Polýgyros

In the hills of Chalkidiki, Polygyros was a village under Ottoman rule when the Greek War of Independence spread into Macedonia. On 17 May 1821 its inhabitants took up arms and attacked the local governor and his guards, briefly driving Ottoman authority from the settlement. The revolt spread to other villages of Chalkidiki, drawing the peninsula into the wider uprising. Ottoman forces later returned in strength and suppressed the movement, inflicting severe suffering on the region's inhabitants.