Andreas Vokos (or Bokos) Miaoulis (Greek: Ανδρέας Μιαούλης) (May 20, 1768 - June 24, 1835), admiral and politician, who commanded Greek naval forces during the 19th century Greek War of Independence.
Miaoulis, of Arvanite origin, was born in Negropont (Euboea, as it is also known) and settled on the island of Hydra east of the Morea and was known among his fellow islanders as a trader in corn who had gained wealth and made a popular use of his money. He had been a merchant captain, and was chosen to lead the naval forces of the islands when they rose against the government of the Sultan.
The islanders had enjoyed some measure of exemption from the worst excesses of the Turkish officials, but suffered severely from the conscription raised to man the Turkish ships; and though they seemed to be peculiarly open to attack by the Sultan's forces from the sea, they took an early and active part in the rising. As early as 1822 Miaoulis was appointed navarch, (Greek: Νάυαρχος) or admiral, of the swarm of small vessels which formed the insurgent fleet. He commanded the expedition sent to take revenge for the massacre of Chios in the same year.... (Source: Wikipedia)



















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The 4th one was really something. The pointing cannons, busy skies, all of it just magic.
et dire qu'ici il pleut et il fait froid ;o(.superbe série, la sculpture sur la dernière photo est très belle.
and say that here it is raining and it is cold ;o(. superbe classifies, the sculpture on the last photograph is very nice.
For sure those pictures are going to make my day. Here, as Olivier said, the weather is awful. Let's imagine we're in Greece today, it should help for a while.
Μα, τι θαυμάσιες λήψεις είναι αυτές!
Το εξαίσιο το καθιστάς εξαισιότατο!
Καλό μήνα με ωραία κοιτάγματα!
A beautiful series of photos accompanied with interesting historical details as always. Thanks!!
WOW...these are beautiful and my pick of the series is the first image...Thomas
Τώρα αν σου πω ότι από την ίδια γωνία τις έβγαλα και γω ,θα με πιστέψει;Φυσικά καμια συγκριση!
ΚΑΛΟ ΜΗΝΑ...
Interesting place and history... Great photos of that historic place!
hello my friend!. very nice sequency! filakia
Συγχαρητήρια~~~~
Ποσο θα ηθελα να ημουν αυτη τη στιγμη στο λιμανι της Υδρας..
Απο τα πιο αγαπημενα και απο τα ομορφοτερα νησια μας!
Η μια καλυτερη απο την αλλη !!!
Υπέροχες οι φωτογραφιες σου πραγματικα δεν χορταινω να τις βλεπω.
Και η Υδρα ...τι ομορφη που ειναι,...!!!
φιλια
καλο σου μηνα
fantastic Evlahos,
You know that I love hitstorical facts and I love your greece!
I wish I could be in your country right now, the temperature is sooo much better than here in Holland!
JoAnn greetings
Lovely set of shots!
Interesting place and history, too.
It's so raw and cold today that even your pictures seem rather cold, especially the first ones. But I guess there's a difference, though.
Ξέρεις τι μ΄αρέσει πέρα από τις υπέροχες φωτογραφίες σου ότι με αυτόν τον τρόπο προβάλλεις την χώρα μας.
Και η προβολή αυτή ειλικρινά γίνεται με τον καλύτερο τρόπο!!!
Καλό μήνα Βαγγέλη
Fantastic photos. It is strange why canons are always pointing to the sea. During WWII, our canons pointed to the sea but the Japanese soldiers did not attack us from the sea, they came through our back door, the forest....grrrrr. We were conquered for three years.
Κοιτάζοντας τις Φώτο, μπορώ να πω :
‘ ναι! είμαι εκεί ‘,
στέκομαι, κοιτώ
Καλό μήνα
Η 1η μου αρέσει πολύ!
Vaggelis: What a neat story and that is one beautiful place to visit.
Beautiful photos, Vaggelis - as usual! I want to have an apartment in that house looking out to the water..LOL...is there one open to rent? :)
Και στον Βόλο σήμερα ωραίο καιρό είχαμε κι αν ήσουν εδω, θα έβγαζες αριστουργήματα...Πάντως για μένα που δεν έχω έρθει στην Ύδρα και την βλέπω για πρώτη φορά, νομίζω πως είναι από τα ωραιότερα μέρη στην Ελλάδα...
Απολαυστικές, όσο και η βόλτα που έχεις αποφασίσει να μας πας στην Ύδρα.
Πάντα προτιμώ τις αναρτήσεις σου που συμπληρώνουν με στοιχεία λόγου και πληροφοριών ( επαγγελματική διαστροφή. Μη δίνεις σημασία! :-) )
Καλό μήνα.
Amazing photos!
Τελικά κάποιος πρέπει να μιλήσει στον Ε.Ο.Τ. για το blog σου!
Βαγγέλη αριστούργημα και αυτό το post με θαυμάσιες φωτογραφίες, και σχόλιο γεμάτο πληροφορία!
Thank you for the history lesson and the simply gorgeous pictures. It is an absolutely fascinating plae.
Εχω πιά την εντύπωση ότι έχω πάει στην Υδρα...!
Καλό μήνα!
These structures are amazing, Vlahos. I was was looking at them wide eyed.
Καλημέρα,
δεν είναι τρομερό αυτό με την ανταρσία της Ύδρας? Απορώ πως έχουμε επιζήσει ως κράτος με τέτοιο αλληλοφάγωμα!
Καλό μήνα
i remember feeling the same awe as i do now seeing your photos, when i visited hydra many years ago, it is truly an amazing island to visit
BEAUTIFUL PLACE BEAUTIFUL PHOTOS AS ALWAYS... :-)
One certainly has a room with a view living anywhere here. Stunning photos as always Vaggelis.
Έχω καιρό να πάω στην Ύδρα, και μετά απο αυτές τις αναρτήσεις σου νομίζω πως δεν θα το γλυτώσω το ταξιδάκι....
Interesante la información!
Gracias!
Las fotos son muy bellas. Esa construcción en medio del mar da la sensación de ser un gran barco.
Saludos!!
Ενδιαφέρουσες πληροφορίες!
Σε ευχαριστώ!
Οι εικόνες είναι πολύ όμορφη. Η εν λόγω κατασκευή στη μέση της θάλασσας δίνει την εντύπωση ότι είναι ένα μεγάλο καράβι.
Χαιρετισμούς!
As usual you images are excellent.
Very interesting and beautiful architecture.
That is some very impressive stonework.
Hi Vaggelis! Great pictures as usual; They remembered me of my 1975 visit to Hydra; such a long time ago... ;)
Thanks for your comment on Blogtrotter, now at the Blue Village, Tunisia! Hope you enjoy and have a great weekend!
These are lovely!
Gorgeous images, Vaggelis!
A tribute to beautiful Greece!
Cheers, Klaus
Beautiful series here. Gorgeous!
Seqüencias extraordinária! 5***** Abraço
You do have a way of combining your pictures with text that makes for fascinating posts.
This is a beautiful approach ... and the nice weather is a sunlight in our grey rainy days ....
awesome shots evlahos. your photographynever really cease to amaze me. great job.
I sure do like these! What a wonderful place. Will Greece ever run out of wonders? Not in front of your camera!
Magnificent stonework. Beautifully photographed.
ok Evlahos ,
are you havning your winterslaap? Great shots.
JoAnn's D Eyes
Spectacular photography, Evlahos!
That third shot is beautiful.
Truely stunning series of images in deed
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