Its three small villages, Pholegandros (Chora), Karavostassi and Ano Meria are connected by a paved road
Few things are known about Pholegandros in ancient times. Its inhabitants were Dorians. Later it came under Athenian rule (see Athens). The island was conquered in 1207 by the Venetian Marco Sanudo and remained under the rule of Venice until 1566, when it was taken by the Ottoman Turks. The Greeks won it back in the 19th century.History