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Astypalaia
Αστυπάλαια
Astypalaia (town)
Astypalaia (town)
Geography
Coordinates: 36°33′N 26°21′E / 36.55, 26.35
Island Chain: Dodecanese
Area:[1] 96. 850 km² (37 sq.mi.)
Highest Mountain: Mt. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. Astipalaia (506 m (1,660 ft))
Government
Flag of Greece Greece
Periphery: South Aegean
Prefecture: Dodecanese
Capital: Astypalaia (town)
Statistics
Population: 1,238 (as of 2001)
Density: 13 /km² (33 /sq. South Aegean is one of the thirteen Peripheries of Greece. It consists of the Cyclades and Dodecanese islands in the South Aegean Sea. The Dodecanese ( Greek Δωδεκάνησα Dodekánisa 'twelve islands' are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean mi. )
Postal Code: 859 00
Area Code: 22430
License Code: ΚΧ, ΡΟ, PK
Website
www.astypalaia.gr

Astipalea (or Astypalea or Astypalaia, Greek: Αστυπάλαια) is a Greek island with 1,238 residents (2001 Census). Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly Greece (Ελλάδα transliterated: Elláda, historically, Ellás,) officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία It belongs to the Dodecanese, an island group of twelve major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. The Dodecanese ( Greek Δωδεκάνησα Dodekánisa 'twelve islands' are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean The Island is 18 Km. long, 13 Km. wide at the most, and covers an area of 99 Km. Along with numerous smaller uninhabited offshore islets (the largest of which are Sýrna and Ofidoussa), it forms the Municipality of Astypalaia. The coasts of Astypalea are rocky with many small pebble-strewn beaches. A small band of land of roughly 10 kilometres, almost separates the island in two sections. The capital and main harbour of the island is Astypalea or Hora, as it is called by the locals. Astypalea has ferry connections with Piraeus and the other islands of the Dodecanese and flight connections with Athens. Piraeus (pɪˈræʊs Πειραιάς, piɾeˈas Πειραιεύς, piɾeˈefs is a city in the periphery of Attica, Greece, and a Athens (ˈæθənz Αθήνα Athina,) the Capital and largest city of Greece, dominates the Attica periphery as one of the world's The island has also been called Italian: Stampalia; Ottoman Turkish: استانبوليه İstanbulya. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Ottoman Turkish (Osmanlıca or tr ''Osmanlı Türkçesi'' Ottoman Turkish ota-Latn ''lisân-ı Osmânî'' is the variety of the Turkish language that was used as the

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History

In Greek mythology, Astypalaia was a woman abducted by Poseidon in the form of a winged fish-tailed leopard. Greek mythology is the body of stories belonging to the ancient Greeks concerning their gods and Heroes the nature of the world and the origins and significance In Greek mythology, Poseidon ( Greek:; Latin: Neptūnus) was the god of the Sea and as "Earth-Shaker" [2] It was colonized by Megara, and its constitution and buildings are known from numerous inscriptions. Megara ( Greek:, "Big Houses" is an ancient city (pop The Roman emperors recognized it as a free state.

During the Middle Ages it belonged to the Byzantines until 1207, when - in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade - it became fee of the Querini, a noble Venetian family, until 1522. The Fourth Crusade (1202&ndash1204 was originally designed to conquer Muslim Jerusalem by means of an invasion through Egypt. Under the system of Feudalism, a fiefdom, fief, feud, feoff, or fee, often consisted of inheritable lands or revenue-producing Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the The Querini built a castle that is still in place and added the name of the island to their family name, that became Querini Stampalia. Astypalea became Turkish in 1522, and the Ottomans kept it until 1912, with only two interruptions: from 1648 until 1668, during the War of Crete, it was occupied by Venice, and from 1821 to 1828 it joined the insurgents during the Greek War of Independence. Turkey (Türkiye known officially as the Republic of Turkey ( is a Eurasian Country that stretches The Ottoman Empire (1299–1923 ( Old Ottoman Turkish: دولتْ علیّه عثمانیّه Devlet-i Âliye-yi Osmâniyye, Late Ottoman and Modern Turkish Crete ( Greek: Κρήτη transliteration: Krētē, modern transliteration Kriti) is the largest of the Greek islands and the The Greek War of Independence (1821–1829 also commonly known as the Greek Revolution (Ελληνική Επανάσταση Elliniki Epanastasi; Ottoman

Occupied again by the Ottomans in 1828, on April 12th, 1912, (during the War of Libya) a detachment of the Regia Marina landed on Astypalea, which became so the first island of the Dodecanese to be occupied by Italy. The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War (also known in Italy as guerra di Libia, "the Libyan war" and in Turkey as Trablusgarp Savaşı) was fought The Regia Marina ( Italian Royal Navy) dates from the proclamation of the Kingdom of Italy in 1861 after Italian unification. From there the Italians, on the night between 3rd and 4th of May, landed on Rhodes. Rhodes (Ρόδος Ródos, ˈɾo̞ðo̞s Rodi ردوس Rodos; Ladino: Rodi or Rodes) is a Greek island [3] The island remained under Italian governance until WWII. In 1947, together with the whole Dodecanese, it joined Greece.

Geography

References

  1. ^ Basic Characteristics. Ministry of the Interior. www. ypes. gr. Retrieved on 2007-08-07. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 322 BC - Battle of Crannon between Athens and Macedon following the death of Alexander the Great.
  2. ^ Theoi.com
  3. ^ Bertarelli, 161

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