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Mountain Ampelos

The mountain Ambelos (or Karvounis) is located in the central part of the island. Its highest peak is Profitis Ilias (1063m). The region is woody and has thickets of coniferous trees, thick-leafed bushes and areas with limestone rocks. The natural vegetation o­n the mountainous areas of Karvounis, contrary to the majority of …

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Greeks are the fathers of all arts and sciences

Greeks are the fathers of all arts and sciences Please study the picture!

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Appellation and First Inhabitants

“This place was the center of a great civilization”  This is the way that poet Giannis Ritsos characterizes the island of Samos. Samos, an island of the north-eastern Aegean, lies east of the Ikarian Sea, has an area of 470 square miles and a coastline of about 79 miles. The name Samos …

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Polycrates of Samos

Polycrates: powerful tyrant of Samos between 540 and 522 BCE. His downfall shocked the Greek world. Samos is a Greek island, situated just off the Asian coast, close to Miletus. This was a Greek city too, but it belonged, like the other towns of Asia Minor, to the realm of …

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From 1821 to the Unification with Greece

Despite the fact that the island is located close to Turkey and is a long distance from Athens, the people of Samos were among the first to take an active part in the struggle against the Turkish rule. By regularly raiding the coasts of Asia Minor they made intense decoy …

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A tobacconist on a secret mission in Samos

“Antreas Kopasis was wounded nearby the Royal Palace in front of the Turkish guards and the regretful eyes of his exqisite partners Th. Anezinis, A. Alexandrou, Her. Thalassinos and the two Deputies, whom Nemesis had forced to see the end of the tyrants, the despots and the unconscious offenders of …

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From the Unification to the present day

Throughout the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century until 1922 the people of Samos maintained strong ties with Asia Minor. Following persecutions of the Greek population of Asia Minor, many refuges settled o­n the island contributing to the formation of its social character during the inter-war era. …

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The Age of the Tyrant Polycratis

The island of Samos prospered during the reign of the Tyrant Polycratis around 550 B.C. According to Herodotus Samos became “first among Greeks and Barbarians”. Polycratis with the aid of his two brothers succeeded in becoming Tyrant although later, by eliminating even his own brothers who had helped him managed to build …

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From the Hellenistic Years to 1821

The famous Samian architect and engineer Mandocles, the man who succeeded in joining the Straits of Bosporus via a bridge of ships thus enabling Darius` army to cross into Europe, brought glory to the people of Samos. When Darius failed in Scythia or Perinthos, a colony of Samos in Propondis, he …

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Samian dreamscapes… (part 1)

First part of a small series of videos about the natural beauty of the manyfold landscapes on the water-rich greek east aegean island of Samos. Mainly about the not so well known parts of the island, away from the beaten touristic pathways. Most of the video material was recorded during …

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