{"id":626,"date":"2016-04-12T15:45:49","date_gmt":"2016-04-12T15:45:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/villadellangelo.gr\/?page_id=626"},"modified":"2016-08-04T15:58:10","modified_gmt":"2016-08-04T15:58:10","slug":"the-island","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/villadellangelo.gr\/en\/the-island\/","title":{"rendered":"THE ISLAND"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Island<\/h2>\n

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Skiathos\u00a0<\/b>is a small Greek<\/a> island<\/a> in the northwest Aegean Sea<\/a>. Skiathos is the westernmost island in the Northern Sporades<\/a> group, east of the Pelion<\/a> peninsula in Magnesia<\/a> on the mainland, and west of the island of Skopelos<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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The town of Skiathos (Hora)<\/h4>\n

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The city of Skiathos is the only built-up area of the island. It is built on the southeastern tip of the island in a windless bay which separates the island of Bourtzi in two.\u00a0It is a relatively new settlement, built in 1829 – 1830 on the site of the ancient city, on two hills situated at the edge of the sea. The ancient settlement was built in 800 BC.The large natural port of the modern city is ideal in shape and in location. This has been a basic element in regulating the life on the island both in the old and in the modern times.<\/p>\n

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The large natural port of the modern city is ideal in shape and in location. This has been a basic element in regulating the life on the island both in the old and in the modern times.\u00a0In the modern city of Skiathos, the houses are small and simple, with two floors in their majority and built amphitheatrically one next to the other. The streets are narrow without any typical planning apart from few parts in the city.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” padding_bottom=”60″ css_animation=””][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Skiathos’ history<\/h4>\n

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In Ancient times<\/a>, the island played a minor role during the Persian Wars<\/a>. In 480 BC, the fleet of the Persian<\/a> King Xerxes<\/a> was hit by a storm and was badly damaged on the rocks of the Skiathos coast.<\/p>\n

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Following this the Greek fleet blockaded the adjacent seas to prevent the Persians from invading the mainland and supplying provisions to the army facing the 300 Spartans<\/a> defending the pass at Thermopylae<\/a>. The Persian fleet was defeated there at Artemisium<\/a> and finally destroyed at the Battle of Salamis<\/a> a year later. Skiathos remained in the Delian League<\/a> until it lost its independence. The city was destroyed by Philip V of Macedon<\/a> in 200 BC.<\/p>\n

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Skiathos’ architecture<\/h4>\n

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The local traditional architecture of Skiathos, which is today continually disappearing, does not have a strict island character. On the contrary, it is a combination of a village in Pelio and an island village, with neoclassical elements.<\/p>\n

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Certainly, all these elements are influenced by the mentality, the preferences and the needs of the local people. The houses are small in their majority, built close to each other and with two floors. They are built of stone while their external walls are whitewashed. There are mainly two types of houses, rural and manor – houses.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner row_type=”row” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” padding_bottom=”60″ css_animation=””][vc_column_inner offset=”vc_col-lg-6 vc_col-md-6 vc_col-xs-12″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

Papadiamantis of Skiathos<\/h4>\n

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The work of Alexandros Papadiamantis which is today internationally acclaimed, was influenced directly by his island; the island where he was born and died; the island which he loved and praised as much as nothing else. It was also influenced by the people of his island whose life-stories he recreated and enlivened in his writings. He was a perfect observer and student of human psychology and of the morals and manners of his time.<\/p>\n

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His unparalleled, full of lyricism writing style gave birth to masterpieces of moral novels in modern Greece. As a result, his name reminds us of Skiathos immediately. At the same time, on hearing the word “Skiathos” we cannot help thinking of this great literary figure whose personality marked indelibly both his island and his work.[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”388″ img_size=”full” qode_css_animation=”element_from_right” transition_delay=”1″][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” css_animation=””][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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