Palaiokastritsa
Palaiokastritsa
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Palaiokastritsa (
Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time
. The monastery in Palaiokastritsa, which dates from 1225, houses a museum. It is especially known for its great cliffs and nearby beaches.
Administrative history
Palaiokastrites was a former municipality on the island of
Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands as a smaller municipal unit.[2] It has a land area of 48.379 km²[3] and a population of 3,389 (2021 census). It is located on the west coast of Corfu just south of Angelokastro. The seat of the formerly independent Palaiokastriton municipality was the town of Lakones
.
Subdivisions
The municipal unit Palaiokastriton is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets):
- Lakones (Lakones, Palaiokastritsa)
- Aleimmatades (Aleimmatades, Agia Anna)
- Gardelades
- Doukades (Doukades, Papathanatika)
- Krini
- Liapades (Liapades, Gefyra)
- Makrades (Makrades, Vistonas)
- Skripero (Skripero, Felekas)
Gallery
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Main beach -
Agios Spiridonos church near the main beach -
Monastery: entrance -
Monastery: inside the church -
Monastery: graveyard -
Paleokastritsa bay
References
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ "Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010" [Amendment of Article 1 of l. 3852/2010] (in Greek). Government Gazette. p. 1164.
- ^ "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
External links
- Video on Palaiokastritsa from ERT's travelling program Traveling in Greece (Menoume Ellada) (in Greek)
- Palaiokastritsa Travel Guide (Corfu)
- The weather in Corfu and Paleokastritsa Archived 2019-11-24 at the Wayback Machine
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Palaiokastritsa (Corfu).
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