{"id":39995,"date":"2021-11-11T16:50:54","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T14:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/naxos\/"},"modified":"2021-11-13T10:50:06","modified_gmt":"2021-11-13T08:50:06","slug":"naxos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/naxos\/","title":{"rendered":"N\u00e1xos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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\"Naxos,
View of N\u00e1xos harbour and Port\u00e1ra<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

There are different theories to the origins of N\u00e1xos\u2019 name<\/strong>. According to some historians, the name is believed to derive from the greek word \u201c\u00c1ssos\u201d (\u00c1ssos = island), whereas others claim the name comes from N\u00e1xo, son of god Apollo, who was the first settler of the island.<\/p>\n\n

In historic records, the island is mentioned as early as 9000 BC<\/strong>, used by sailors as a refuge up until 5300 BC. During the 4th millennium BC, N\u00e1xos was inhabited by Cyclad\u00edtes and served as a commercial centre. In the following years (3200 \u2013 1100 BC), the pinnacle of the Cycladic civilization made N\u00e1xos powerful, with a significant military force. Later, between 11th and 7th century BC, N\u00e1xos was inhabited by Ionians who strengthened the island even more, there was commercial and financial growth, especially during the reign of tyran Lygd\u00e1mi (6th century BC). As a result, N\u00e1xos was one of the richest and strongest islands in the Aegean.<\/p>\n\n

In the Hellenic \u2013 Persian Wars<\/strong> (5th century BC), N\u00e1xos with its riches aided the Hellenes at the battle of Platai\u00e9s (479 BC). Later, it became a member of the Delian Allience (478 BC) and then of the Athenian Hegemony (454 BC). During the Roman rule (31 BC \u2013 330 AD), N\u00e1xos was depopulated and used as a place of exile.<\/p>\n\n

In the 4th century AD<\/strong>, there were no inhabitants in N\u00e1xos save a few monks in its monasteries. From the 5th century onwards, the settlers start to arrive on the island. The Byantines build castles in order to defend against the piratic and the Arabian raids<\/strong>, however between the 7th and the 11th centuries, N\u00e1xos is being plundered, occupied and destroyed by the Saracens.<\/p>\n\n

At the fall of Constantinople by the Crusaders <\/strong>(1204 AD), the admiral of the Venetians Marco Sanoudo conquers the island, together with many of the Aegean and most of the Cyclades, and makes N\u00e1xos his capital. The Venetians rebuilded many settlements, fortified the castles and built some more – in general, they were considered \u201cgood\u201d conquerors.<\/p>\n\n

In 1537, the admiral of the Ottomans Barbarossa<\/strong> conquers N\u00e1xos and the day turned to night. The Turks took the young men to the galleons or sold them in the slave markets of the east, islamise the ones remaining and the ones who did not want to were killed. An Italian priest visiting the island at the time, wrote that life conditions were wretched, there was extensive famine and women were more than double to the men.<\/p>\n\n

N\u00e1xos was freed from the Turks<\/strong> in 1829.<\/p>\n\n

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\"Agía
Ag\u00eda \u00c1nna, N\u00e1xos<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

N\u00e1xos (Ch\u00f3ra):<\/strong> As you enter the harbour, to the north you can see \u201cPort\u00e1ra\u201d (= large gate) on a small island. Port\u00e1ra is the trademark of the island, you can see it in all the touristic brochures. Port\u00e1ra is also a big marble gate, a remnant from the temple of Apollo in antiquity. The town has 45 Orthodox and Catholic churches. Visit Mitr\u00f3poli (18th century) with its rich marble interiors. Inside the church there is a gospel given by the empress Great Catherine of Russia and in its basement a museum.<\/p>\n\n

Visit the Venetian Museum<\/strong>, hosted within the Tower of Della Rocca Barozzi of 1207, with relics dating from the 12th century, the archaeological museum <\/strong>of N\u00e1xos, Apal\u00edrou castle <\/strong>(or Sanoudo castle), in the centre of the island and built in the Byzantine years (7th century), the village of Ape\u00edrathos<\/strong>, with excellent Venetian towers, churches and 2 museums! This village is also known as \u201cmarble village\u201d, because most of its buildings are built with local marble.<\/p>\n\n

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\"Apοllonas\"
Ap\u00f3llonas village and harbour, from SE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Ap\u00f3llonas:<\/strong> A very picturesque village where, close by, was found a colossal half-finished \u201cKo\u00faros\u201d (statue of a youth) from the 6th century BC lying at the entrance to an ancient quarry. There are ruins from a medieval stronghold to the south in the area of Kal\u00f3geros. Even if ancient ruins do not pique your interest, ashore there are some caf\u00e9s and taverns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

There are different theories to the origins of N\u00e1xos\u2019 name. According to some historians, the name is believed to derive from the greek word \u201c\u00c1ssos\u201d (\u00c1ssos = island), whereas others claim the name comes from N\u00e1xo, son of god Apollo, who was the first settler of the island. In historic records, the island is mentioned…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39991,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[653],"tags":[452,785],"class_list":["post-39995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isl-naxos-isl-donousa","tag-history","tag-naxos","category-653","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39995","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=39995"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40003,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39995\/revisions\/40003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}