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Modern Description: From the road (now un-surfaced) west beyond Aghia Marina, there are clear views down to the shore at Rivari Bay and the lagoon to its west protected by the long sandbar whose tip is punctuated by the church of Aghios Nikolaos. These are some the island's most attractive beaches, backed by low dunes and vegetation. The area of Rivari was a quarrying settlement in Roman times, and the principal location on Milos where kaolin clay was extracted in Antiquity:

Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands

(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)

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