{"id":445,"date":"2009-03-13T08:38:05","date_gmt":"2009-03-13T08:38:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?p=445"},"modified":"2021-08-09T11:12:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T08:12:14","slug":"geographical-historical-outline-of-psara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/geographical-historical-outline-of-psara\/","title":{"rendered":"Geographical &#038; Historical Outline of Psara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Geographical &amp; Historical Outline of Psara<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/PsaraTown4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-11581 size-medium\" title=\"Geographical &amp; Historical Outline of Psara\" src=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/PsaraTown4-300x193.jpg\" alt=\"Geographical &amp; 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font-size: 14pt;\">HISTORY<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The recent history of Psara island begins on the arrival of several families from Evia, Thessaly and Epirus.<br \/>\nIn ancient times the island was called Psira.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During Byzantine times the island was uninhabited.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Psara took part in the Greek War of Independence of 1821 and made a great contribution to the struggle for liberation.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In June 21 1824 a tragic event occurred.<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The Turks disembarked on the island from the north and entered the town where the blowing up of the powder magazine took place on Paliokastro peninsula.<br \/>\nThe catastrophe of Psara was tragic for the Revolution and caused the death of several thousands people, locals and refugees.<br \/>\nOn 21 October 1912 the island was enslaved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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