Naoussa (Paros)
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Municipality of Naoussa Νάουσα (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Ναούσης) |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| region | South Aegean | ||
| Regional district | Cyclades | ||
| local community | Paros | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 37 ° 7 ' N , 25 ° 14' E | ||
| Height above d. M. |
14 m (average) |
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| surface | 29.020 km² | ||
| Residents | 3124 (2011) | ||
| LAU-1 code no. | 68010007 | ||
| Local division | 11 settlements 10 uninhabited islands |
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Naoussa ( Greek Νάουσα ( f. Sg. ) Naousa ) is a small port town in the north of the Greek island of Paros with 2,468 inhabitants (2011). Together with nine surrounding villages and settlements as well as ten uninhabited islands, it forms the municipality of the same name in the Paros municipality with a total of 3124 inhabitants.
location
Naoussa is located at the southern end of the bay of the same name, Ormos Naousia , about ten kilometers from the "island capital" Parikia . The second largest town on the island has the second port next to Parikia, which is not used by the regular ferry boats. The place is located close to the small port and has numerous narrow streets. The houses are built in the Cycladic style.
There are hardly any beaches worth mentioning right next to the village, some bays and beaches are several hundred meters away from Naoussa. From the small port, bathing boats run every hour to various beaches. Since the 1990s tourism has played an increasingly important role. Compared to the main town Parikia, Naoussa has fewer buildings and tourists. While there are numerous taverns in the village, many hotels and guesthouses have settled on the outskirts or a bit outside.
The most important and appropriately developed main road on the island leads to the town and port of Parikia. On this route, a regular bus runs between the two places at least every hour.
history
Exact data about the first settlers have not been preserved, but it can be assumed that the place dates back to around 2800 BC. Was settled. This is evidenced by an early Cycladic burial ground. From about 1200 to 700 BC There was a fortified settlement on the Koukounaries on the west side of the bay. In the 8th century BC There was a settlement on the southwest side of the bay. Naoussa became famous for its port, which was used in Roman times to ship the then very famous Parian marble to the entire Mediterranean world.
After the Arab raids in the 9th and 10th centuries, the place actually became the island's capital. A round tower ( fort ) has been preserved from the time of the Venetians . It is also interesting that there is a Catholic church in the village, which houses 3 tombstones of Franconian knights. In the 17th century the monastery Zoodochos Pigi was built on a hill , which is also called Longovarda after its founder . In the 6th Venetian Turkish War (1645 / 1660–1669) the port of Naoussa became the base of the Venetian fleet. In the 5th Russian Turkish War (1768–1774), the Russian fleet, which was under the command of Alexei Orlov , had its headquarters in the place. The Orthodox Greeks used this circumstance to harass the unpopular “Latins”, i.e. Catholics, who lived on the island, so that almost all Catholics emigrated.
literature
- Siegfried Lauffer (Ed.): Greece. Lexicon of Historic Places. Augsburg 1999.
- Michael Begert: Cyclades. Freiburg i. Brsg. 1992.
Individual evidence
- ↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 113 (PDF, 793 kB)
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
