Plakes

Plakes is best known within the Aegean as a settlement on Milos, one of the Cyclades’ volcanic islands. It lies in the island’s western half, where dry, low slopes descend toward the Aegean Sea and the deep inlet of the Gulf of Milos shapes the coast to the south. Milos has long been associated with obsidian, a volcanic glass traded around the Aegean in prehistoric times. The island is also the findspot of the ancient marble Aphrodite of Milos, better known as the Venus de Milo, discovered in 1820 and now in the Louvre. Nearby Plaka is Milos’s historic administrative centre, with Cycladic whitewashed architecture and narrow lanes. Discover how Plakes relates to Milos and the surrounding Cyclades by browsing webcams nearby.

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