{"id":40036,"date":"2021-11-20T08:43:50","date_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:43:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/amorgos\/"},"modified":"2021-11-20T08:43:53","modified_gmt":"2021-11-20T06:43:53","slug":"amorgos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/amorgos\/","title":{"rendered":"Amorg\u00f3s"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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View of Ch\u00f3ra, Amorg\u00f3s, from NE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n

Amorg\u00f3s has accommodated in the past several different civilisations, which is why the island was known with different names like Pag\u00e1li, Psychi\u00e1, Mel\u00e1nia and Karkis\u00eda. According to some, today\u2019s name Amorg\u00f3s<\/strong> derives from antiquity, when the island was known for its produce of women\u2019s tunics. These tunics were made with a special method which produced thread from local linen canes and were called \u00c1morgos.<\/p>\n\n

First signs of inhabitance are from the 5th millennium AD, however civilization started on the island during the 4th millennium BC<\/strong> by the Cycladites. During the peak of the Minoan civilization, the Cretes founded on Amorg\u00f3s the city of Min\u00f3a (built in the wider area of where Kat\u00e1pola is today), and used the island as a base for their Aegean sea routes. In the 10th century BC, Ionians from the island of N\u00e1xos came here and built the city of Arkes\u00edni in SE Amorg\u00f3s, and 300 years later, Ionians from Asia Minor founded the city of Aigi\u00e1li, approximately where today\u2019s settlement of Thol\u00e1ria is.<\/p>\n\n

Thus, in the Classical years<\/strong>, Amorg\u00f3s hosted the coexistence of 3 cities of 3 different civilisations which actually grew to be rich and prosperous city \u2013 states. <\/p>\n\n

Following the conquering of the island by the Macedonians<\/strong> and the crush of the Athenians in the sea battle of Amorg\u00f3s (332 BC.), a countdown started for Amorg\u00f3s and by the coming of the Roman rule, the island was severely depopulated. The Romans used it as a place of exile.<\/p>\n\n

In the Byzantine years, Amorg\u00f3s suffers by piratic raids. During the byzantine time of Iconoclasm (1088 AD), the monastery of Panag\u00eda Hozovi\u00f3tissa<\/strong> was built, an impressive construction built inside the rock. The name Hozovi\u00f3tissa comes from the coming of Holy Mary\u2019s miraculous icon from Hozova in Palaistine.<\/p>\n\n

In 1207, the island was conquered by the Venetians<\/strong> and 3 centuries later, in 1537, by the Ottomans<\/strong> who kept it up until 1824 when the island was freed during the Hellenic Wars of Independence. All these years, the islanders were practicing piracy systematically.<\/p>\n\n

Monastery of Panag\u00eda Hozovi\u00f3tissa:<\/strong> Built inside the rock, 300m above sea level, the monastery is an impregnable castle from everywhere. It was built by Emperor Al\u00e9xios the 1st Komnin\u00f3s. It extends for 8 floors but is only 5m wide. Inside the Monastery, there is a library with valuable manuscripts and exceptional icons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Amorg\u00f3s has accommodated in the past several different civilisations, which is why the island was known with different names like Pag\u00e1li, Psychi\u00e1, Mel\u00e1nia and Karkis\u00eda. According to some, today\u2019s name Amorg\u00f3s derives from antiquity, when the island was known for its produce of women\u2019s tunics. These tunics were made with a special method which produced…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[651],"tags":[797,798,452],"class_list":["post-40036","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-isl-amorgos-isl-levitha","tag-amorgos","tag-chora","tag-history","category-651","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40036","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=40036"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40036\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40037,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40036\/revisions\/40037"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40036"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40036"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eagleray.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40036"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}