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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
 |name = Ano Syros 
 |name_local = Άνω Σύρος
|type = municipal unit
|image_map = DE Ano Syrou.svg
|map_caption = Location within the regional unit
|periph = [[South Aegean]]
|periphunit         = [[Syros]]
|municipality = [[Syros|Syros-Ermoupoli]]
 |pop_municunit = 3611
|pop_community = 1856
 |population_as_of = 2021
 |area_municunit = 67.0
 |elevation = 
 |coordinates = {{coord|37|28|N|24|56|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
 |postal_code = 
 |area_code = 
 |licence = EM
 |website = 
 |image_skyline      = Ano Syros.jpg
 |caption_skyline    = General view of Ano Syros
}}
'''Ano Syros''' ({{langx|el|Άνω Σύρος}}, “Upper Syros”) is a town and a former [[Communities and Municipalities of Greece|municipality]] on the island of [[Syros]], in the [[Cyclades]], [[Greece]]. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality [[Syros|Syros-Ermoupoli]], of which it is a municipal unit.<ref name=Kallikratis>{{Cite web|url=http://www.et.gr/idocs-nph/search/pdfViewerForm.html?args=5C7QrtC22wGYK2xFpSwMnXdtvSoClrL81-32jgAMSfbnMRVjyfnPUeJInJ48_97uHrMts-zFzeyCiBSQOpYnT00MHhcXFRTsb2fGphpq4MKX2ZkaHobySNnvZCNHXvYVvlf80XevW0Q.|title=ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities|language=el|publisher=[[Government Gazette (Greece)|Government Gazette]]}}</ref> The municipal unit includes the uninhabited islands [[Gyaros]] (lying to the northwest of Syros) and Varvaroúsa. Population 3,611 (2021 census); land area {{convert|67.014|km2|3|abbr=off}}.<ref name=stat01>{{cite web|url=http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |publisher=National Statistical Service of Greece |title=Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation) |language=el |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150921212047/http://dlib.statistics.gr/Book/GRESYE_02_0101_00098%20.pdf |archivedate=2015-09-21 }}</ref> The municipal unit shares the island of Sýros with the municipal units of [[Ermoupoli]] and [[Poseidonia]].

==History==
Ano Syros is the medieval settlement of Syros. It was built during the late [[Byzantine era]] or early [[Frankokratia]]. It is a classical [[Cyclades|cycladic]] medieval settlement that is densely built with narrow roads, circular order and a radial street plan.<ref>{{cite web|title=Syros|url=http://www2.egeonet.gr/aigaio/Forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaid=10462&boithimata_State=true&kefalaia_State=true#chapter_6|publisher=Foundation of the Hellenic world|accessdate=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703041215/http://www2.egeonet.gr/aigaio/forms/fLemmaBodyExtended.aspx?lemmaID=10462#chapter_6|archive-date=3 July 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Its overall landscape resembles a fortified citadel. Ano Syros is inhabited by [[Catholic]] Greeks. The reason for it is the long period of Frankokratia in Syros that started immediately after the [[Fourth Crusade]]. Frankokratia ended during the 16th century but the Catholics of Syros came under French protection and Catholicism survived in the island.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ano Syros |url=http://www.hermoupolis.gr/%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1---%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%89-%CE%A3%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82---%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1-%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1.aspx |publisher=hermoupolis.gr |accessdate=24 December 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150115054804/http://www.hermoupolis.gr/%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%B1---%CE%A0%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B9%CF%84%CE%B9%CF%83%CE%BC%CE%BF%CF%82/%CE%91%CE%BD%CF%89-%CE%A3%CF%85%CF%81%CE%BF%CF%82---%CE%99%CF%83%CF%84%CE%BF%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%B1-%CE%A0%CF%81%CE%BF%CE%BB%CE%B5%CE%B3%CE%BF%CE%BC%CE%B5%CE%BD%CE%B1.aspx |archivedate=15 January 2015 }}</ref> After founding of nearby [[Hermoupolis]], Ano Syros ceased to be the administrative centre of Syros. Nevertheless, the settlement remained a religious centre since it is the seat of [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Syros and Milos]].

During [[WW2]] the city was occupied by the Italians, who wanted to create an Italian province with administrative capital in Ano Syros:

{{Quote|''Among the civilian population there was a substantial approval of the Italian presence only in the area of the capital of Siro and in the island of Tino, where many boasted distant Venetian roots and were numerous Catholics for centuries - especially in the town "Ano Syros", founded in 1200 by the Venetians. Ano Syros, the Catholic stronghold in Siro, supported the Italianization of the Cyclades even if moderately: this was assisted by the Italian authorities and did not suffer death from the famine that damaged the Greek population especially in February 1942. Many Catholic inhabitants of Ano Syros (and someone from Tino) were later imprisoned by the Greeks (Orthodox) with the charge of collaborationism in 1945.'' BD<ref>[https://6612springbottomway.blogspot.com/2019/03/blog-post.html Italian occupationof Ano Syros]</ref>}}

==Places of interest==
*Church of Saint George (Agios Georgios): This Catholic church is atop the hill of Ano Syros. It was originally built in 1208 but has been destroyed three times since and has been rebuilt.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ιστορία Άνω Σύρου|url=http://hellas.teipir.gr/Thesis/Siros/Greek/AnoSyrohistory.html|publisher=teipir.gr|accessdate=24 December 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20141224181631/http://hellas.teipir.gr/Thesis/Siros/Greek/AnoSyrohistory.html|archive-date=24 December 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*Capuchin monastery:  It is a catholic monastery that was founded in 1637.<ref>{{cite web|title=Μοναχικά τάγματα και ιερές μονές|url=http://www.cathecclesia.gr/hellas/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=43|publisher=cathecclesia.gr|accessdate=24 December 2014|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304091622/http://www.cathecclesia.gr/hellas/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=43|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
*Vamvakaris museum: It is a museum dedicated to [[Markos Vamvakaris]]

==Twin towns — sister cities==
Ano Syros is [[Twin towns and sister cities|twinned]] with:
*{{flagicon|POL}} [[Gołdap]], [[Poland]] since 2000.<ref name="Greek twinnings">{{cite web|url=http://www.kedke.gr/uploads/twinnedcities.pdf|title=Twinnings|accessdate=2013-08-25|work=Central Union of Municipalities & Communities of Greece|archive-date=2017-06-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630221808/http://www.kedke.gr/uploads/twinnedcities.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{flagicon|FRA}} [[Grillon]], [[France]] since 1994.

==People==
*[[Markos Vamvakaris]]

== Gallery ==
<gallery>
File:View from Ano Syros 1.jpg|View of Ermoupoli from Ano Syros
File:Ano Syros 2.jpg|Laneway in Ano Syros
File:View from Ano Syros 3.jpg|View inland from Ano Syros
File:Ano Syros Agios Georgios Catholic Church.jpg|Inside the Agios Georgios Catholic Church
</gallery>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060715002542/http://www.anosyros.gr/ Official website] {{in lang|el}}

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[[Category:Populated places in Syros]]


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