Gyaros

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The today uninhabited Greek island Gyaros (Greek Γυάρος ( f sg ) [' ʝarɔs ], popularly called Giura ) in the Aegean Sea is one of the northern Cyclades. Administratively, the island is one of the municipality Syros Syros within the South Aegean region ( Περιφέρεια Νότιου Αιγαίου ).

Gyaros lies between the larger islands of Andros, Tinos, Siros, Kythnos and Kea. The island measures about 8.5 × 4.5 km and has an area of 19 km ². It is arid, vegetationsarm and mountainous, reaching a height of 490 meters.

There are traces of ancient cultures terrace on the east side. There are close to a source and the Mole the remains of the ancient village Gyaros. Gyaros was in the 3rd century BC even place their own coin, but whether the poverty of their purple Fischer known. Already in the Roman period, the small, barren and water- poor island was a feared exile. The anguish of the prisoners on Gyaros were proverbial in the 2nd century AD. Since the Second World War, and particularly under the military dictatorship in Greece (1967-1974) the island as a prison and place of internment for political prisoners was known as ingloriously.

In the Middle Ages the island was under way despite their Hafenlosigkeit mainly because of the purple clam catch. In 1573 she was one of the seven small islands of the former Duchy of Naxos. These were left in place until 1617 to pay tribute to the Venetian family of Gozzadini. Then Gyaros was inhabited until last summer only by some goatherds of Syros.