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Kastellorizo
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Kastellorizo or Castellorizo ( ; ), officially Megisti (), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean. It lies roughly off the south coast of Turkey, about southeast of Athens and east of Rhodes, almost halfway between Rhodes and Antalya, and northwest of Cyprus. Kastellorizo is part of the Rhodes regional unit.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Clockwise from the top: Port of Kastellorizo, Lady of Ro Tomb in Ro Islet, Castello Rosso along with Kastellorizo Archaeological Museum, Lady of Ro Statue, view of the town of Kastellorizo, Lycian Tomb, Fokiale Cave
- Greek Dimos.elevation_min
- 0
- Greek Dimos.elevation_max
- 273
- Greek Dimos.periph
- South Aegean
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Rhodes
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 594
- Greek Dimos.demonym
- Kastellorizians
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 11.98
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Nikolaos Asvestis
- Greek Dimos.since
- 2023
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 851 11
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 22460
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΚΧ, ΡΟ, ΡΚ
- Greek Dimos.city_seal
- Megisti Logo.png
- Greek Dimos.name
- Kastellorizo
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- ΚαστελλόριζοΜεγíστη
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- village
- Country
- Greece
- Located in
- Megisti Municipality
- Population
- 574
- Area
- 9.113
- Official website
- kastellorizo.gov.gr
- Image
- Kastelorizo.svg
- Perimeter
- 19
- Dialing code
- 22460
- Patron saint
- Helena Augusta
Show 5 more facts
- native label
- Καστελλόριζο
- twinned administrative body
- City of Perth
- Commons category
- Kastellorizo
- topic's main category
- Category:Kastellorizo
- postal code
- 851 11
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Encyclopedic overview
24 sectionsContents
- Name and etymology
- Physical geography
- Nearby islands between Turkey and Kastellorizo
- Geography
- Climate
- Geology
- History
- Ancient period
- Byzantine era
- Knights Hospitaller period
- Ottoman era
- World War I
- Italian period
- Modern Greek era
- Demographics and economy
- Transport
- Culture
- Religion, customs and superstitions
- Notable people
- Twin towns – sister cities
- Cinema and popular culture
- See also
- References
- Sources
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo ( ; ), officially Megisti (), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean. It lies roughly off the south coast of Turkey, about southeast of Athens and east of Rhodes, almost halfway between Rhodes and Antalya, and northwest of Cyprus. Kastellorizo is part of the Rhodes regional unit.
The island has become very popular in recent years among tourists looking for an isolated place in the Dodecanese, thanks also to the 1991 Oscar-winning movie Mediterraneo, by Gabriele Salvatores, which is set on the island during the Second World War.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kastellorizo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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