The ancient sanctuary (also called "The Sanctuary of Dioscouri")

The ancient sanctuary (also called "The Sanctuary of Dioscouri")

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Marble quarries on the east side of the island in the area of Panagia (Virgin Mary), as they could be seen from the ferry from Keramoti. The marble mining was important for the economy of Thassos from the ancient times up to today. There are visible to the visitor, the results of the modern exploitation of the geological formations of the island.
The first Greek colonists, who arrived on the island in the early 7th BC century, are Parians who settled after going through hard battles with the local Thracian tribes on the north side of the island, where the port is today, where they discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Thassos. It is likely that Parians chose Thassos due to the potential to extract gold, as well as silver, lead, copper and iron, but also because of the quarrying of marble, and also because of the precious and plentiful timber, which fed all the local shipyards in order to build the fleet which was promoting the products of the island, including the famous, Thassian wine throughout the ancient Greek world. The exploitation of the marble quarries, as well as the gold and silver mines of the inland of Thrace brought during ancient times,a great economic growth and prosperity throughout the island.
Thassos developed its own coinage and its coins circulated widely in the ancient world. On the front side of the coins there is a representation of themes related to the worship of Dionysus: either the god of wine himself, or his followers Satyrs and Maenads. On the back side, and also depending on the historical period, there are representation of dolphins, craters, concave squares, or even Hercules.

Here, you could see the marble quarries on the east side of the island in the area of Panagia (Virgin Mary), as they could be seen from the ferry from Keramoti. The marble mining was important for the economy of Thassos from the ancient times up to today. There are visible to the visitor, the results of the modern exploitation of the geological formations of the island.
The first Greek colonists, who arrived on the island in the early 7th BC century, are Parians who settled after going through hard battles with the local Thracian tribes on the north side of the island, where the port is today, where they discovered the ruins of the ancient city of Thassos. It is likely that Parians chose Thassos due to the potential to extract gold, as well as silver, lead, copper and iron, but also because of the quarrying of marble, and also because of the precious and plentiful timber, which fed all the local shipyards in order to build the fleet which was promoting the products of the island, including the famous, Thassian wine throughout the ancient Greek world. The exploitation of the marble quarries, as well as the gold and silver mines of the inland of Thrace, brought during ancient times,a great economic growth and prosperity throughout the island.
Thassos developed its own coinage and its coins circulated widely in the ancient world. On the front side of the coins there is a representation of themes related to the worship of Dionysus: either the god of wine himself, or his followers Satyrs and Maenads. On the back side, and also depending on the historical period, there are representation of dolphins, craters, concave squares, or even Hercules.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thasos

Thasos or Thassos (Greek: Θάσος) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea, close to the coast of Thrace and the plain of the river Nestos but geographically part of Macedonia. It is the northernmost Greek island, and 12th largest by area. Thasos is also the name of the largest town of the island (also known as Limenas Thasou, "Harbour of Thasos"), situated at the northern side, opposite the mainland and about 10 kilometres (6 mi) from Keramoti. Thassos island is a known from the ancient times for its termae making it a climatic and balneoclimateric resort area.