Red Greece

sifnos_history_2.jpg

sifnos_history_2.jpg

Summary: Nicea . In 1307 a Spaniard named Antonio da Corogna declared himself Lord of Sifnos and ruled it from the town of Kastro . Later it was given as a dowry to Nicolas Gozzadino of Bologna . In 1537 Suleiman the Magnificent ordered Kapitan Pasha Khaireddin Barbarossa to fight the Venetians in the Aegean. He expelled the Gozzadini. The Sifniots arranged to buy their safety with

Image Dimensions: 332 x 249

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