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Kissamos
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Kissamos () is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island. The town of Kissamos is also known as Kastelli Kissamou and often known simply as Kastelli after the Venetian castle that was there. It is now a port and fishing harbour, with a regular ferry from the Peloponnese via Kythira. A town museum is located in the old Venetian governor's palace and there have been important archaeological finds in the town, including fine mosaics, dating from th
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Kissamos
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipality
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- 2011 Dimos Kissamou.png
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Crete
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Chania
- Greek Dimos.pop_municipality
- 10632
- Greek Dimos.area_municipality
- 341.0
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 7608
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 149.0
- Greek Dimos.pop_community
- 4321
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 734 00
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 28220
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΧΝ, XB
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- 2339 kissamos-kastelli.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- Kissamos
- Greek Dimos.mayor
- Georgios Mylonakis
- Greek Dimos.since
- 2019
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- town
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 4236
- Capital of
- Kissamos Province
- Official website
- kissamos.gr/en
- Image
- 2339 kissamos-kastelli.jpg
- Dialing code
- 2822
- Patron saint
- Saint Spyridon
- Connects with
- European route E65
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- Commons category
- Kissamos
- topic's main category
- Category:Kissamos
- postal code
- 734 00
- native label
- Κίσσαμος
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Ecclesiastical history
- Orthodox bishopric
- Latin diocese
- Municipality
- Former province
- Notable locals
- See also
- References
- Sources and external links
Kissamos () is a town and a municipality in the west of the island of Crete, Greece. It is part of the Chania regional unit and of the former Kissamos Province which covers the northwest corner of the island. The town of Kissamos is also known as Kastelli Kissamou and often known simply as Kastelli after the Venetian castle that was there. It is now a port and fishing harbour, with a regular ferry from the Peloponnese via Kythira. A town museum is located in the old Venetian governor's palace and there have been important archaeological finds in the town, including fine mosaics, dating from the Roman city of Kisamos (, Latinized as Cisamus). The head town of the municipality () is Kastelli-Kissamos itself.
== History ==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Kissamos” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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