Chios
Chios
Χίος | |
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UTC+3 (EEST) | |
Postal code | 82x xx |
Area code(s) | 227x0 |
Vehicle registration | ΧΙ |
Website | www.chios.gr |
Chios (/ˈkaɪ.ɒs, ˈkaɪ.oʊs, ˈkiː-/; Greek: Χίος, romanized: Chíos [ˈçi.os] ⓘ, traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the tenth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait. Chios is notable for its exports of mastic gum and its nickname is "the Mastic Island". Tourist attractions include its medieval villages and the 11th-century monastery of Nea Moni, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Administratively, the island forms a separate municipality within the
The island was also the site of the Chios massacre, in which tens of thousands of Greeks on the island were massacred, expelled, and enslaved by Ottoman troops during the Greek War of Independence in 1822. Chios remained a part of the Ottoman Empire until 1912.
Geography
Chios island is crescent or kidney-shaped, 50 km (31 mi) long from north to south, and 29 km (18 mi) at its widest, covering an area of 842.289 km2 (325.210 sq mi).[3] The terrain is mountainous and arid, with a ridge of mountains running the length of the island. The two largest of these mountains, Pelineon (1,297 m (4,255 ft)) and Epos (1,188 m (3,898 ft)), are situated in the north of the island. The center of the island is divided between east and west by a range of smaller peaks, known as Provatas.
Regions
Chios can be divided into five regions.
East coast
Midway up the east coast lie the main population centers, the main town of Chios, and the regions of Vrontados and Kambos. Chios Town, with a population of 32,400, is built around the island's main harbour and medieval castle. The current castle, with a perimeter of 1,400 m (4,600 ft), was principally constructed during the time of Genoese and Ottoman rule, although remains have been found dating settlements there back to 2000 B.C. The town was substantially damaged by an earthquake in 1881, and only partially retains its original character.
North of Chios Town lies the large suburb of Vrontados (population 4,500), which claims to be the birthplace of Homer.[4] The suburb lies in the Omiroupoli municipality, and its connection to the poet is supported by an archaeological site known traditionally as "Teacher's Rock".[5]
Southern region (Mastichochória)
In the southern region of the island are the Mastichochoria[6] (literally 'mastic villages'), the seven villages of Mesta (Μεστά), Pyrgi (Πυργί), Olympi (Ολύμποι), Kalamoti (Καλαμωτή), Vessa (Βέσσα), Lithi (Λιθί), and Elata (Ελάτα), which together have controlled the production of mastic gum in the area since the Roman period. The villages, built between the 14th and 16th centuries, have a carefully designed layout with fortified gates and narrow streets to protect against the frequent raids by marauding pirates.[citation needed] Between Chios Town and the Mastichochoria lie a large number of historic villages including Armolia (Αρμόλια), Myrmighi (Μυρμήγκι), and Kalimassia (Καλλιμασιά).[citation needed] Along the east coast are the fishing villages of Kataraktis (Καταρράκτης) and to the south, Nenita (Νένητα).
Interior
Directly in the centre of the island, between the villages of Avgonyma to the west and Karyes to the east, is the 11th century monastery of
Climate
The island's climate is warm and moderate, categorised as temperate, Mediterranean (Köppen: Csa), with modest variation due to the stabilising effect of the surrounding sea. Average temperatures normally range from a summer high of 30 °C (86 °F) to a winter low of 7 °C (45 °F) in January, although temperatures of over 40 °C (104 °F) or below freezing can sometimes be encountered.
The island normally experiences steady breezes (average 3–5 m/s (6.7–11.2 mph)) throughout the year, with wind direction predominantly northerly ("Etesian" Wind—locally called the "Meltemi") or southwesterly (Sirocco).
Climate data for Chios town (23m) | |||||||||||||
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Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 12.8 (55.0) |
13 (55) |
17.3 (63.1) |
19.4 (66.9) |
24.5 (76.1) |
29.4 (84.9) |
32 (90) |
32.4 (90.3) |
28.6 (83.5) |
24.4 (75.9) |
19.6 (67.3) |
16.1 (61.0) |
22.5 (72.4) |
Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 7.2 (45.0) |
8 (46) |
10 (50) |
11.8 (53.2) |
15.5 (59.9) |
20.9 (69.6) |
23.3 (73.9) |
24 (75) |
20.5 (68.9) |
16.6 (61.9) |
13.4 (56.1) |
10.7 (51.3) |
15.2 (59.2) |
Average precipitation mm (inches) | 139.6 (5.50) |
94.4 (3.72) |
41.8 (1.65) |
61.2 (2.41) |
27.6 (1.09) |
10.9 (0.43) |
0.1 (0.00) |
0 (0) |
3.6 (0.14) |
23.2 (0.91) |
88.2 (3.47) |
178 (7.0) |
668.6 (26.32) |
Source: http://penteli.meteo.gr/stations/chios/ (2019 – 2020 averages) |
Geology
The Chios Basin is a hydrographic sub-unit of the Aegean Sea adjacent to the island of Chios.
History
Etymology
The ancient writer
Prehistoric period
Archaeological research on Chios has found evidence of habitation dating back at least to the Neolithic era. The primary sites of research for this period have been cave dwellings at Hagio(n) Galas in the north and a settlement and accompanying necropolis in modern-day Emporeio (also known as Emporio) at the far south of the island. Scholars lack information on this period. The size and duration of these settlements have therefore not been well-established.
The British School at Athens under the direction of Sinclair Hood excavated the Emporeio site in 1952–1955, and most current information comes from these digs.[13] The Greek Archaeological Service has also been excavating periodically on Chios since 1970, though much of its work on the island remains unpublished.
The noticeable uniformity in the size of houses at Emporeio leads some scholars to believe that there may have been little
It is also widely held by scholars that the island was not occupied by humans during the
By at least the 11th century BC the island was ruled by a monarchy, and the subsequent transition to aristocratic (or possibly tyrannic) rule occurred sometime over the next four centuries. Future excavations may reveal more information about this period.[16] 9th-century Euboean and Cypriote presence on the island is attested by ceramics, while a Phoenician presence is noted at Erythrae, the traditional competitor of Chios on the mainland.[17]
Archaic and Classical periods
Pherecydes, native to the Aegean, wrote that the island was occupied by the
.Chios was one of the original twelve member states of the Ionian League. As a result, Chios, at the end of the 7th century BC,[20] was one of the first cities to strike or mint coins, establishing the sphinx as its symbol. It maintained this tradition for almost 900 years.
In the 6th century BC, Chios' government adopted a constitution similar to that developed by Solon in Athens[21] and later developed democratic elements with a voting assembly and people's magistrates called damarchoi.[22]
In 546 BC, Chios was subjected to the Persian Empire.[22] Chios joined the Ionian Revolt against the Persians in 499 BC. The naval power of Chios during this period is demonstrated by the fact that the Chians had the largest fleet (100 ships) of all of the Ionians at the Battle of Lade in 494 BC. At Lade, the Chian fleet doggedly continued to fight the Persian fleet even after the defection of the Samians and others, but the Chians were ultimately forced to retreat and were again subjected to Persian domination.[23]
The defeat of Persia at the Battle of Mycale in 479 BC meant the liberation of Chios from Persian rule. When the Athenians formed the Delian League, Chios joined as one of the few members who did not have to pay tribute but who supplied ships to the alliance.[24]
By the fifth to fourth centuries BC, the island had grown to an estimated population of over 120,000 (two to three times the estimated population in 2005), based on the huge necropolis at the main city of Chios. It is thought that the majority of the population lived in that area.[25]
In 412 BC, during the Peloponnesian War, Chios revolted against Athens, and the Athenians besieged it. Relief only came the following year when the Spartans were able to raise the siege. In the 4th century BC, Chios was a member of the Second Athenian League but revolted against Athens during the Social War (357–355 BC), and Chios became independent again until the rise of Macedonia.
Hellenistic period
Theopompus returned to Chios with the other exiles in 333 BC after
During this period, the island also had become the largest exporter of Greek wine, which was noted for being of relatively high quality (see "
Roman period
During the Third Macedonian War, thirty-five vessels allied to Rome, carrying about 1,000 Galatian troops, as well as a number of horses, were sent by Eumenes II to his brother Attalus. Leaving from Elaea, they were headed to the harbour of Phanae, planning to disembark from there to Macedonia. However, Perseus's naval commander Antenor intercepted the fleet between Erythrae (on the Western coast of Turkey) and Chios. According to Livy,[29] they were caught completely off-guard by Antenor. Eumenes' officers at first thought the intercepting fleet were friendly Romans, but scattered upon realizing they were facing an attack by their Macedonian enemy, some choosing to abandon ship and swim to Erythrae. Others, crashing their ships into land on Chios, fled toward the city. The Chians however closed their gates, startled at the calamity. And the Macedonians, who had docked closer to the city anyway, cut the rest of the fleet off outside the city gates, and on the road leading to the city. Of the 1,000 men, 800 were killed, 200 taken prisoner.'
After the Roman conquest Chios became part of the province of Asia.
According to the Acts of the Apostles, Luke the Evangelist, Paul the Apostle and their companions passed Chios during Paul's third missionary journey, on a passage from Lesbos to Samos.[33]
Byzantine period
After the permanent division of the Roman Empire in 395 AD, Chios was for seven centuries part of the Byzantine Empire. This came to an end when the island was briefly held (1090–97) by Tzachas, a Turkish bey in the region of Smyrna during the first expansion of the Turks to the Aegean coast.[34] However, the Turks were driven back from the Aegean coast by the Byzantines aided by the First Crusade, and the island was restored to Byzantine rule by admiral Constantine Dalassenos.
This relative stability was ended by the sacking of Constantinople by the Fourth Crusade (1204) and during the turmoil of the 13th century the island's ownership was constantly affected by the regional power struggles. After the Fourth Crusade, the Byzantine empire was divided up by the Latin emperors of Constantinople, with Chios nominally becoming a possession of the Republic of Venice. However, defeats for the Latin empire resulted in the island reverting to Byzantine rule in 1225.
Genoese period (1304–1566)
The Byzantine rulers had little influence and through the
Local rule was brief. In 1346, a chartered company or
The Genoese, being interested in profit rather than conquest, controlled the trade-posts and warehouses, in particular the trade of mastic, alum, salt and pitch. Other trades such as grain, wine oil and cloth and most professions were run jointly with the locals. After a failed uprising in 1347, and being heavily outnumbered (less than 10% of the population in 1395), the Latins maintained light control over the local population, remaining largely in the town and allowing full religious freedom. In this way the island remained under Genoese control for two centuries. A notable Genoese inhabitant from this period was Christopher Columbus who lived in Chios in the 1470s before his voyages to the Americas. In 1566, when Genoa lost Chios to the Ottoman Empire, there were 12.000 Greeks and 2.500 Genoese (or 17% of the total population) in the island.[37]
Ottoman period: economic prosperity and the Great Destruction
In the April of 1566, the island of Chios was captured by the Ottoman Empire after the surrender to Piyale Pasha. Subsequently, the Genoans were sent to the capital and after some time upon the request of the French ambassador they were allowed to return with a firman.[38]
During Ottoman rule, the government and tax gathering again remained in the hands of Greeks and the Turkish garrison was small and inconspicuous.[39]
As well as the Latin and Turkish influx, documents record a small Jewish population from at least 1049 AD.
The mainstay of the island's famous wealth was the mastic crop. Chios was able to make a substantial contribution to the imperial treasury while at the same time maintaining only a light level of taxation. The Ottoman government regarded it as one of the most valuable provinces of the Empire.[41]
When the Greek War of Independence broke out, the island's leaders were reluctant to join the revolutionaries, fearing the loss of their security and prosperity. However, in March 1822, several hundred armed Greeks from the neighbouring island of Samos landed in Chios. They proclaimed the revolution and launched attacks against the Turks, at which point islanders decided to join the struggle.
Ottomans landed a large force on the island consequently and put down the rebellion. The Ottoman
The 1881 Chios earthquake, estimated as 6.5 on the moment magnitude scale, damaged a large portion of the island's buildings and resulted in great loss of life. Reports of the time spoke of 5,500–10,000 fatalities.[44]
Remarkably, despite the terrible devastation, in the later 19th century Chios emerged as the motherland of the modern Greek shipping industry. Indicatively, while in 1764, Chios had 6 vessels with 90 sailors on record, in 1875 there were 104 ships with over 60,000 registered tonnes, and in 1889 were recorded 440 sailing ships of various types with 3,050 sailors. The dynamic development of Chian shipping in the 19th century is further attested by the various shipping related services that were present in the island during this time, such as the creation of the shipping insurance companies Chiaki Thalassoploia (Χιακή Θαλασσοπλοΐα), Dyo Adelfai (Δυο Αδελφαί), Omonoia (Ομόνοια) and the shipping bank Archangelos (Αρχάγγελος) (1863). The boom of Chian shipping took place with the successful transition from sailing vessels to steam. To this end, Chian ship owners were supported by the strong diaspora presence of Chian merchants and bankers, and the connections they had developed with the financing centers of the time (Istanbul, London), the establishment in London of shipping businessmen, the creation of shipping academies in Chios and the expertise of Chian personnel on board.[45]
In independent Greece
Chios joined the rest of independent Greece after the First Balkan War (1912). The Greek Navy landed at Chios in November 1912 and took control of the island after a series of clashes that lasted for over a month. The Ottoman Empire recognized Greece's annexation of Chios and the other Aegean islands by signing the Treaty of London (1913).
Although Greece was officially neutral, the island was occupied by the British during World War I, on 17 February 1916. This may have been due to the island's proximity to the Ottoman Empire and the city of İzmir in particular.[46]
It was affected also by the population exchange after the
The island saw some local violence during the Greek Civil War setting neighbour against neighbour. This ended when the final band of communist fighters was trapped and killed in the orchards of Kampos and their bodies driven through the main town on the back of a truck. In March 1948, the island was used as an internment camp for female political detainees (communists or relatives of guerillas) and their children, who were housed in military barracks near the town of Chios. Up to 1300 women and 50 children were housed in cramped and degrading conditions, until March 1949 when the camp was closed and the inhabitants moved to Trikeri.[47]
The production of
By 2015, Chios had become a transit point for refugees and asylum seekers entering the EU from Turkey. A reception and identification centre was formed at VIAL near the village of Chalkeio, however, in 2021 the Greek government announced a new closed reception centre will be built in a more isolated location at Akra Pachy near the village of Pantoukios.[48]
Demographics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
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2001[3] | 51,773 | — |
2011[49] | 51,390 | −0.7% |
2021[1] | 50,361 | −2.0% |
Government
The present municipality Chios was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 8 former municipalities, that became municipal units:[2]
Economy
Commerce
The local merchant shipping community transports several locally grown products including mastic, olives, figs, wine, mandarins, and cherries.
Cuisine
Local specialities of the island include:
- Kordelia, pasta
- Malathropita
- Neratzopita
- Mastello (cheese)
- Valanes, type of pasta
- Sfougato, type of omelette
- Mamoulia (dessert)
- Masourakia (dessert)
- Mastiha (drink)
- Souma (drink)
Antimony mines
Sporadically for some time during the early 19th century to 1950s there was mining activity on the island at Keramos Antimony Mines.
Culture
- Constantine IX's reign and a World Heritage Site.[50]
- An ancient inscription (at Chios Archaeological Museum) from a fifth-century funerary monument for Heropythos the son of Philaios, traced his family back over fourteen generations to Kyprios at the tenth century BC, before there were any written records in Greece.[51][52]
- Forts
- Castle of Chios, a Byzantine fort built in the 10th century
- St. George's church
- Museums
- Traditions
- The town of Vrontados is home to a unique Easter celebration, where competing teams of locals gather at the town's two (rival) churches to fire tens of thousands of homemade rockets at the other church's bell tower while the Easter service is going on inside the churches, in what has become known as rouketopolemos.[53]
- Sports
- F.C. Lailapas (Chios town)
- NC Chios, water polo
- Panchiakos GS
- Media
- Alithia TV
- Chiakos Laos, newspaper
- Politis, newspaper
- Dimokratiki, newspaper
Twin town, sister cities
Chios is
- Brezno, Slovakia
- Ermoupoli, Greece
- Genoa, Italy (since 1985)[54]
- Guiyang, China
- Ortona, Italy
- Polykastro, Greece
Notable natives and inhabitants
A native of Chios is known in English as a Chian.[55]
Ancient
- Homer (8th century BC), poet. See History of the Pelopennesian War by Thucydides, section 3.104.5, wherein Thucydides quotes Homer's self-reference: "A blind old man of Scio's rocky isle."
- Oenopides (c. 490 – c. 420 BC), mathematician and geometer
- Ion of Chios (484-421 BC), tragedy writer
- Hippocrates of Chios (c. 470 – c. 410 BC), notable mathematician, geometer and astronomer
- Theopompus of Chios (378 – c. 320 BC), rhetorical historian[56]
- Erasistratus of Chios (304–250 BC), pioneering anatomist, royal physician and founder of the ancient medical school of Alexandria, who discovered the linking between organs through the systems of veins, arteries and nerves[57]
- Aristo of Chios (c. 260 BC), Stoic philosopher
- Claudia Metrodora (c. 54–68 AD), public benefactor
Medieval
- Saint Markella (14th century), martyr and saint of the Greek Orthodox church
- Leo Kalothetos (1315–1363), provincial governor of the Byzantine empire
- Leonard of Chios, Greek Dominican scholar
- Giovanni Giustiniani (1418-1453), died during the Fall of Constantinople and buried in Chios
- Matrona of Chios (* 15th century, † before 1455), saint of the Greek Orthodox church
- Andreas Argenti (saint) († 1465 n. Chr.), neomartyr of the Orthodox Church
- Andrea Bianco(15th century), Genoese cartographer resided on Chios
- In 1982, Ruth Durlacher hypothesised that Chios was Christopher Columbus's birthplace.[58] Columbus himself said he was from the Republic of Genoa, which included the island of Chios at the time. Columbus was friendly with a number of Chian Genoese families, referenced Chios in his writings and used the Greek language for some of his notes.[59] 'Columbus' remains a common surname on Chios. Other common Greek spellings are: Kouloumbis and Couloumbis.
- Vincenzo Giustiniani, Italian banker
- Francisco Albo (16th century), pilot of Magellan expedition, the first circumnavigation of the Earth
- Leo Allatius (Leone Allacci) (c. 1586–1669), Greek Catholic scholar and theologian
- Constantine Rodocanachi (1635–1687), Ottoman Greek academic, chemist, lexicographer, and physician to Charles II of England
Modern
- Scylitzesfamily of Byzantine descent
- Mavrokordatosfamily
- Damalasfamily
- Athanasios Parios (1722–1813), Greek hieromonk and notable theologian, philosopher, educator, and hymnographer of his time
- Macarius of Corinth (1731–1805), metropolitan bishop of Corinth, mystic and spiritual theological writer
- Nikephoros of Chios (ca. 1750–1821), abbot of Nea Moni monastery, theological writer and orthodox saint
- Eustratios Argentis (theologian)
- Rigas Velestinlis
- Alexandros Kontostavlos (1789–1865), politician
- Christophorus Plato Castanis (1814–1866), Ottoman Greek academic, author and classicist, as well as former slave, orphan and refugee to the United States
- Alexandros Georgios Paspatis (1814–1891), linguist, historian and physician, researcher of the Roma people
- George Colvocoresses (1816–1872), military officer
- Mustapha Khaznadar (1817–1878), was Prime Minister of the Beylik of Tunis
- Michel Emmanuel Rodocanachi (1821–1901), trader and banker of London
- Andreas Syggros (1830), banker, descended from Chios
- George Glarakis (1789-1855), politician, Minister of Education (1838)
- Patriarch Constantine V of Constantinople(1833–?)
- Ralli Brothers (18th–19th century), founders of major 19th century trading enterprise
- Grand Vizier
- Namık Kemal (1840–1888), one of the principal founders of modern Turkish literature, served as a sub-prefect (exiled in practical terms) of Chios from 1886 to his death on the island in 1888
- Osman Hamdi Bey (1842–1910), Ottoman painter, archaeologist
- Ioannis Psycharis (1854–1929), philologist, descended from Chios
- Ambrosios Skaramagas, merchant
- Konstantinos Amantos (1874–1960), Byzantine scholar, professor at the University of Athens, member of the Athens Academy
- Stylianos Miliadis, painter
- Kostia Vlastos (1883–1967), banker, of the old Vlastos family
- John D. Chandris (1890–1942), Greek shipowner
- Stavros Livanos(1891–1963), shipping magnate
- Ioannis Despotopoulos (1903–1992), architect
- Greek Resistance figure, leader of PEAN
- Yiannis Carras, shipowner
- Adamantios Lemos (1916–2006), actor
- Andreas Papandreou (1919–1996), politician, Prime Minister of Greece
- Mikis Theodorakis (1925-2021), composer, born on the island
- Jani Christou (1926–1970), composer
- George P. Livanos (1926–1997), Greek shipowner
- Petros Molyviatis, politician
- Stamatios Krimigis (1938), NASA space scientist
- Takis Fotopoulos (1940), political philosopher
- Adamantios Vassilakis (1942), diplomat
- Dimitris Varos (1949), author, poet, journalist
- Theodoros Veniamis (1950), shipowner
- Mark Palios (1952, of Chian descent), former professional footballer and former chief executive of the English Football Association
- Matthew Mirones (1956), New York politician
- Nikos Pateras (1963), shipowner
- Angeliki Frangou (1965), shipowner
- John Sitaras (1972), fitness professional
- Ioannis Fountoulis (1988), water polo player
See also
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- ^ A New Theory Clarifying the Identity OF Christopher Columbus: A Byzantine Prince from Chios, Greece. by Ruth G Durlacher-Wolper 1982(Published by The New World Museum, San Salvador, Bahamas)
- ^ "The Chian Federation". Chianfed.org. Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 26 March 2013.
Further reading
- Fanny Aneroussi, Leonidas Mylonadis: The Kampos of Chios in its Heyday: Houses and Surroundings. Translated from the Greek by Antonis Scotiniotis. (Aipos Series, no 12). Akritas Publications, Nea Smyrni 1992, ISBN 960-7006-87-9.
- Charalambos Th. Bouras: Chios. (Guides to Greece, no 4). National Bank of Greece, Athens 1974.
- Charalambos Th. Bouras: Greek Traditional Architecture: Chios. Melissa, Athens 1984.
- Athena Zacharou-Loutrari, Vaso Penna, Tasoula Mandala: Chios: History and Art. Translated from the Greek by Athena Dallas-Damis ... (The Monuments of Chios). The Chios Prefecture, Chios 1989. OCLC 31423355.
- Hubert Pernot: En Pays Turc: L’île de Chios. (Dijon, Imprimerie Darantière, Rue Chabot-Charny, 65). Avec 17 mélodies populaires et 118 simili-gravures. J. Maisonneuve, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris 1903. (online)
- Arnold C. Smith: The Architecture of Chios: Subsidiary Buildings, Implements and Crafts. Edited by Philip Pandely Argenti. Tison, London 1962.
- Michales G. Tsankares, Alkes X. Xanthakes: Chios: hekato chronia photographies, 1850–1950. (Chios: One Hundred Years of Photographs, 1850–1950). Synolo, Athens 1996, ISBN 960-85416-4-6.
- Eleftherios Yalouris: The Archeology and Early History of Chios. (From the Neolithic Period to the End of the Sixth Century B.C.). University of Oxford, Merton College, dissertation, 1976.
External links
- Official Chios website—operated by Chios Prefecture (including tourist guide)
- Sarantakou Efi; Misailidou Anna; Beneki Eleni; Varlas Michael (20 April 2005). "Chios". Cultural Portal of the Aegean Archipelago. Foundation of the Hellenic World. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 2 April 2013.
- History of Chios (in Greek and English)
- Chios in ancient sources @ attalus.org
- Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 6 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 236–237. .