In the centre of the Cyclades lies the 'Parian archipelago', a unique cluster of islands around Paros that includes Antiparos, Despotiko, Tsimintiri, Strongylo, Saliagos, Pateronisia, Rematonisi and other smaller islets. On the southern side of the cluster lies the uninhabited island of Despotiko, almost thirteen nautical miles southwest of Paros and just half a mile west of the beach of Agios Georgios, on the southeastern coast of Antiparos, with which it was united in antiquity. For millennia, the history of the island has been inextricably linked to that of Antiparos and Paros.

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