In the Late Bronze Age (1600 BC), Sifnos came under the cultural and commercial domination of the Minoans of Crete.
Excavations have revealed small settlements in Kastro, as well as vestiges of an imposing acropolis at the Agios Andreas archaeological site.
In 1400 BC, the explosion of Santorini destroyed the main centres of the Minoan civilization. The Mycenaeans took control of Sifnos and the other islands of the area.
Important Mycenaean remains have been found all over Sifnos.
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During the 6th century BC, the inhabitants of Sifnos were verywealthy because of an amount of gold and silver found on the island.
During the 5th century BC, Sifnos became part of the Delian league and came under the domination of Athens.
In 338 BC, Sifnos fell under the rule of Philip of Macedonia and became a small part of the great Macedonian Empire, followed by the authority of Alexander the Great, the son of Philip.
After his death, his many heirs divided the Macedonian lands and
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of Naxos, who had by then all of the Cycladic Islands under his influence.
Then Sifnos was ruled by a Spaniard, and later given as a dowry to Nicolas Gozzadino of Bologna.
Sifnos remained under the influence of the Gozzadini dynasty until 1537 when Pasha Barbarossa fought the Venetian in the Aegean.
During the Greek Revolution of 1821, Sifnos joined the fight against the Turkish rule, led by Nikolas Chrysogelas.
In 1833, during King Othon times, Sifnos was divided into the two municipalities of Apollonia and Artemonas-Kastro. |
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