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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Petros Giannakouris and Giovanna Dell'orto

PHOTO ESSAY: On Greece's Tinos island, families own and lovingly care for 1,000 chapels

Greece Island Family Chapels Photo Essay - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

A glance in any direction on the Greek island of Tinos reveals at least a dozen chapels, recognizable as tiny houses of worship by their miniature belltowers and simple crosses.

There are some 1,000 — more than one per 10 residents — and they're owned and cared for by ordinary families, mostly Orthodox Christians but also Catholics, in a rare tradition rooted in centuries of history that they're adamant about passing down the generations.

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