The council of the duke of the Archipelago consisted of the lords of the islands but also of important landowners. On the picture, the last baron of Andros Crucino III Sommaripa and his wife Lucretia Cornello. Detail from the icon of Panagia of Rodari that has been donated to the Catholic Cathedral of Naxos. Early 17th century.
Athens, 2nd Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/ Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Kathimerini, "Epta Imeres", Naxos, 13/7/1997, p. 8.
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