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Agio Gala Cave
The Cave of Agios Galas is located in Chios. It is one of the two visiting caves of the island. The cave has a special morphology and is considered a very important archaeological site. The research has found evidence from the middle Neolithic era. Findings from the excavations can be seen at the exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Chios.
The legend says that a King of Byzantium has exiled his little daughter in North-West Chios. The sick woman arrived in the cave where she found shelter, and a black-haired woman who took care of her. After three years the King regretted his deed and sent a boat to bring her back. The King's emissaries found her healed with the water, which dripping from the cave. The King then chose a location near the village to build the church that he promised. The workers, however, found their tools every morning outside the cave. So the church was built out of it because it was considered God's will and the area took the symbolic name "Agio Galas". The same name also, took the village formerly called "Agios Thaleleos".
The Agiogelousena was built in the 13th-14th century at the entrance of the middle, one of the 3 caves that are sloped one below the other. The cave was explored and mapped by Anna Petrochello along with the couple Gourvellou in 1969, following the invitation of the Chios Touring Club.The findings, include tools, ceramics and weapons and they are exhibited at the Chios Archaeological Museum. At the entrance of the smaller top cave was built the temple of Panagia Agiogalousena (13th century)
What is more, among the findings are included useful clay pots, mainly bottles and pithoids, stone tools (mills, trimmers, axes, chisels, pens, obsidian blades and silicone blades), bone tools (,), clay and stone figurines stone, bones or shells. Plenty are also food debris, mainly bones of animals, fish and shells. The bones of animals belong to both domesticated animals (sheep and goats) and to preys. It is remarkable to find bones from bears, leopards, wild boars and deer, animals that have disappeared from the island.
The findings found in the inferior cave, which come from the smaller cave above it, showed that the last was used as a residence during antiquity. The deposits of the cave, along with the archaeological remains, leaked through an opening on its floor, which served as a funnel, forming wit that way a large cave in the underlying cave, the top of which gradually reached the roof and closed the opening. Archaeological remains have also been identified in the upper cave.
The exploitation of the cave of Agiou Galaktos with its beautiful decoration and its special features, as well as its idyllic surroundings, is sure to become a major tourist destination of Chios and will be a factor in the development of this generally degraded part of the island.
