Yet, in this century, the island has suffered a number of severe setbacks that, until recently, made it a backwater of the Aegean.
The island has suffered more than one severe setback during this century.
It reveals a peek at such tricks of the trade as the B-tank, where Moses parted the waters in The Ten Commandments, and New York Street, a facade of brownstones made of fiberglass that has been aged to look like real brick.