Despotiko
Native name: Δεσποτικό | ||
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Region South Aegean | | |
Regional unit | Paros | |
Demographics | ||
Population | 0 (2001) | |
Additional information | ||
Postal code | 840 07 | |
Area code(s) | 22840 | |
Vehicle registration | EM |
Despotikó (
Geography
The small and dry island is located about 700 m southwest from the shores of
The strait separating Despotiko from Antiparos only has a minimum depth of about 1m, with the intervening islet of
Archaeology and history
Although presently uninhabited, there are significant indications that in prehistoric and ancient times the island - due to its central position among the Cyclades and the large Despotiko Bay (between the island and Antiparos) providing safe anchorage
Environment, nature and biodiversity
Due to low and non-permanent human presence, as well as moderate pasture pressure, some natural habitat types, typical of the central Cyclades, are very well preserved. First comments about the geology of Despotiko originate from Fiedler in 1841, on top, separated by low-angle normal faults from the metamorphic units below.
Despotiko is dominated by metamorphic rocks with foliation surfaces dipping quite uniformly towards the southwest at shallow angles. The structurally lowest parts in the north and northeast of the island consist of grey, strongly foliated, Geology
This metamorphic succession is penetrated by six early Pliocene,
References
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- ^ a b Morrison, J.A., (1968) Relative sea-level change in the Saliagos area since Neolithic times. In: J.D. Evans and A.C. Renfrew (eds.), Excavations at Saliagos near Antiparos, Appendix I, The British School at Athens Supplementary Volume, 5, Thames and Hudson, London, pp. 92-98.
- ^ a b Draganits, E. (2009) Archaic sanctuary on Despotiko Island (Cyclades): Geological situation, lithological characterization of the building stones and their possible provenance. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences, 102, 91-101.
- ^ a b Kourayos, Yannos. (2006) Despotiko Mandra: a sanctuary dedicated to Apollo. In: M. Yeroulanou and M. Stamatopoulou (eds.), Architecture and Archaeology in the Cyclades, Papers from a colloquium held at Lincoln College, University of Oxford, 17 April 2004, BAR International Series, 1455, Archaeopress, Oxford, 105–133.
- ^ Bursian, Conrad (1868) Geographie von Griechenland. Zweiter Band: Peloponnesos und Inseln, B.G. Teubner, Leipzig, 618 p.
- ^ Broodbank, C. (2000) An Island Archaeology of the Early Cyclades. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 414 p.
- ^ Kourayos, Υ. & Burns, B. (2005) Exploration of the archaic sanctuary at Mandra on Despotiko. Bulletin de Correspondance Hellénique, 128/129, 133-174.
- ^ Theodore Bent, ‘Notes on Prehistoric Remains in Antiparos’. The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, 1884, Vol. XIV (2) (Nov), pp.134-141.
- ^ “T[heodore] and Mr. Swan found the foundation of a marble temple in Despotiko.” (Mabel Bent's Travel Chronicles, Vol. 1, page 46. Oxford: Archaeopress (2006)).
- ^ "New Archaeological Findings of Apollo Sanctuary on Greek Island". 30 July 2015.
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- ^ Strabo. Geographica. Vol. 10.5.3. Page numbers refer to those of Isaac Casaubon's edition.
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- ^ Raus, Thomas (1996) Flora von Paros und Antiparos (Kykladen, Griechenland). Festschrift 90 Jahre Karl Heinz Rechinger, Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, 98, Serie B, Supplement, 237-278.
- ^ Fiedler, Karl Gustav (1841) Reise durch alle Theile des Königreiches Griechenland in Auftrag der Königl. Griechischen Regierung in den Jahren 1834 bis 1837. Zweiter Theil, Friedrich Fleischer, Leipzig, 618 p.
- ^ Αναστασόπουλου, Ιωάννου Χ. (1963) Γεωλογική κατασκευή της νήσου Αντιπάρου και των περί αυτήν νησίδων: γεωλογία - πετρολογία - κοιτασματολογία - γεωχημική έρευνα. (Geological study of Antiparos Island Group: Geology - Petrology - Economic Geology - Geochemical Prospecting), Γεωλογικαι καί Γεωφυσικαί Μελέται VII(5), 235-375. (Greek with English summary)
- ^ Dürr, S., Altherr, R., Keller, J., Okrusch, M. and Seidel, E. (1978) The median Aegean crystalline belt: stratigraphy, structure, metamorphism, magmatism. In: Alps, Apennines, Hellenides, ed. H. Cloos, D. Roeder and K. Schmidt, Stuttgart, Schweizerbart, pp. 455-76.
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External links
- Official website of Community of Antiparos (in Greek and English)
- NATURA 2000 habitats in Greece: Islands of Strongylo and Despotiko (in Greek)
- (http://www.abettergreece.com/Despotiko.html Archived 2015-02-25 at the Wayback Machine in English