Milos (Greek: Μήλος), is one of the islands in the Cyclades
group. It is known as the” island of
lovers” because in 1820 the statue of the Greek Goddess of love Aphrodite “Venous de Milo” was discovered on the
island. In the historical times, the Dorians settled the island. In the summer of 416 BC the Athenians landed
an army of 3,000, and took the city that winter. In the aftermath, as was
common in antiquity, with cities that resisted sieges, the men were killed, and
the women and children were sold to slavery. When Athens was defeated by Sparta
at the end of the Peloponnesian War, the survivors returned to their homes. During the Latin period the island formed
part of the Duchy of Naxos. In 1566, the
Venetians handed over the island to the Ottomans who ruled it until 1830 when
it joined the independent state of Greece.
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"The Duchy of the Archipelago or also Duchy of Naxos or Duchy of the Aegean was a maritime state created by Venetian interests in the Cyclades archipelago in the Aegean Sea, in the aftermath of the Fourth Crusade, centered on the islands of Naxos and Paros.
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These places are so beautiful, but Klima seems small and where do people go besides the water, for food and entertainment?
The Aegean was the highway where Minoans, Phoenicians and later the Greeks and Romans of the classical period, Francs, Venetians, Genovese and many others criss-crossed to conduct their commerce and warfare. Klima is a cute village fishermen built their houses adjacent to sea as it was convenient to conduct their trade. Life was hard and entertainment was secondary in their mind. It now attracts the tourists because of its uniqueness but lacks as you correctly state what it is common in towns a square with a church, a city hall, a police station, restaurants etc.
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