Eastern Sporades (Greek: Ανατολικές Σποράδες) or Eastern Islands (Greek: Ανατολικοί Νήσοι) was the name of one of the thirteen divisions (administrative districts) created in 1828 with the administrative division of the newly formed Hellenic State by the government of Ioannis Kapodistrias.[1][2]
^Ioannis Giannopoulos (1997). "Σύντομη ιστορία της Δωδεκανήσου". Wayback Machine. Athens: Greek parliament. p. 36. Archived from the original on 2016-11-16. (in Greek)
^File of Ioannis Kapodistrias (13 April 1828), Αρχείον Ιωάννου Καποδίστρια, τ. Η΄, pg. 304. (in Greek)
Kapodistrias. "EasternSporades" means "those scattered at the east" (compare with "sporadic"). From Classical Antiquity the name "Sporades" has referred...
are five different Sporades groups: Thessalian Sporades (Θεσσαλικές Σποράδες) or Northern Sporades. Since c. 1960, the term "Sporades" refers mainly to...
it came under the jurisdiction of the Temporary Committee of the EasternSporades. With the Treaty of London, on 3 February 1830, however, which determined...
island of Samos was incorporated into the Republic as part of the EasternSporades province. Kapodistrias was assassinated by political rivals in 1831...
(including Samos) became briefly the Greek provinces of the EasternSporades and Southern Sporades. Kasos in particular played a prominent role due to its...
under Governor Ioannis Kapodistrias, as part of the province of the EasternSporades, but the London Protocol of 1830 excluded Samos from the borders of...
northwest Aegean Sea. Skiathos is the westernmost island in the Northern Sporades archipelago, east of the Pelion peninsula in Magnesia on the mainland,...
coordinates) The 30 islands in the Sporades are listed below with the four major islands in bold. The largest Sporades island is Skyros. Adelfoi Islets...
from north to south: North Aegean Islands Sporades Euboea Saronic Islands Cyclades Dodecanese (Southern Sporades) Crete The Ionian Islands are a group of...
Metropolis of Leros, Kalymnos and Astypalaia and Exarchate of the Southern Sporades: Païsios (Panagiotis) Aravantinos (2005–) Metropolis of Rhodes: Cyril II...
also created a whole setting for it in the eastern Aegean. In the novel, Navarone forms part of the Sporades Islands group. Four miles to the east of Navarone's...
and the Aegean Sea to the east. The Thessaly region also includes the Sporades islands. Thessaly is named after the Thessaloi, an ancient Greek tribe...
south are the Dodecanese islands; and to the west are the Cyclades and Sporades islands. Within this group, the main islands in the northeastern Aegean...
Youra, is a Greek island and abandoned settlement in the eastern part of the Northern Sporades archipelago. It is administratively part of the municipality...
GPX (secondary coordinates) The following Aegean islands are part of the Sporades: Map this section's coordinates in "List of islands of Greece" using OpenStreetMap...
Aegean Sea. Skopelos is one of several islands which comprise the Northern Sporades island group, which lies east of the Pelion peninsula on the mainland and...
another loose collection in the southeast between Crete and Turkey; the Sporades, a small tight group off the coast of northeast Euboea; and the Ionian...
threat to Roman political power and order. Three of the islands in the Sporades were places where political offenders were banished. (Pliny, Natural History...
the Greek Orthodox Church, which is within the larger communion of the Eastern Orthodox Church. It represented 90% of the total population in 2015 and...
19 September, Karpathos, Kasos and the Italian-occupied islands of the Sporades and the Cyclades were in German hands. On 23 September, the 22nd Infantry...
threat to Roman political power and order. Three of the islands in the Sporades were places where political offenders were banished. (Pliny Natural History...
the Thracian, Hellespontine, Insular, Carian and Ionian phoros of the eastern states; somehow comparable districts to the former Achaemenid satrapies...
local variety of pomace brandy, also called tsikoudia. In the Northern Sporades the shoots are used as a vegetable (called tsitsíravla). The plant is rich...
nearby mountains, Mavrovouni, Euboea, Central Greece and the northern Sporades islands. Depending on the humidity of the atmosphere, visitors can view...
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