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The വെനീസിലെ കോട്ട Querini was founded by Giovanni Querini, ഒരു വെനീസിലെ ഔദ്യോഗിക of the Duchy of Naxos, in 1413. At that time the island had been desolated കാരണം തുടർച്ചയായ പൈറേറ്റ് റെയ്ഡ്. The castle was built using പ്രാദേശിക ഫെറസ് rocks at the position were പുരാതന acropolis of the island ഒരിക്കൽ നിന്നു നടന്നെങ്കിലും the village and ensuring its survival against potential അധിനിവേശക്കാര്. The architecture of the castle makes it very impressive even today. It only has one പ്രവേശന അതിന്റെ southwest side which is just a low vaulted passageway. ചുറ്റുമുള്ള wall of the castle leaned on ഒഴിവക്കനവാത്ത്തായി house walls at several points. Those were called "xokastra" രൂപം ഒരു സംരക്ഷക മോതിരം പോലെ ഒരു രണ്ടാം line of defense around it. ചില still exist today and have started being പുനരുദ്ധാരണം. Most of the houses inside the castle have collapsed due to an ഭൂകമ്പം that struck the island in 1956. ഒരു ഗോപുരം വിളിച്ചു "Saray" still stands tall at the southern end of the castle and രണ്ട് സഭകൾ കൂടെ whitewashed മതിലുകൾ continue to stand out മോനാണ്, ചാര stone walls. The first one, near the entrance, called Panagia Castriani, was built in 1853 and dedicated to the Annunciation to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Building material from the homes of the Querini family was used for its construction. കൂടുതൽ in, there is the church of Agios Georgios that was built in 1790. The open space in front of it used to be the "platsa", ഹനിക്കപ്പെടുകയോ കേന്ദ്ര ചതുരശ്ര എവിടെ സദസ്സിൽ of the town നടന്നത്.
