The church of the monastery is in Byzantine style, and at first was built around the end of 18th century, by a farmer. At 815 was chosen by the monk Neophytos, for him to live in isolation and so begins the story of the monastery …
The Exhibitions includes five departments, Paleontological, Zoological, Rocks and Minerals, marine life, Botanological, which are further supported by similar laboratories.
It is the fourth most populous village of the island, after Samos, Karlovassi and Vathi and having very small population changes from its creation, because of the economic prosperity that always had.