Folegandros
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|periph = South Aegean
|periphunit = Thira
|pop_municipality = 719
|area_municipality = 32.216
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Folegandros (also Pholegandros; {{langx|el|Φολέγανδρος}}) is a small Greek island in the Aegean Sea that, together with Sikinos, Ios, Anafi and Santorini, forms the southern part of the Cyclades. Its surface area is {{convert|32.216|km2|sqmi}}{{cite web |url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-21 }} and it has 719 inhabitants (2021).
It has three small villages, Chora, Karavostasis, and Ano Meria, which are connected by a paved road. Folegandros is part of the Thira regional unit.{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL8-SrPzKAEPjjtIl9LGdkF53UIxsx942CdyqxSQYNuqAGCF0IfB9HI6hq6ZkZV96FIukI0UzcPsWCK0LpLhpa7rhiWB4R5ntTnoWw7U8E1Amg.|title=ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text|language=el|publisher=Government Gazette}}
Mythology
According to Greek mythology, it was said to have derived its name from a son of Minos.{{Cite Stephanus|Φολέγανδρος}}
History
Little is known about the ancient history of Folegandros. Its inhabitants were Dorians. Later it came under Athenian rule. The island contained a polis (city-state) called Pholegandros, which was sited at the modern Chora and a member of the Delian League, as which it appears on Athenian tribute lists between 425/4 and 416/15 BCE.{{cite book|author= Mogens Herman Hansen & Thomas Heine Nielsen |title= An inventory of archaic and classical poleis|url= https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans |url-access= limited |year= 2004|publisher= Oxford University Press|location=New York|isbn= 0-19-814099-1|chapter= The Aegean|page= [https://archive.org/details/inventoryarchaic00hans/page/n785 769]}} The island was called the iron Pholegandros by Aratus on account of its ruggedness, and is also noted by ancient geographers Strabo{{Cite Strabo|x. p. 484 et seq.}} and Ptolemy, who calls it Pholekandros ({{langx|grc|Φολέκανδρος}}).{{Cite Ptolemy|3.15.31}}
The island was conquered in 1207 by the Venetian Marco Sanudo and remained under the rule of Venice until 1566, when it was taken by the Ottoman Turks.
The Greeks reclaimed it in the 19th century during the Greek war of independence. The island was visited by the British explorers Theodore and Mabel Bent in early 1884.{{cite book |first=Theodore |last=Bent |title=The Cyclades, or Life Among the Insular Greeks |location=London |year=1885 |page=194 ff. |oclc=4526338 }}
During the 20th century it has been used as a place of exile for political prisoners, especially during the 4th of August regime. {{Cite web |title=Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Asia Minor |url=http://www.ehw.gr/asiaminor/Forms/fLemmaBody.aspx?lemmaid=6984 |access-date=2022-08-06 |website=www.ehw.gr}}
Geography
Folegandros' landscape is varied, and includes tall cliffs and a large cave. The "capital" of the island, Chora, is built on the edge of a 200-metre high cliff. The port of Folegandros is the small village of Karavostasis. The Ano Meria village contains a small but interesting Ecological and Folklore Museum. Among the notable beaches on Folegandros is Katergo, accessible only by foot or by boat from Karavostasis. Katergo beach is used by naturists.{{Cite web | title = Your bare-all guide to nudist beaches in Greece | last = Sinanidis | first = Mary | work = themanews.com | date = 11 July 2014 | access-date = 2016-08-07 | url = http://en.protothema.gr/your-bare-all-guide-to-nudist-beaches-in-greece/ | quote = Folegandros }}
Gallery
File:Apopsi Choras Folegandrou.JPG|View of Chora
File:Folegandros-7.jpg|Chora seen from the church of Panagia
File:Folegandros-5.jpg|House of the island
File:Folegandros-kastro.jpg|Inside the "Kastro" of Chora
File:Church, Chora of Folegandros, 15M6539.jpg|Chora
File:Φολέγανδρος.jpg|Chora & the church o Panagia to the north
File:Ano Meria on Folegandros, 15M6607.jpg|Ano Meria
References
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External links
- [http://www.folegandros.gr/ Municipality of Folegandros] {{in lang|en|fr|el|it}}
- [http://www.travel-zone-greece.com/blog/folegandros-beaches-satisfy/ Beaches in Folegandros] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230607153506/https://www.travel-zone-greece.com/blog/folegandros-beaches-satisfy/ |date=2023-06-07 }}
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Category:Municipalities of the South Aegean
Category:Populated places in Thira (regional unit)
Category:Landforms of Thira (regional unit)
Category:Islands of the South Aegean
Category:Members of the Delian League
Category:Locations in Greek mythology
Category:Populated places in the ancient Aegean islands
Category:Political repression in Greece