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Join us on a journey through the bloody alleys of Burgos in the year 1676, when Naxos was terrorized by the pirate Hugo de Crevelier and discover “The secret of the pirate’s tomb”.
Today, hardly anyone notices the crumbling chapel of Agios Georgios, but this was once one of the holiest places on Naxos: the centre of a proud monastery surrounded by windmills, a school and a library, and bravely facing pirate attacks outside the city walls for centuries. Hidden behind its walls, the church hides an inscrutable secret. It houses a very unlikely tomb – the tomb of a pirate. And not just any pirate – it’s the tomb of Philip de Crevelier, the son of one of the most notorious pirates of the Aegean, Hugo de Crevelier, who haunted the Archipelago for decades.
What is the grave of such a vicious creature doing in this church, where burials would only be allowed to the most respected monks and abbots? To uncover this secret, follow our ancestor Sophia de la Rocca in the year 1676, when Naxos was helpless in a sea of violence, and traverse the bloody alleys of Bourgu in the midst of a pirate attack. The hike was designed by the students of the 2nd High School of Chora Naxos (responsible teachers: Irini Zazani and Diana Mouresan) in collaboration with three partner universities.
