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Cyclades
Islander cluster that finds in the southerner and up to
the central Aegean, sport ween Crete of - Peloponnese - Evia and the
prefectures Samos and Dwdekani'soy. The islands are wetted by
the Aegean, the Myrtw'o and the Cretan Sea. The mainer islands
of Cyclades are Naxos, ¢ndros, Tinos, Paros, Kea, the Milos, the
Amorgos, Ios, the Syra, the Kythnos, Mykonos, Siphnos, the Se'rjfos,
the Ci'ra (or Santorini), the Sj'kjnos, the Kj'mwlos, the
Fole'gandros, the Anafi, the Antj'paros, the Gya'ros, Heraklions, the
Makro'nisos, the Poly'ajgos, the Ri'neja, Vibrating, the Ke'ros, the
Cirasj'a, the Despotic and Delos. Round this islands exist a lot
of islands and rocky islands.
The N. Cyclades has extent 2.572 t. km and population 100.083
residents. Capital of prefecture is the Ermoy'poli of Syra.
Administratively it is divided in eight provinces: ¢ndroy
with capital the ¢ndro, Ci'ras with capital the Ci'ra, Kea with
capital Kea, Milos with capital the Apple, Naxos with capital Naxos,
Paros with capital Paros, Syra with capital the Ermoy'poli and Tinos
with capital the Tino.
The ground of Kykladoni'swn is mountainous, kacw's it is
constituted by tops of mountains of land that katapontj'stike.
The height of mountains is small.
In Naxos is extended the mountain range Zja' (1.004 m.), in the
¢ndro o'ri ¢gjoj Forty (714 m.), Petal (1.003 m.) and Koyvara's
(975 m.) in the Tino Tsjknja's (713 m.), in Paros the Prophet
Ilj'as (750 m.), in Kea the Prophet Ilj'as (568 m.), in the Apple the
o'ri Prophet Ilj'as (751 m.) and Hontro'voyno (620 m.), in the
Amorgos Krj'kellos (826 m.) in Ios Tower (737 m.), in the Syra
Tower (442 m.), in the Kythnos Stone (333 m.), in Mykonos Anwmerj'tis
(364 m.), in Siphnos the ¢gjos Ilj'as (695 m.), in the Ci'ra the
Prophet Ilj'as (565 m.), in the Sj'kjno Troy'llos (600 m.) and
in the Anafi Vj'gla (484 m.).
The ground of Cyclades is mountainous. Thus do not exist
flat extents, but only small valleys and plains Jamatjke's Sources:
In the Cyclades exist very many jamatjke's sources. Most
important are the Sa'rjza ¢ndroy, that her waters are bottled also the
Cermja' Kythnos that is two sources acquaintances from the antiquity.
The islands of Cyclades are rich in mining wealth. From
being famous they are the marbles of Naxos, Paros and Tinos and the
emery of Naxos.
The climate in the Cyclades is the characteristic climate of
Aegean, with soft winter and cool summertime.
The Cyclades are barren islands and thus the cultivable ground
are limited. The ground and the climate of prefecture they are
offered for dentrokallje'rgejes, with main the cultivation of olive
trees. In the prefecture is also developed and the
livestock-farming of small animals (ovines), because they do not exist
Levadia for big animals. In the Cyclades function enough mines,
kacw's all almost the islands are rich in minerals and mining.
The fishery is one still serious economic element for the
islands, in the sea of which are fished chosen fishes. Serious
role in the economy of prefecture, finally, plays also the tourism, so
much because the islands are beautiful what for the antiquities that
they allocate.
According to the archaeological discoveries the Cyclades
prwtokatojki'cikan in their Proj!storjkoy's Years. Her bigger
economic and cultural growth is presented in the Ancient Years, during
which they developed the been famous Kykladjko' Culture. In the
Historical and Classic Years existed allies of Athenians. To the
means of 2nd p. X. aj. they devolved to the sovereignty of Romen and
fell in decline. In the Byzantine Years ani'kan in the Subject
of Aegean and they were tryed by a lot of piratical raids. The
12th aj. kyrjey'tikan from the Venetians and they knew particular
acne.
The 16th aj. they fell in the hands of Turks, from that they
were released and were linked with the Greek state 1830.
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