At a distance of 18km from the port of the main town (the Chora), amphitheatrically built on the slopes of Mt. Meroviglia, is the village of Isternia. It is the birthplace of many Greek marble sculptors. The village is virtually a natural open-air museum of marble - composed as it is of marble-paved lanes, marble steps, houses adorned with marble lintels, marble fountains and its marble busts and statues fashioned by the local sculptors. Preciously preserving a unique style of Cycladic architecture, Isternia, with its amazing views of Syros and the azure expanse of the Aegean Sea, comprises one of the many jewels of “the handmade island” of Tinos. Among the sights of the area and designated as listed monuments, representing as they do an authentic example of popular art, are the windmills located on the western limits of the village.