of the municipality.

    Feast day: 6 December.

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