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Kefalonia
The island of Cephalonia, also known as Kefalonia, Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit...
, Ionian Islands
Ionian Islands Periphery
Ionian Islands is one of the thirteen regions of Greece. It comprises the historical region of the Ionian Islands, except for the island of Kythera which belongs to Attica.-Administration:...
, Greece
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kefalonia
Kefalonia
The island of Cephalonia, also known as Kefalonia, Cephallenia, Cephallonia, Kefallinia, or Kefallonia , is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece, with an area of . It is also a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit...
, of which it is a municipal unit. The name comes from the ancient town of Pale/Pali, which was north of Lixouri and is now an archaeological site. The peninsula is the westernmost part of Kefalonia. The seat of the municipality was the town Lixouri
Lixouri
Lixouri is the main town on the peninsula of Paliki in the island of Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. Lixouri is the second largest community in Kefalonia after Argostoli and before Sami and is the capital of the small peninsula...
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Subdivisions
The municipal unit Paliki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):- Agia Thekla (Agia Thekla, Kalata)
- Atheras
- Chavdata
- ChavriataChavriataChavriata is a historical, hill-top village located 8 km outside of the town of Lixouri west-southwest in the Paliki municipal unit on the Greek Ionian island of Kefalonia....
- Damoulianata
- Favatata
- Kaminarata
- Katogi (MantzavinataMantzavinataMantzavinata is a village in the southwest of Kefalonia, Greece, where the famous Mantzavino Vine is sold. Mantzavinata is 4 km southwest of Lixouri on the peninsula Paliki. Mantzavinata has three churches and a small square called Lemonata...
, Vardianoi, Vouni) - Kontogenada
- Kouvalata (Kouvalata, Livadi)
- LixouriLixouriLixouri is the main town on the peninsula of Paliki in the island of Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. Lixouri is the second largest community in Kefalonia after Argostoli and before Sami and is the capital of the small peninsula...
(Lixouri, Agios Vasileios, Agios DimitriosAgios Dimitrios, KefaloniaAgios Dimitrios is a village, about 2 miles north of Lixouri in the Paliki peninsula of Cephalonia.A five minute drive along the main road out of Lixouri takes you into the village which lies on the hillside just above Argostoli bay....
, Lepeda, Longos, Loukerata, Michalitsata) - Monopolata (Monopolata, Dellaportata, Parisata)
- Rifi
- Skineas (Skineas, Vlychata)
- Soullaroi
Geography
The farmlands including several hills cover the southern and the eastern parts, the mountains to the central part, the west and the northern part.History
The oldest document which contains the name "Lixouri" was sent in 1534 by local authorities to the Senate of Venice. Many houses were destroyed in the earthquakes of January 23 1867 and August 1953.Sights
- Iakovatios Library, the communal library with a small museum. Typical classic Ionian building from 19th century.
- Former primary school near the harbour. Avant-garde 20th century building from 1933, representing the modernist architecture movement in Greece
- Pantokrator Church
- A few ruins of ancient Pali in the north
- Mania beach with beautiful untouched landscape
- Mantzavinata - Agios Spyridon Church and classical house of the Vittoratos Family
- Classical house of the Danelatos Family in Damoulianata
- Agia Paraskevi Church in Atheras
- Kipouria monastery
- Vatsa BayVatsa BayVatsa Bay is a bay on the southern tip of Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece. This is an area that lies away from the main towns and villages in Kefalonia and preserves a rural charm for the visitor. There is no public transport, and access has to be by car.-History:The bay of Vatsa was...
- Xi BeachXi BeachXi Beach is situated in the south of the Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece and part of the district Mantzavinata near the town Lixouri.- Location :Its location can be seen in Google Maps ....
Homer's Ithaca
According to Robert Bittlestone's 2005 book Odysseus UnboundOdysseus Unbound
According to Robert Bittlestone's Odysseus Unbound , written with the assistance of Professor James Diggle of Cambridge University and Professor John Underhill of the University of Edinburgh, Paliki, a peninsula of Kefalonia, is the location of Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus in Homer's...
, Paliki was Homer's Ithaca
Homer's Ithaca
The location of Homer's Ithaca, i.e. Ithaca as featured in Homer's Odyssey, is a matter for debate.The central characters of the epic such as Odysseus, Achilles, Agamemnon and Hector are generally believed to be fictional characters. Yet there are many claims that some Homeric hero long ago had...
, the home of Odysseus
Odysseus
Odysseus or Ulysses was a legendary Greek king of Ithaca and the hero of Homer's epic poem the Odyssey. Odysseus also plays a key role in Homer's Iliad and other works in the Epic Cycle....
, the central figure in the Odyssey
Odyssey
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature...
of Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
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Persons
- Andreas LaskaratosAndreas LaskaratosAndreas Laskaratos was a satirical poet and writer from the Ionian island of Cefalonia or [Kefallinia]. He was excommunicated by the Greek Orthodox Church because his satire targeted many of the church's eponymous members....
teacher and writer - Spyridon MarinatosSpyridon MarinatosSpyridon Nikolaou Marinatos was one of the premier Greek archaeologists of the 20th century.- Career :...
(1901-1974) archaeologist
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