Before Mykonos was a party island, it was an important naval support!

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Here's a bit of interesting history about Mykonos

"Because the inhabitants of the island were great sailors, they provided important help to the War of Independence, offering their 22 ships, their 500 members of the crew and their 140 canons to the Greek Revolution against the Turkish yoke. The heroic revolutionary figure of Mykonos is a woman, Manto Mavrogenous who financed the Revolution, helped in the organization of fights, participate in the Filiki Etairia (a secret revolutionary organization) and managed to organize troops in order to revolt against the Turks in 1822."

-https://www.greeka.com/cyclades/mykonos/history/

 

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Here's a bit of interesting history about Mykonos

"Because the inhabitants of the island were great sailors, they provided important help to the War of Independence, offering their 22 ships, their 500 members of the crew and their 140 canons to the Greek Revolution against the Turkish yoke. The heroic revolutionary figure of Mykonos is a woman, Manto Mavrogenous who financed the Revolution, helped in the organization of fights, participate in the Filiki Etairia (a secret revolutionary organization) and managed to organize troops in order to revolt against the Turks in 1822."

-https://www.greeka.com/cyclades/mykonos/history/

Manto .....our Heroine!! .....a beautiful statue of her is where she still overlooks and guards Mykonou in Taxi Square on the waterfront...... Thank you posting this and sharing such lovely reading....it was part of our walking tour Mykonos!

 

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Manto .....our Heroine!! .....a beautiful statue of her is where she still overlooks and guards Mykonou in Taxi Square on the waterfront...... Thank you posting this and sharing such lovely reading....it was part of our walking tour Mykonos!

So cool to have a woman statue in Greece, I feel like that's pretty rare

 

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So cool to have a woman statue in Greece, I feel like that's pretty rare

Yes and with pride.

So cool to have a woman statue in Greece, I feel like that's pretty rare

Legendary Manto is in Manto square....we call it Taxi Square because the Taxis turn around her statue!

 

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Yes and with pride.
Legendary Manto is in Manto square....we call it Taxi Square because the Taxis turn around her statue!

I never knew what that statue was! This is such an interesting story... So cool to have a woman honored like that.