Amorgós

Amorgos, the easternmost of the Cyclades, lies on the sea route between the Aegean islands and the coast of Asia Minor. On its steep southern shore stands the monastery of Chozoviotissa, whose foundation is recorded in later documents as dating to the reign of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos in 1088. Its buildings cling to a cliff above the sea. The island passed among Venetian lords after the Fourth Crusade and was taken by the Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1537. The monastery remained a centre of religious life through the centuries that followed.