Miaoulia is a weekly show, which are dedicated to the activity of Andreas Miaoulis admiral and it is repeated every year, at the last weekend of June. The regattas, the swimming races, the footraces, the torch-races, the country-dances abut to the portrayal of setting on fire the Turkish flagship and the burning of the fireworks, the third and the last day of the show.

Andreas Miaoulis

Andreas Miaoulis was born in Hydra in 1769. His real name was Andreas Vokos. Since he was a young boy, he was interested in ships and in the age of sixteen, he became captain of the family's commercial vessel. During the Napoleon wars, he broke several times the English embargo, earns a lot of money from commercial activities, built and repaired his own ships and acquired military experience from his encounters with pirates.
During the 1821 Greek revolution, he was appointed commander of the Hydra marine force together with lakovos Tobazis and next year became fleet admiral. At 1822, he acted bravely in Patra and blocked all attempts of supply of the besieged Turks in Nafplio. In the same year he managed to break the Turkish embargo and reinforced with soldiers and supplies the town of Mesologgi which was then under siege. In 1823 he defeated the Turks in Artemisio and in 1824 at the battle of Gulf of Gerontas. In 1825 he blocked Ibrahim's attempt for reinforcements in the Peloponnese and defeated the Egyptian naval force at Methoni.

When the Nations conference in 1825 appointed the Englishman Cochran as admiral of the Greek naval fleet, Miaoulis accepted uncomplainingly his emotion to Captain. His reestablishment as Admiral took place during Kapodistria's term, although Miaoulis was his political opponent. King Othon appointed him later admiral of the Navy Directorate. Andreas Miaoulis, one of the most important personalities of the Greek Revolution, died in Athens in 1835.