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Psara
Close to the northwestern part of Chios is the island of Psara. The birthplace of revolutionary war hero Admiral Kanaris, as well as of other significant heroes of the war of Independence. Psara devoted its merchant fleets -the third largest in 1820s Greece after those of Hydra and Spetses -to the cause of independence, and paid dearly for it. In 1824 the Turks landed overwhelming forces to stamp out this nest of resistance. About 3000 of the 30,000 inhabitants escaped in small boats which were rescued by a French fleet, but the majority retreated to a hilltop powder magazine and blew themselves up rather than surrender. Psara never recovered from the holocaust. The Turks burned whatever houses and vegetation the blast had missed. Today the permanent population barely exceeds four hundred residents. In 1980s a revitalization project was instigated by a French-Greek descendant of Kanaris and a Greek team. The port was improved, mains electricity and pure water provided, a secondary school opened and cu1tural links between France and the island established, though, so far, this has not been reflected in increased tourist numbers.
