Information about Syros Siro or Sira is a Greek island, belonging to the Cycladic archipelago in the Aegean Sea. It is located at 78 nautical miles (144 km) south of Athens. It is a peripheral unit formed by the municipality of Siro-Ermopoli; most important center is Ermopoli. After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, Siro became part of the Byzantine Empire until 1204, when it was conquered by the Republic of Venice. In 1537 it was conquered by the Turks. During the dominion of Venice a strong Catholic minority had developed which obtained the protection of France and thanks to an agreement between the French king Francis I and the Sultan Suleiman the Catholic religious orders were protected. Although part of the Ottoman Empire, the island was granted a form of self-government]. After the 1821 war of independence, Siro became part of Greece. Ermopoli, the administrative capital of the Cyclades, is the capital of the island. The city was founded during the war of independence of 1821, when they came to Siro, which was a French protectorate, refugees from other islands that were under Turkish rule. The town developed very rapidly, becoming an important commercial and nautical hub of the Aegean in the nineteenth century. Ermopoli has a modern, neoclassical character, and is different from other Cycladic cities, which have a more traditional appearance. The most traditional village of the island is instead Ano Syros, which has buildings of 700 years, on a hill immediately behind and overlooking the natural harbor where Ermopoli was born. The northern part of the island is more mountainous and more barren, the one to the south greener and cultivated.
Info on Fourni The islands of Furni (Greek: Fournoi Korseon) are an archipelago of small Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, between the islands of Icaria, Samos and Patmos; Furni is also the name of the main island. From an administrative point of view, the archipelago constitutes a municipality on the outskirts of the Northern Aegean (peripheral unit of Icaria) with 1,469 inhabitants at the 2001 census. The only inhabited islands are Furni, Thimena and Ágios Minás. and islands are only accessible by sea from the nearby islands of Icaria and Samos, with more weekly connections. Since 2008, the ferry that connects Samo to Piraeus makes a stopover in Furni. Communications are often interrupted in winter (generally from November to April) due to the adverse weather conditions, especially for the impetuous winds. The main island of Furni has a population of 1 326 inhabitants (2001 census), equal to more than 90% of the population of the small archipelago. The islands of Agios Minas and Thimena are also inhabited.
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