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Irlandos: New page: '''Andros''' is a town in the municipality of Andros, on the island of Andros, in the Cyclades complex of Greece. The population of the town was 1801 inhabitants, according to...

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New page: '''Andros''' is a town in the municipality of Andros, on the island of Andros, in the Cyclades complex of Greece. The population of the town was 1801 inhabitants, according to...

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'''Andros''' is a town in the municipality of Andros, on the island of [[Andros]], in the [[Cyclades]] complex of [[Greece]].

The population of the town was 1801 inhabitants, according to the 2001 census.

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 There are four museums: the rather bland Archaeological Museum, a exceptional Museum of Modern Art, a Nautical Museum and the Museum of Traditional Arts and Byzantine Icons.
-There is also a library, named after [[Theophilos Kairis]], which has many of the original volumes of the clergyman/intellectual.
+There is also a library, named after [[Theophilos Kairis]], which contains about 3000 tomes from the collection of the clergyman/intellectual. In the library are also on display a large number of rare publications, manuscripts, historical records, works of art and a small archaeological collection. Within the records, there is an extensive collection of letters, from a network of intellectuals to Kairis, about the trends in European science and philosophy of that period.
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 The population of the town was 1801 inhabitants, according to the 2001 census.
-Andros, called locally "Chora" or "Hora", is the capital of the island. It is situated on a headland between two beaches. It has a mix of post-[[World War I]] neoclassical mansions with vernacular [[Cycladic]] houses. The town squares are paved with marble. At the end of the headland are two islands, the first linked to the mainland by a brick bridge a ruined Venetian castle and the second a lighthouse.
+Andros, called locally "Chora" or "Hora", is the capital of the island. It is situated on a headland between two beaches - Paraporti and Nimborio. It has a mix of post-[[World War I]] neoclassical mansions with vernacular [[Cycladic]] houses. The town squares are paved with marble. At the end of the headland are two islands, the first linked to the mainland by a brick bridge a ruined Venetian castle and the second a lighthouse.
-There are three museums: the rather bland Archaeological Museum, a exceptional Museum of Modern Art, and a Nautical Museum.
+There are four museums: the rather bland Archaeological Museum, a exceptional Museum of Modern Art, a Nautical Museum and the Museum of Traditional Arts and Byzantine Icons.
 [[Category:Cities and towns in Greece]]
 [[Category:The Cyclades]]