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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.

Information about Naxos
Naxos is the largest (428 km²) of the Cyclades, Greek islands located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Prefecture of the Cyclades which, together with the Dodecanese, is in turn part of the Periferiadell'Egeo Meridionale.
Its largest city and capital is Chora which has 12,000 inhabitants. The most important villages are Filoti, Apiranthos, Tragea, Koronos, Sangri and Apollonas.
Naxos is a well-known tourist destination with several easily accessible archaeological sites. It has many beaches considered very beautiful by tourists such as Sant'Anna, St. Procopius, Alikos, Kastraki, Mikri Vigla, Plaka and St. George, most of which are located on the west side of the island.
It is the most fertile island of the Cyclades and inside it rises Mount Zas (1004 m).