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Nisyros, Greece

Nisyros also spelled Nisiros (Greek: Νίσυρος) is a volcanic Greek island and municipality located in the Aegean Sea. It is part of the Dodecanese group of islands, situated between the islands of Kos and Tilos.

Грчка митологија о Нисиросу
Greek Mythology about Nisyros

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Nisyros, Greece

Mandraki, die Hauptstadt der griechischen Insel Nisyros
Mandraki, the Capital of the Greek island of Nisyros

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Nísiros, Grecia

来自希腊尼西罗斯岛的纪念品
Souvenirs from the Greek Island of Nisyros

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Its shape is approximately round, with a diameter of about 8 km (5 mi), and an area of 41.6 km2 (16.062 sq mi). Several other islets are found in the direct vicinity of Nisyros, the largest of which is Gyali, with a population of 22 citizens (2021). The Municipality of Nisyros includes Gyalí, as well as uninhabited Pacheiá, Pergoússa, Kandelioussa, Ágios Antónios and Stroggýli. It has a total land area of 50.055 km2 (19.326 sq mi) and a total population of 1,008 inhabitants. The island was also called Nisiro in Italian and İncirli in Turkish.

Nisyros, Griechenland

Ο κρατήρας του Στέφανου στο νησί της Νισύρου στην Ελλάδα
Stefanos Crater on the Island of Nisyros in Greece

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Нисирос, Греция

греческий остров Нисирос, вид из Эгейского моря
The Greek island of Nisyros seen from the Aegean Sea

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The island has a 3-to-4-kilometre (1.9 to 2.5 mi) wide caldera, and was formed within the past 150,000 years, with three separate eruptive stages, ranging from explosive and effusive andesitic eruptions to explosive and effusive dacitic and rhyolitic activity. Its coasts are generally rocky or pebbled, but there are also a few sandy beaches (mainly in the northeastern part). The volcano is currently active but not erupting, and fumaroles are found at the craters. It has had four historical eruptions, all of which had a VEI of 2. Almost all of its eruptions involved phreatic activity. The latest eruptive activity was a steam explosion in 1888, after small ash eruptions in 1871 and 1873, and earthquakes are not infrequent. A period of seismic unrest in 1996–1997 led an international team of scientists to initiate monitoring of the volcanic unrest, as part of the European Union sponsored Geowarn project. The entire volcanic complex includes the seafloor between Nisyros and Kos, the island of Gyali and a part of Kos island.

尼西羅斯島, 希腊

Smal Straatje in Nikia op het Griekse Eiland Nisyros
Narrow Street in Nikia on the Greek Island of Nisyros

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Nissiros, Grèce

נוף באי היווני ניסירוס
Landscape on the Greek Island of Nisyros

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According to Greek mythology, the island was formed when Poseidon cut off a part of Kos and threw it onto the giant Polybotes to stop him from escaping. The ancient name of the Nisyros was Porphyris. Ancient walls, dating from the 5th century BC, part of the acropolis of the island, are found near Mandraki.
It was apparently also a source of millstones used in some of the earliest watermills, being referred to by epigrammatist Antipater of Thessalonica in the 1st century BC. The island is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad. In Roman times it became part of the Insulae province. The Knights Hospitaller conquered the island in 1315 and built the crusader castle. The island passed from the Ottomans to the Italians in 1911 during the Italo-Turkish War, along with the rest of the Dodecanese islands. It finally was annexed to the Greek Kingdom after the Second World War, in 1947.

Nisyros, Griekenland

Autorità Portuale di Nisyros (Grecia)
Nisyros Port Authority (Greece)

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Νίσυρος, Ελλάδα

Droga na Greckiej Wyspie Nisyros
The Road on the Greek Island of Nisyros

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The patron saint of the island is Saint Nikitas. Many Orthodox Christian churches are found on the island, as well as four monasteries which are not inhabited by monks today, although various celebrations take place in them. The largest monastery is the one of Panagia Spiliani (Blessed Virgin Mary of the cave) at Mandraki. It is built beside the medieval castle erected by the Knights Hospitaller. Nisyrus was a suffragan of Rhodes, but the bishopric faded. Known bishops included Matthaeus de Cheselles (appointed 1436), Pierre Fridaricus (served from the 1480s), Pedro Xague (appointed 1560), and Jerónimo Clavijo (appointed 1564).

İncirli, Yunanistan

Naplemente a Görög Nisyros Szigeten
Sunset on the Greek Island of Nisyros

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