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Agios Nikolaos is a tiny, sandy island rising out of the Ionian sea, situated next to the island of Lefkada.
Its beauty amazes anyone who is lucky enough to visit it, with its turquoise waters and its long sandy beach which extends seemingly forever, gradually falling away into the sea.
This place, which reminds visitors more of a south Asian or Caribbean paradise rather than a Mediterranean islet, was the place that Eva Sikelianos, the wife of Greek poet Angelos Sikelianos, loved most in the entire world.
The famous Greek lyric poet and playwright, together with his wife, spent many years of their lives there, prompting the locals to call the islet ”Sikelianos’ Isle.”
Eva even tried to buy their beloved island from the Greek state, but she never managed to achieve her goal.
The islet is a sandbank which has only a couple feet of elevation and several trees and shrubs. It is so tiny that there is only one building on it, the Chapel of Saint Nicholas, which is a small traditional Greek Orthodox church dedicated to the patron saint of sailors.






GR

Ο Άγιος Νικόλαος είναι ένα μικροσκοπικό, αμμώδες νησί που αναδύεται από το Ιόνιο πέλαγος, που βρίσκεται δίπλα στο νησί της Λευκάδας.
Η ομορφιά του εκπλήσσει όποιον έχει την τύχη να το επισκεφτεί, με τα γαλαζοπράσινα νερά του και τη μεγάλη αμμουδιά του που εκτείνεται φαινομενικά για πάντα, πέφτοντας σταδιακά στη θάλασσα.
Αυτό το μέρος, που θυμίζει στους επισκέπτες περισσότερο παράδεισο της Νότιας Ασίας ή της Καραϊβικής παρά μεσογειακή νησίδα, ήταν το μέρος που αγάπησε περισσότερο σε ολόκληρο τον κόσμο η Εύα Σικελιανού, σύζυγος του Έλληνα ποιητή Άγγελου Σικελιανού.
Ο διάσημος Έλληνας λυρικός ποιητής και θεατρικός συγγραφέας, μαζί με τη σύζυγό του, πέρασαν πολλά χρόνια από τη ζωή τους εκεί, παρακινώντας τους ντόπιους να αποκαλούν το νησάκι «Νησί του Σικελιανού».
Η Εύα προσπάθησε μάλιστα να αγοράσει το αγαπημένο τους νησί από το ελληνικό κράτος, αλλά δεν κατάφερε ποτέ να πετύχει τον στόχο της.
Το νησάκι είναι μια αμμουδιά που έχει μόνο μερικά πόδια υψόμετρο και πολλά δέντρα και θάμνους. Είναι τόσο μικροσκοπικό που υπάρχει μόνο ένα κτίριο πάνω του, το παρεκκλήσι του Αγίου Νικολάου, το οποίο είναι μια μικρή παραδοσιακή ελληνορθόδοξη εκκλησία αφιερωμένη στον προστάτη άγιο των ναυτικών.






RO

Agios Nikolaos este o insulă minusculă, nisipoasă, care se ridică din Marea Ionică, situată lângă insula Lefkada.
Frumusețea sa uimește pe oricine are norocul să o viziteze, cu apele sale turcoaz și plaja lungă de nisip care se extinde aparent pentru totdeauna, căzând treptat în mare.
Acest loc, care amintește vizitatorilor mai mult de un paradis din Asia de Sud sau Caraibe decât de o insuliță mediteraneană, a fost locul pe care Eva Sikelianos, soția poetului grec Angelos Sikelianos, l-a iubit cel mai mult în întreaga lume.
Celebrul poet liric și dramaturg grec, împreună cu soția sa, și-au petrecut mulți ani din viața lor acolo, făcându-i pe localnici să numească insula „Insula Sikelianos”.
Eva a încercat chiar să cumpere insula lor iubită de la statul grec, dar nu a reușit niciodată să-și atingă scopul.
Insulița este un banc de nisip care are doar câțiva metri altitudine și mai mulți copaci și arbuști. Este atât de mică încât există o singură clădire pe ea, Capela Sfântului Nicolae, care este o mică biserică tradițională greco-ortodoxă dedicată hramul marinarilor.

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