The Archaeological Museum of Naxos is located in the Chora, the old hilltop town, and exhibits objects from the excavations after the 2nd World War. Among the archeological sites are the outstanding ruins of Apollo’s Temple, from the archaic period, of which only the monumental gate, known as “Portara”, remains standing on the strand called the “Palatia” (the Palace). Also in Chora, is the area of the Venetian Castle, with a well preserved Venetian church and the Ursulines Convent School. In the little town of Sagri are both archeological sites and Byzantine churches. Castles dating from the Venetian occupation of the island still stand in the villages of Halki and Filoti. At Pahia Ammos one is amazed by the impressive thirty-foot long depicting either Apollo or Dionysos, and can admire the two “kouros” discovered at Fterio and at Apollonas respectively.