Diafani

Diafani
Διαφάνι

Basic data

Greece

Olymbos

Local community

Geographic coordinates

35 ° 45 ' N , 27 ° 13' E Coordinates: 35 ° 45 ' N , 27 ° 13' E

Residents

228 (2011)

LAU-1 code no.

6201020105

Post Code

85700

Telephone code

22450-2

Diafani ( Greek Διαφάνι ( n. Sg. )) Is a port on the north east coast of Karpathos . Together with other settlements and hamlets, the village belongs to the local community (Τοπική Κοινότητα Topiki Kinotita ) and the municipality of the same name of Olymbos (Δημοτική Ενότητα Ολύμπου Dimotiki Enotita Olymbou ). Diafáni was founded around the end of the 18th century by the inhabitants of Olymbos as their harbor settlement. Even today the village takes over the port function of Olymbos, especially for the boats with the day tourists to Olymbos.

Population development of Diafani

1947	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
0196	0246	0313	0254	0198	0247	0312	0228

Attractions

View of the village on Diafani

The village church Zoodóchou Pigí ( Eng . Source of Life) was built in the early 1970s on the foundations of a Byzantine chapel destroyed by an earthquake. The interior of the church was subsequently completely painted with frescoes.

The Neptune Fountain was designed by local artist Vassílis Chatzivassílis. In the middle there is a dolphin made of many small stones, in the lower part scenes from the everyday life of the locals are depicted on twelve tiles. Directly next to the fountain is a house wall designed as a work of art, with the stone figure of a woman in traditional costume looking at the sea.

Three old windmills, the cemetery and the small are on a hill to the north Agios Nikolaos Chapel one