Editing Paros (section)

===Ottoman era and independence===

[[File:Friedel - Manto Mavrogenous.jpg|thumb|right|140px|[[Manto Mavrogenous]]]]

In 1537, Paros was conquered by the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Turks]] and remained under the Ottoman Empire until the [[Greek War of Independence]] (1821–1829). The Ottoman conquest of Paros resulted in atrocities committed against the public: as happened to the population in other islands during the Ottoman conquest of the Aegean islands, old men were killed; young men were made galley slaves; little boys were made [[Janissaries|janissari]]es; and the women were ordered to dance on the shore so that the conquerors could choose the most attractive for the lieutentants, enslaving around 6000 of the inhabitants of Paros for [[slavery in the Ottoman Empire]].<ref>Miller, William. The Latins in the Levant: A History of Frankish Greece (1204–1566). London: 1908. p625</ref> 

During the [[Russo-Turkish War (1768–1774)]] in 1770–1775 Naoussa Bay was the home base for the Russian Archipelago Squadron of Count [[Alexei Grigoryevich Orlov|Alexey Orlov]]. Under the [[Treaty of Constantinople (1832)]], Paros became part of the newly independent [[Kingdom of Greece (Wittelsbach)|Kingdom of Greece]], the first time the Parians had been ruled by fellow Greeks for over six centuries. At this time, Paros became the home of a heroine of the nationalist movement, [[Manto Mavrogenous]], who had both financed and fought in the war for independence. Her house, near [[Panagia Ekatontapiliani|Ekatontapiliani church]], is today a historical monument.