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Photo of the Wine Factory Wine production and trade flourished in Samos during the late 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. In 1906, Vathi was a town with many wine-trading companies, which used to trade wine abroad as raw material. Well-known factory owners were M. Hadzigeorgiou, P. …

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 …