Travel: Walking Tour Of Island Of Páros, Greece

Tourister Films (July 12, 2023) – Páros, island, one of the  Cyclades  (Modern Greek: Kykládes) in the Aegean Sea, Greece, separated from  Náxos  (Náchos) on the east by a channel 4 miles (6 km) wide. It  constitutes  a dímos (municipality) in the South Aegean (Nótio Aigaío)  periféreia (region).

On a bay on the northwest lies the capital, Páros (or Paroikía), occupying the site of the ancient and medieval capital. The small harbour is excelled by that of Náousa on the north side. White, semitransparent Parian marble (Paria Marmara), used for sculpture and quarried from subterranean pits on the north side of Mount Marpessa, was the chief source of wealth for ancient Páros. Several of the marble tunnels have survived.

Páros shared the early Bronze Age culture of the Cyclades. Traditionally it was first colonized by Arcadians and then by Ionians. In the 7th century BCE Parian colonies were sent to Thasos and to Parium on the Sea of Marmara and in 385 to the island of Pharos (Hvar, Croatia) in the Adriatic.

Leave a Reply