Psara (Greece)

Last modified: 2006-05-27 by ivan sache
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• Presentation of Psara
• Historical flag of Psara

See also:

• Greece
• Greece: Independence war

Presentation of Psara

Psara is an island located near the island of Chios, off the western coast of Turkey.
On 8 September 1822, the joint fleets from Hydra, Psara and Spetsai defeated the Ottoman Navy near Spetsai.

Ivan Sache, 2 February 2005

Historical flag of Psara

The flag designed in Psara during the Greek independence war is white with a red border, a yellow owl biting the tongue of a green snake, a green anchor and the words Eleutheria i thanatos (Freedom or death) in green.

Source: Hellenic flags. Insignia-Emblems [kok97]

Pascal Vagnat, 11 January 1999