Paros is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. Part of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about 8 kilometres wide. It lies approximately 150 km south-east of Piraeus. The Municipality of Paros includes numerous uninhabited offshore islets totaling 196.308 square kilometres (75.795 sq mi) of land. Its nearest neighbor is the municipality of Antiparos, which lies to its southwest. In ancient Greece, the city-state of Paros was located on the island.
From top left: Parikia, Panagia Ekatontapiliani, the Frankish Castle and a typical Paros street
A windmill in Marmara is of the traditional Cyclades design.
Church of Zoodohos Pigi, Parikia
Manto Mavrogenous
The Cyclades are an island group in the Aegean Sea, southeast of mainland Greece and a former administrative prefecture of Greece. They are one of the island groups which constitute the Aegean archipelago. The name refers to the archipelago forming a circle around the sacred island of Delos. The largest island of the Cyclades is Naxos, however the most populated is Syros.
Harp player, example of Cycladic art, at the National Archeological Museum, Athens
Ancient theatre, Delos
Ermoupoli, capital of the Cyclades. Syros
Santorini
