The ''Stato da Màr'' or ''Domini da Mar'' () was the

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's maritime and overseas possessions from around 1000 to 1797, including at various times parts of what are now

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, respectively

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and notably the

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, as well as

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. It was one of the three subdivisions of the

's possessions, the other two being the '' Dogado'', i.e. Venice proper, and the ''

Domini di Terraferma The () or () was the hinterland territories of the Republic of Venice The Republic of Venice, officially the Most Serene Republic of Venice and traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and Maritime republics, maritime ...

'' in northern Italy. The overseas possessions, particularly islands such as

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, and

, played a critical role in Venice's commercial and military leadership. In his landmark study on the Mediterranean world in the 16th century, historian

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described these islands as "Venice's motionless fleet".

History

The creation of Venice's overseas empire began around the year 1000 with the defeat of the Narentines by Doge

Pietro II Orseolo Pietro II Orseolo (961−1009) was the Doge of Venice from 991 to 1009, and a member of the House of Orseolo. He began the period of eastern expansion of Venice that lasted for the better part of 500 years. He secured his influence in the Dalma ...

and recognition of Venetian rule by Dalmatian city-states, allowing the Doge to call himself "Duke of Dalmatia" for the next few decades. Control over the latter, however, would not be stabilized until the early 15th century. In the 12th and 13th centuries, Venice gradually established its rule over

, which lasted until the end of the Republic. Venice's overseas domains reached its greatest nominal extent at the conclusion of the

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in 1204, with declaration of the acquisition of three octaves of the

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. However, most of this territory was never controlled by Venice, being held by the Greek Byzantine successor states, namely the

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and especially the

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. Venice remained an important player in

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, holding the key position of ''

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'' until its Byzantine reconquest in 1261, and more broadly in the region during the politically complex period known as the

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. Of its Fourth Crusade acquisitions, it kept

until the 15th century, the

until the 16th, and

until the 17th. The aftermath of the War of Chioggia in the late 14th century saw another period of rapid growth of the Venetian empire.

came under permanent Venetian rule in 1386, Argos and Nauplia in 1388–1394, the Adriatic ports of Durazzo and Alessio on the

n coast in 1392, followed by Scutari in 1396 and Drivasto in 1397. In 1402, the Battle of Ankara temporarily reversed the

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in the east, and the death of

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Giangaleazzo Visconti created a power vacuum in

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that enabled expansion of the ''

''. The changed climate created by the

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and the ensuing Treaty of Gallipoli in 1403 led to a growth of commerce and the acquisition of a new string of fortresses in Greece: Lepanto in 1407,

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in 1408,

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in 1410, and temporarily

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in 1423. In

, where Venice had been forced to cede its possessions to the

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by the Treaty of Zadar (1358), it took advantage of the conflict between Ladislaus of Naples and

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over the Hungarian Crown, and in 1409 secured the cession by Ladislaus of several of his Dalmatian domains — Cres, Rab, Pag,

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, Vrana and Novigrad— for 100,000 ducats. In 1489, Venice also acquired

, which it kept until Ottoman conquest in 1570–1571. The Venetian hold over navigation in the

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was maintained for centuries, to the extent that it was labeled "Mare di Venezia" (sea of Venice) on maps of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. From the 15th century onwards, the history of Venice's overseas empire is dominated by successive Ottoman–Venetian wars. Venice lost many territories but also occasionally gained some, most notably the

from the late 1680s to 1715 and the Dalmatian Hinterland also in the 1680s. After that date, the remaining overseas domains, kept until the

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in 1797, were all in Istria, Dalmatia, and the Ionian Islands, with none left east of Kythira and

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Domains

The locations are listed broadly from closest to farthest from Venice. Where there is a difference between the name in

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and standard Italian, the Venetian version is indicated first. Feudal lordships held by Venetians, such as Andrea Ghisi in

Tinos Tinos ( ) is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea. It forms part of the Cyclades archipelago. The closest islands are Andros, Delos, and Mykonos. It has a land area of and a 2021 census population of 8,934 inhabitants. Tinos is famous amo ...

and

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, are included.

In today's northeastern Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia

The Republic of Venice in the mid-18th century

* Venetian

: :*

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, 1283–1287, 1368–1372 and 1508–1509 :* Muja/Muggia, 1420–1797 :*

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(''Capodistria''), 1145–1797 :* Izola (''Isola''), 1145–1797 :*

Piran Piran (; ) is a town in southwestern Slovenia on the Gulf of Piran on the Adriatic Sea. It is one of the three major towns of Slovenian Istria. A bilingual city, with population speaking both Slovene and Italian, Piran is known for its medieva ...

(''Piràn/Pirano''), 1283–1797 :* Umag (''Umago''), 1269–1797 :* Motovun (''Montona d'Istria''), 1278–1797 :* Novigrad (''Cittanova d'Istria''), 1270–1797 :*

Poreč Poreč (; known also by several alternative names) is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UN ...

(''Parenzo''), 1267–1797 :* Rovinj (''Rovigno''), 1283–1797 :* Sveti Lovreč (''San Lorenso del Paxenadego/San Lorenzo del Pasenatico''), 1271–1797 :*

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(''Vale/Valle d'Istria''), 1331–1797 :* Vodnjan (''Dignano''), 1330–1797 :*

Pula Pula, also known as Pola, is the largest city in Istria County, west Croatia, and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istria, Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, wi ...

(''Pola''), 1145–1291 and 1331–1797 :*

Labin Labin (Italian language, Italian/Istriot language, Istriot: Albona) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, with a town population of 5,806 (2021) and 10,424 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac, Rabac-Porto Albona a ...

(''Albona'') and Plomin (''Fianona''), 1420–1797 :* Pazin (''Pisino''), 1508–1509 * Kvarner Gulf (''Quarnaro''): :*

Rijeka Rijeka (; Fiume ( �fjuːme in Italian and in Fiuman dialect, Fiuman Venetian) is the principal seaport and the List of cities and towns in Croatia, third-largest city in Croatia. It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Ba ...

(''Fiume''), 1508–1509 :* Cres (''Cherso'') and Lošinj islands (''Lusin/Lussino''), 15C–1797 except brief Ottoman occupation of Cres during the

Cretan War (1645–1669) The Cretan War (; ), also known as the War of Candia () or the fifth Ottoman–Venetian war, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among them the Knights of Malta, the Papal States and France) against the Ottoman ...

:* Krk Island (''Vegia/Veglia''), 1480–1797 except brief Ottoman occupation during the

:* Rab Island (''Arbe''), 1409–1797 :* Pag Island (''Pago''), 1420–1797 except brief Ottoman occupation during the

* Novigrad (''Novegradi''), 1409–1797 except Ottoman occupation in 1646–1647 * Nin (''Nona''), 1328–1358 and 1409–1797 *

(''Zara''), 998–1186, 1202–1358 and 1409–1797 * Biograd (''Zaravecia/Zaravecchia'' after 1204), early 11C, 1115–1124, 1125, 1409–1797 * Vrana (''Aurana'' or ''Laurana Arauzona''), 1409–1538, 1647 and 1683–1797 * Ugljan Island (''Ugliano'') and Dugi Island (''Isola Lunga'' or ''Isola Grossa''), 13C–1358 and 1409–1797 *

Šibenik Šibenik (), historically known as Sebenico (), is a historic town in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia, where the river Krka (Croatia), Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is one of the oldest Croatia, Croatian self-governing cities ...

(''Sebenego/Sebenico''), 1116–1133, 1322–1358 and 1412–1797 * Trogir (''Traù''), 1125–1133 and 1420–1797 *

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(''Spàlato''), 998–1019, 1116–1117, 1118–1124, 1127–1141 and 1420–1797 :* Fortress of Klis (''Clissa''), 1648–1797 *

Omiš Omiš () is a town and port in the Dalmatia region of Croatia, and a municipality in the Split-Dalmatia County. The town is approximately south-east of Croatia's second largest city, Split (city), Split, where the Cetina River meets the Adriatic ...

(''Almissa''), 1444–1797 * Vis Island (''Lissa''), ca. 1409–1797 * Brač Island (''Braza/Brazza''), 1268–1358 and 1420–1797 *

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(''Macarsca''), 13C–1326 and 1646–1797 * Hvar Island (''Łexina/Lesina''), 1331–1358 and 1409–1797 * Korčula Island (''Curzola''), 1255–1358 and 1409–1797 * Dalmatian Hinterland, mostly conquered during the

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: :* Obrovac (''Obrovazzo''),

Benkovac Benkovac () is a town and municipality in the Zadar County, Croatia. Geography Benkovac is located where the plain of Ravni Kotari and the karstic plateau of Bukovica, Croatia, Bukovica meet, 20 km from the town of Biograd na Moru and 30&n ...

(''Bencovazzo''), Skradin (''Scardona''),

Vrlika Vrlika is a small town in inland Split-Dalmatia County, Croatia. The closest large towns are Sinj, Knin, and Drniš. Vrlika was given the status of town in 1997. Vrlika is an underdeveloped municipality which is statistically classified as the Ar ...

(''Verlicca'') and

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(''Signo''), 1686–1797 :*

Knin Knin () is a city in the Šibenik-Knin County of Croatia, located in the Dalmatian hinterland near the source of the river Krka (Croatia), Krka, an important traffic junction on the rail and road routes between Zagreb and Split, Croatia, Split. ...

(''Tenin''), 1647 and 1688–1797 :* Imotski (''Imoschi''), 1717–1797 :* Vrgorac (''Vergoraz/Vergorazzo''), 1690–1797 :*

Metković Metković () is a town in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County of Croatia, located in the southeast of the country, on the banks of the river Neretva and on the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina. Climate Since records began in 1997, the highest temper ...

(''Porto Narenta''), 1685–1797 *

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(''Raguxa/Ragusa''), 1000–1030 and 1205–1358

In today's Montenegro and Albania

Venetian seaside properties in Montenegro 1448

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(''Castelnuovo''), 1687–1797 * Risan (''Risano''), 1688–1797 *

Kotor Kotor (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Котор, ), historically known as Cattaro (from Italian language, Italian: ), is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is located in a secluded part of the Bay of Kotor. The city has ...

(''Càtaro/Cattaro'') and

Perast Perast () is a town in Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It is situated a few kilometres northwest of Kotor and is noted for its proximity to the islets of Sveti Đorđe Island, St. George and Our Lady of the Rocks. History Acc ...

(''Perasto''), 1420–1797 *

Sveti Stefan Sveti Stefan ( Montenegrin and Serbian: Свети Стефан, ; lit. "Saint Stephen") is a town in Budva Municipality, on the Adriatic coast of Montenegro, approximately southeast of Budva. The town is known for the Aman Sveti Stefan resort ...

(''Santo Stefano''), 1423–1797 *

Budva Budva (Cyrillic script, Cyrillic: Будва, or ) is a town in the Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro. It had 27,445 inhabitants as of 2023, and is the centre of Budva Municipality. The coastal area around Budva, called the Budv ...

(''Budua'') and Sutomore (''Spizza''), 1420–1797 * Bar (''Antivari''), 1443–1571 *

Ulcinj Ulcinj () is a town in the Coastal Montenegro, Coastal region of Montenegro and the capital of Ulcinj Municipality. It has an urban population of 11,488. As one of the oldest settlements in the Adriatic Sea, Adriatic coast, it was founded in 5th ...

(''Dulcigno''), 1405–1571 *

Shkodër Shkodër ( , ; sq-definite, Shkodra; historically known as Scodra or Scutari) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, fifth-most-populous city of Albania and the seat of Shkodër County and Shkodër Municipality. Shkodër has been List of o ...

(''Scutari''), 1396–1479 * Drisht (''Drivasto''), 1393–1423 and 1442–1478 *

Lezhë Lezhë (, sq-definite, Lezha) is a List of cities and towns in Albania, city in the Republic of Albania and seat of Lezhë County and Lezhë Municipality. It is one of Albania's List of oldest continuously inhabited cities, oldest continuously i ...

(''Alessio''), 1386–1478 and 1501–1506 *

Durrës Durrës ( , ; sq-definite, Durrësi) is the List of cities and towns in Albania#List, second most populous city of the Albania, Republic of Albania and county seat, seat of Durrës County and Durrës Municipality. It is one of Albania's oldest ...

(''Durazo/Durazzo''), 1205–1213 and 1392–1501 * Krujë (''Kruja''), 1388–1392, 1393–1394, 1403–1415 * Sati (''Satti'') and Danjë (''Dagno''), 1403–1413 *

Vlorë Vlorë ( ; ; sq-definite, Vlora) is the List of cities and towns in Albania, third most populous city of Albania and seat of Vlorë County and Vlorë Municipality. Located in southwestern Albania, Vlorë sprawls on the Bay of Vlorë and is surr ...

(''Valona'') and Kaninë Castle (''Canina''), 1690–1691 * Butrint (''Butrinto''), 1350 and 1386–1797

In today's Southern Italy (Venetian Apulian ports)

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, 1496–1509 * Mola di Bari and Polignano a Mare, 1495–1509 and 1528–1530 *

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, 1484–1509 and 1528–1530 *

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and

Otranto Otranto (, , ; ; ; ; ) is a coastal town, port and ''comune'' in the province of Lecce (Apulia, Italy), in a fertile region once famous for its breed of horses. It is one of I Borghi più belli d'Italia ("The most beautiful villages of Italy"). ...

, 1496–1509 *

Gallipoli The Gallipoli Peninsula (; ; ) is located in the southern part of East Thrace, the European part of Turkey, with the Aegean Sea to the west and the Dardanelles strait to the east. Gallipoli is the Italian form of the Greek name (), meaning ' ...

, 1484

In modern Greece, Cyprus, or Aegean islands

* Kerkyra (''Corfù'') and Paxi Island (''Passo''), 1207–1214 and 1386–1797 * Parga (''Parga''), 1401–1797 with several brief Ottoman occupations *

Preveza Preveza (, ) is a city in the region of Epirus (region), Epirus, northwestern Greece, located on the northern peninsula of the mouth of the Ambracian Gulf. It is the capital of the Preveza (regional unit), regional unit of Preveza, which is the s ...

(''Prevesa''), 1401–1463, 1684–1699, 1717–1797 * Arta (''Arta''), 1717–1797 * Vonitsa (''Vonizza''), 1684–1797 * Lefkada Island (''Santa Maura''), 1684–1797 *

Cephalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia (), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallonia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th-largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It is also a separate regio ...

(''Cefalonia''), 1500–1797 * Ithaca (''Itaca''), 1503–1797 *

Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; ; ) or Zante (, , ; ; from the Venetian language, Venetian form, traditionally Latinized as Zacynthus) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands, with an are ...

(''Zante''), 1479–1797 * Nafpaktos (''Lepanto''), 1390 and 1407–1499 *

Amfissa Amphissa ( ) is a town in Phocis, Greece, part of the municipality of Delphi, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 315.174 km2. It lies on the northern edge of the olive forest of the Crissaean plai ...

(''Salona''), 1687–1697 *

(''Morea''): various outposts until Ottoman conquest in the 15th-16th centuries, then region–wide Venetian rule 1688–1715 as Realm of the Morea :*

(''Patraso/Patrasso''), 1408–1430 and 1687–1715 :*

Pylos Pylos (, ; ), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of ...

(''Navarino''), 1417–1501 and 1686–1715 :* Methoni (''Modon/Modone''), 1207–1500 and 1686–1715 :* Koroni (''Coron/Corone''), 1207–1500 and 1685–1715 :*

Mani Peninsula The Mani Peninsula (), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (), is a geographical and cultural region in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece and home to the Maniots (), who claim descent from the ancient Spartans. The capital ci ...

(''Braccio della Maina''), 1487–1499 :*

Monemvasia Monemvasia (, or ) is a town and municipality in Laconia, Greece. The town is located in mainland Greece on a tied island off the east coast of the Peloponnese, surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea. Monemvasia is connected to the rest of the mainland by a ...

(''Malvasia''), 1464–1540 and 1690–1715 :* Argos (''Argo''), 1394–1462 and 1687–1715 :*

Nafplio Nafplio or Nauplio () is a coastal city located in the Peloponnese in Greece. It is the capital of the regional unit of Argolis and an important tourist destination. Founded in antiquity, the city became an important seaport in the Middle Ages du ...

(''Napoli di Romània''), 1388–1540 and 1686–1715 * Kythira (''Cerigo'') and Antikythera Island (''Cerigotto''), 1238–1715 and 1718–1797 *

, known to Venice as the Realm of Candia: :*

Chania Chania (, , ), also sometimes romanization of Greek, romanized as Hania, is a city in Greece and the capital of the Chania (regional unit), Chania regional unit. It lies along the north west coast of the island Crete, about west of Rethymno ...

(''La Canea''), ca. 1210–1263 and 1285–1645 :*

Rethymno Rethymno (also Rethymnon; ) is a city in Greece on the island of Crete. It is the capital of Rethymno regional unit, and has a population of more than 35,000 inhabitants (nearly 40,000 for the municipal unit). It is believed to have been built ...

(''Retimo''), ca. 1210–1646 :*

Sitia Sitia (Latin language, Latin and Italian language, Italian) or Siteia (, ) is a port town and a municipality in Lasithi, Crete, Greece. The town has 11,166 inhabitants and the municipality has 20,438 (2021). It lies east of Agios Nikolaos, Cre ...

(''Sitia''), ca. 1210–1651 :*

Heraklion Heraklion or Herakleion ( ; , , ), sometimes Iraklion, is the largest city and the administrative capital city, capital of the island of Crete and capital of Heraklion (regional unit), Heraklion regional unit. It is the fourth largest city in G ...

(''Candia''), ca. 1210–1669 :* Gramvousa (''Grabusa''), ca. 1210–1691 :* Souda Islet (''Suda'') and Spinalonga Island (''Spinalonga''), ca. 1210–1715 * In the

Dodecanese The Dodecanese (, ; , ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally define ...

: :*

Karpathos Karpathos (, ), also Carpathos, is the second largest of the Greek Dodecanese islands, in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Together with the neighboring smaller Saria Island it forms the municipality of Karpathos, which is part of the regional unit ...

(''Scarpanto'') and

Kasos Kasos (; , ), also Casos, is a Greek island municipality in the Dodecanese. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea, and is part of the regional unit Karpathos-Kasos. The capital of the island is Fri. , its population was 1,223. ...

(''Caso''), 1306–1538 :* Halki (''Calchi''), 1204–? :* Tilos (''Piscopi'') :* Kalymnos (''Calimno''), 1207–1310 :* Leros (''Lero''), 13th century–1309 :*

Patmos Patmos (, ) is a Greece, Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is famous as the location where, according to Christian belief, John of Patmos received the vision found in the Book of Revelation of the New Testament, and where the book was written. ...

(''Patmo''), 1659–1669 :*

Astypalaia Astypalaia (Greek Language, Greek: Αστυπάλαια, ), is a Greece, Greek island with 1,334 residents (2011 census). It belongs to the Dodecanese, an archipelago of fifteen major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. However, many scholars ...

(''Stampalia''), 1207–1522 and 1648–1668 * the

, most of which Venice held as the Duchy of the Archipelago: :*

Syros Syros ( ), also known as Siros or Syra, is a Greece, Greek island in the Cyclades, in the Aegean Sea. It is south-east of Athens. The area of the island is and at the 2021 census it had 21,124 inhabitants. The largest towns are Ermoupoli, Ano S ...

(''Siro''), 1207–1522 :*

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 ...

(''Paro''), Antiparos (''Antiparo'') and

(''Micono''), 1207–1537 :*

Naxos Naxos (; , ) is a Greek island belonging to the Cyclades island group. It is the largest island in the group. It was an important centre during the Bronze Age Cycladic Culture and in the Ancient Greek Archaic Period. The island is famous as ...

(''Nasso''),

Milos Milos or Melos (; , ; ) is a volcanic Greek island in the Aegean Sea, just north of the Sea of Crete. It is the southwestern-most island of the Cyclades group. The ''Venus de Milo'' (now in the Louvre), the ''Poseidon of Melos'' (now in the ...

(''Milo''), Folegandros (''Policandro''),

Andros Andros (, ) is the northernmost island of the Greece, Greek Cyclades archipelago, about southeast of Euboea, and about north of Tinos. It is nearly long, and its greatest breadth is . It is for the most part mountainous, with many fruitful and ...

(''Andro''),

Ios Ios, Io or Nio (, ; ; locally Nios, Νιός) is a Greek island in the Cyclades group in the Aegean Sea. Ios is a hilly island with cliffs down to the sea on most sides. It is situated halfway between Naxos and Santorini. It is about long an ...

(''Io''), Amorgos (''Amorgo''), Kimolos (''Argentiera''), Sikinos (''Sicandro''), 1207–1566 :*

Santorini Santorini (, ), officially Thira (, ) or Thera, is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about southeast from the mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by the Santorini caldera. It is the southern ...

(''Santorini''), 1207–ca. 1280 and 1301–1576 :* Kythnos (''Citno'') and Sifnos (''Sifanto''), 1207–1617 :*

(''Tino''), 1207–1715 *

Saronic Islands The Saronic Islands or Argo-Saronic Islands is an archipelago in Greece, named after the Saronic Gulf in which they are located, just off the Greek mainland. The main inhabited islands of this group are Salamis, Aegina, Agistri, and Poros. Th ...

: :* Spetses (''Velvina'' or ''Spezia''), 1220–1460 :* Hydra (''Idra''), 1204–1566 :* Poros, together with (on the mainland)

Methana Methana (, ) is a town and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality on the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Troizinia-Methana, of which it is a municipal ...

Troezen Troezen (; ancient Greek: Τροιζήν, modern Greek: Τροιζήνα ) is a small town and a former municipality in the northeastern Peloponnese, Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the munic ...

(''Damala'') and

Epidaurus Epidaurus () was a small city (''polis'') in ancient Greece, on the Argolid Peninsula at the Saronic Gulf. Two modern towns bear the name Epidavros: ''Palaia Epidavros'' and ''Nea Epidavros''. Since 2010 they belong to the new municipality of Epi ...

(''Epidauro''), 1484–1715 :*

Aegina Aegina (; ; ) is one of the Saronic Islands of Greece in the Saronic Gulf, from Athens. Tradition derives the name from Aegina (mythology), Aegina, the mother of the mythological hero Aeacus, who was born on the island and became its king. ...

(''Egina''), 1451–1537 *

Athens Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...

(''Atene''), 1394–1403 and 1687–1688 *

(''Negroponte''), 1205/1216–1470 :* Pteleos, 1322–1470 * the

Sporades The (Northern) Sporades are an archipelago along the east coast of Greece, northeast of the island of Euboea,"Skyros - Britannica Concise" (description), Britannica Concise, 2006, webpageEB-Skyrosnotes "including Skiathos, Skopelos, Skyros, and Al ...

including Skiathos (''Sciato''), Skopelos (''Scopelo''), Alonnisos (''Alonneso'') and

Skyros Skyros (, ), in some historical contexts Romanization of Greek, Latinized Scyros (, ), is an island in Greece. It is the southernmost island of the Sporades, an archipelago in the Aegean Sea. Around the 2nd millennium BC, the island was known as ...

(''Sciro''), 1207–1270s and 1453–1538 *

Lemnos Lemnos ( ) or Limnos ( ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos (regional unit), Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean modern regions of Greece ...

(''Lemno''), 1207–1278 (as Grand Duchy of Lemnos), 1464–1479 and 1656–1657 * Samothrace (''Samotracia''), 1204–1355 *

Thessaloniki Thessaloniki (; ), also known as Thessalonica (), Saloniki, Salonika, or Salonica (), is the second-largest city in Greece (with slightly over one million inhabitants in its Thessaloniki metropolitan area, metropolitan area) and the capital cit ...

(''Salonico/Salonicco''), 1423–1430 * Gelibolu Peninsula (''Gallipoli'') and

Tekirdağ Tekirdağ () is a city in northwestern Turkey. It is located on the north coast of the Sea of Marmara, in the region of East Thrace. The city forms the urban part of the Süleymanpaşa district, with a population of 186,421 in 2022. Tekirdağ ...

(''Rodosto''), 1204–1235 *

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu (; ) is a municipality and Districts of Turkey, district of Istanbul Province, Istanbul Province, Turkey. Its area is 9 km2, and its population is 225,920 (2022). It is on the European side of Istanbul, Turkey, separated from the o ...

(''Pera'') neighborhood in

, 1204–1261 * Mendenitsa (''Bodonitsa''), 1335–1414 * Gökçeada (''Imbro''), 1377–1462 * Bozcaada (''Tenedo''), 1377–1381, ?–1455 and 1656–1657 *

(''Sipro/Cipro''), 1489–1570 :*

Famagusta Famagusta, also known by several other names, is a city located on the eastern coast of Cyprus. It is located east of the capital, Nicosia, and possesses the deepest harbour of the island. During the Middle Ages (especially under the maritime ...

(''Famagosta''), 1489–1571

In today's Russia

* Tanais (''Tana''), 13C–1332

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