Island in the Cyclades, 195 acres and 120km coastline.
Population 12.800
Administrative and commercial centre in the middle of the Aegean Sea was conquered by the Romans, Francs, Venetians and Turks.
Paros is one of the few Aegean islands where the Minoan civilization flourished. (One of its ancient names was MINOIS) Parian marble is very well known world -wide for its whiteness and translucence. Its unique characteristics have added to the beauty of masterpieces created by ancient Greek sculptors admired in museums, such as Venus of Milos, Victory of Samothrace, Hermes of Praxiteles.
