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Naousa () is a 
fishing
Fishing is the activity of trying to catch fish. Fish are often caught as wildlife from the natural environment (Freshwater ecosystem, freshwater or Marine ecosystem, marine), but may also be caught from Fish stocking, stocked Body of water, ...
village and community in the Cyclades
The CYCLADES computer network () was a French research network created in the early 1970s. It was one of the pioneering networks experimenting with the concept of packet switching and, unlike the ARPANET, was explicitly designed to facilitate i ...
. It is located in the northeastern corner of the island of Paros
Paros (; ; ) is a Greek island in the central Aegean Sea. Part of the Cyclades island group, it lies to the west of Naxos (island), Naxos, from which it is separated by a channel about wide. It lies approximately south-east of Piraeus. The Co ...
, and it has a population of 3,134 (2021).
In the summer Naousa attracts many tourists from all around Europe because of the climate and the nearby beaches, like Kolympithres. During the winter, it is cold and occasionally snowy.
History
Naousa was founded by Venetians around the late 14th century. A fortress was built early on to protect the fledgling port, the partial remains of which still exist today.Greeka.com. “Paros Venetian Castle.” Greekacom, Greeka.com, 2023, www.greeka.com/cyclades/paros/sightseeing/venetian-fort-naoussa/. Accessed 21 May 2025. In 1770–1775, during the Russo-Turkish War of 1768–1774 and the Orlov Revolt, Naousa was a Russian naval base, known in Russian as Auza, and the administrative centre of Alexey Orlov's military expedition.
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