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History of Spetses (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15) |
 | | The island of Spetsai is situated at the entrance of the Argolikos bay, and its area is 22.24 square kilometers. |
 | | Spetsai were seized by the Turks in 1715, but very soon, as it happened with most of the islands, they were given considerable privileges which eventually amounted to autonomy; that meant that by paying taxes to the conqueror, the islanders were left alone to busy themselves with commerce and with building of ships. |
 | | Spetsai, along with two other Greek islands, the nearly Hydra and another small island close to the Asiatic coast, Psara, were destined to develop the largest merchant fleet in the last quarter of the 18th century. |
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