Editing Polygyros (section)

==History==
[[File:Macedonian_Museums-41-Arx_Polygyrou-178.jpg|thumb|[[Archaeological Museum of Polygyros]]]]
[[File:Polygyros altes Rathaus.jpg|thumb|Polygyros town hall]]
[[File:Polygyros.jpg|thumb|View of a square]]
[[File:Belfry of Saint Nicholas Church in Polygyros.jpg|thumb|Saint Nicholas church in Polygyros]]

===Antiquity===
Some situate in the broader area of modern Polygyros the ancient city of [[Apollonia (Chalcidice)|Apollonia]]. Apollonia was one of the 32 cities, which, under the leadership of the [[Olynthus]], constituted the ''Koinon ton Chalkideon'' ([[Chalkidian League]]). The ''Koinon'' was destroyed in 379 BCE by the [[Sparta]]ns, while in 348 BCE [[Philipp II of Macedon]] annexed the whole Chalcidice into the [[Macedon|Macedonian Kingdom]]. In 168 BCE Chalcidice was subjected by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]].<ref>[http://media.ems.gr/ekdoseis/makedonika/makedonika_25/ekd_pemk_25_Samsaris.pdf] D. C. Samsaris, Romans and Chalcidice (in Greek), Μακεδονικά 25 (1985-86) 33-46 ={{cite web |title=Πρώτο Πανελλήνιο Συμπόσιο "Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία της Χαλκιδικής" |url=http://ilechalkidiki.gr/index.php/publications/10-ctlconf/34-conference1 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141225131253/http://ilechalkidiki.gr/index.php/publications/10-ctlconf/34-conference1 |archive-date=2014-12-25 |access-date=2014-12-25}} Πρώτο Πανελλήνιο Συμπόσιο "Ιστορία και Αρχαιολογία της Χαλκιδικής", Πολύγυρος, 7-9 Δεκεμβρίου 1984, σ. 113</ref>

===Byzantine and Ottoman Era===
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The town of Polygyros is first mentioned in a medieval imperial document, ''chryssovoulon'' (with golden stamp), of [[Eastern Roman Emperor]] [[Nikephoros III Botaneiates]] about 1080 CE. In 1430, as the rest of the Eastern Roman Empire, Polygyros was conquered by the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]] and belonged to the [[Sanjak]] of [[Thessaloniki]]. On 17 May 1821 the people of Polygyros rose against the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] authority and managed, temporarily, to expel the Ottoman guard. Polygyros, such as other villages of the peninsula, were burned by the Ottomans.

Many residents of Polygyros also took part in the 1854's unsuccessful revolutionary movement against the [[Ottoman Turks|Ottomans]].

===Modern Era===
Finally, on November 2, 1912 the [[Hellenic Army|Greek army]], as one of the victors of the [[First Balkan War]], entered Polygyros and incorporated the town in the [[Greece|Greek State]].