Strofades

The islands have been recognised as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because they support a breeding population of some 2,000-3,000 pairs of Scopoli's shearwaters.

They succeeded in driving the monsters away but did not kill them, as a request from the goddess of the rainbow, Iris, who promised that Phineas would not be bothered by the Harpies again.

Stormy winds prevailed on the island at times, in the form of a tornado, which the ancients used to identify with the phrase "στροφάδες άελλαι".

[4] In 1717, the Ottomans attacked the fortress, a Deacon supposedly killed 18 Turks (the parapets had cannons on them, two of which are still in existence at the gate today).

On the 18th of November 1997, a magnitude 6.6 earthquake struck the island, causing severe damage to the historic monastery.

Father Grigorios was forced to leave the island due to ill health in 2014 and retired to his home village of Agalas, Zakynthos, where he died in 2017.

Μια νέα προσέγγιση για την ανθρωπογεωγραφία της Μεσογείου, Αθήνα 30 Δεκ.