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FREE www.evia.gr Photo: Elliniko Panorama Evia nean, creating emporia (trade centres). Athenian League, especially during the During the rule of Venice, Evia was known The Ippovotes the aristocracy have by Peloponnesian War, apostatise, fighting for their as Negroponte. “Of the seven islands nature now replaced the Mycenaean kings, and their independence, and the island becomes a In early June 1407, Mehmed II The made… Evia is the fifth, narrow…” power, as well as their commercial ties with battlefield. Conqueror takes over Evia, which is (Stefanos Byzantios, under the entry “Sicily”) the Mediterranean civilisations, is reflected in The Evian Commons, a type of confederation renamed Egipoz or Egripos, and becomes the findings from the tomb of the Hegemon in of the city-states of Evia, was founded in 404 BC. the pashalik of Egripos. Evia owes its name to the healthy cattle Leukanti (now divided between the After the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC, Evia On the 8th of May 1821, the revolution grazing on its fertile land. Eu + bous = good Archaeological Museums of Athens and comes under the rule of Phillip the 2nd and breaks out first in Ksirochori, led by chieftain cattle. Eretria). Macedonian guard are installed in all of its cities. Angelis Govgios, and then in Limni and In the 8th century BC large city states are After the death of Alexander, the island Kymi. It is not long, however, before it is The history of Evia or Avantis or Makris founded, the most important of which are becomes the apple of discord among his stamped out. Chieftain Nikos Kriezotis is or Asopis or Ellopia or Chalkis or Chalkida, Eretria, Istaia and Karystos. Descendants. It takes part in the struggles again prominent during that time. Chalkodontis, as it has been known, is tied to The cities of Evia take part in the colonis- the Romans and falls under the rule of Rome in Evia was freed in April 1833. The first the sea and the conflict between the landown- ation of the Western Mediterranean and the 146 BC. prefect, G. Ainian, founded a mutual teaching ers Ippovotes and the bourgeoisie Aeinautes. northern coasts of the Aegean, and the During the Roman occupation, the economy of school and printing press. A short while later, Paleontological research has turned up rich colonists, along with their hopes for a better the island flourishes, new religions are intro- the first newspaper of Evia, ELLIN, was findings. Rare mammal fossils, of the fauna of future, bring with them the Evian Alphabet, duced, and public buildings are erected in the printed. Pikermi, have been discovered from first to Pithikouses (now Ischia) and then to island's most powerful city, Chalkida. Aidipsos in During the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, Almyropotamos and Karystia to Kerasia the whole of Southern Italy (Magna Grecia), Northern Evia develops into an important major Ioannis Velissariou from Kymi stood and Artemisio. which was the basis for the Latin Alphabet. balneotherapy centre. out in the battle of Bizanio. The first signs of human habitation date During this time, nausikleiti Evia of During the Byzantine period, the islands' After the destruction of Asia Minor ion back to the middle Palaeolithic period Homer's Hymn to Apollo dominates the population gathers in the major urban centres and 1922, refugees from the Greek East sailed to (100,000 to 40,000 years from today). Mediterranean with its ships. the rural areas are abandoned. Chalkida is the Chalkida, most of them settling permanently Firestone tools were discovered in central The major civil war the conflict between island's most important port, and the centre of in refugee districts in Chalkida, Nea Artaki, Evia. Chalkida and Eretria for possession of the transit trade. Nea Lampsakos and all over Evia. The Neolithic and early Bronze Age are plains of Lilandio, the fertile plain, now After the fall of Constantinople to the Frankish From April 1941 to October 1944 the island represented in Evia by the civilisations of known as Vasiliko, in central Evia that in 1204, the island comes under the rule of the was under German and Italian occupation. Varka (in the area of Psachna, Neolithic devastated Evia and the whole of Greece, took Venetians; it originally falls under the jurisdiction The forces of the resistance were active all period 6000-3000 BC) and Manika (in the part in the second half of the 7th century BC. of the Lombard king of Thessaloniki and is ceded over Evia, and especially in Lambousa, Steni area of Chalkida, 3000-2100 BC). During the The dawn of the classical period finds Evia, to three barons from Verona, known as Terzieri and Vatondas. Neolithic period, it appears that the popula- like the rest of Greece, fighting for its (triarchs). After its liberation, a major development tion grew and settlements were created. The independence against the danger of the Ravano dalle Carceri remains the sole ruler of began in Evia, both in economic and cultural main indications are clay artefacts and the Persian expansionism. In their 490 BC Evia and, in 1209, recognises the rule of Venice, terms. wide use of ceramics. campaign, the Persians destroy Eretria, which appoints a Bailus (Governor) in Chalkida. On the cusp of the bronze age (3rd punishing its residents for aiding the A short break from the Venetian rule was the These days, the prefecture of Evia belongs millennium) there are signs of intense Milesians during the Ionian revolution, while revolution of the Karystian knight Likarios. With in the Region of Central Greece and commercial transactions with the Cyclades, in 480 BC, in the waters of Artemisio, the the Castle of Anemopyloi as his base of comprises the islands of Evia and Skyros, as Central Greece and the coast of Asia Minor. Greek fleet stall the enemy ships heading operations, he began taking over the Venetian well as a part of the mainland (Avlida and towards Salamina. During the Mycenaean period (1650-1050 fortresses, one by one, with the exception of Athidona). It has an area of approximately BC), a number of settlements flourish across All the cities of Evia took part in the Chalkida, supported by the Byzantine Emperor 3,900 sq. Metres, and a population of the island and the residents of Avantes, victorious Battle of Plataea, in 479 BC, and Michael VIII Palaiologos. He defeated his approximately 210,000, with 80,000 residing according to Homer (Β, 536-539), take part in their names are now carved, along with those enemies at the battle of Vatondas in 1278 (near in the capital, Chalkida. Its geographical the Trojan War led by the King of Chalkida, of the other Greeks, on the bronze column Nea Artaki) and settled in Fylla Castle. No one constitution, along with the two bridges that Elephenor. erected in Delphi by the victors (currently in knows the details of the end of the ambitious connect Chalkida to Central Greece, give the During the 11th century BC, the residents of Constantinople). knight's rule in Evia, which gave the island's prefecture its dual nature, as both island and Evia roam the seas of the Eastern Mediterra- The Evians, who were originally part of the Greek population a short period of freedom. mainland. Photo: G. Giannakis Evia nean, creating emporia (trade centres). Athenian League, especially during the During the rule of Venice, Evia was known The Ippovotes the aristocracy have by Peloponnesian War, apostatise, fighting for their as Negroponte. “Of the seven islands nature now replaced the Mycenaean kings, and their independence, and the island becomes a In early June 1407, Mehmed II The made… Evia is the fifth, narrow…” power, as well as their commercial ties with battlefield. Conqueror takes over Evia, which is (Stefanos Byzantios, under the entry “Sicily”) the Mediterranean civilisations, is reflected in The Evian Commons, a type of confederation renamed Egipoz or Egripos, and becomes the findings from the tomb of the Hegemon in of the city-states of Evia, was founded in 404 BC. the pashalik of Egripos. Evia owes its name to the healthy cattle Leukanti (now divided between the After the battle of Chaironeia in 338 BC, Evia On the 8th of May 1821, the revolution grazing on its fertile land. Eu + bous = good Archaeological Museums of Athens and comes under the rule of Phillip the 2nd and breaks out first in Ksirochori, led by chieftain cattle. Eretria). Macedonian guard are installed in all of its cities. Angelis Govgios, and then in Limni and In the 8th century BC large city states are After the death of Alexander, the island Kymi. It is not long, however, before it is The history of Evia or Avantis or Makris founded, the most important of which are becomes the apple of discord among his stamped out. Chieftain Nikos Kriezotis is or Asopis or Ellopia or Chalkis or Chalkida, Eretria, Istaia and Karystos. Descendants. It takes part in the struggles again prominent during that time. Chalkodontis, as it has been known, is tied to The cities of Evia take part in the colonis- the Romans and falls under the rule of Rome in Evia was freed in April 1833. The first the sea and the conflict between the landown- ation of the Western Mediterranean and the 146 BC. prefect, G. Ainian, founded a mutual teaching ers Ippovotes and the bourgeoisie Aeinautes. northern coasts of the Aegean, and the During the Roman occupation, the economy of school and printing press. A short while later, Paleontological research has turned up rich colonists, along with their hopes for a better the island flourishes, new religions are intro- the first newspaper of Evia, ELLIN, was findings.