Palaiokastritsa
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thumb|Moni Palaiokastritsas, Paleokastritsa Monastery|alt=Moni Palaiokastritsas, Paleokastritsa Monastery|left|300x300px Palaiokastritsa ( meaning 'Old Little Castle', referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in northwestern Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the 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.
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Place details
- Locality
- Παλαιοκαστρίτσα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Ιονίων Νήσων
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 240
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Palaiokastritsa
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Παλαιοκαστρίτσα
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Paleokastriton.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Ionian Islands
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Corfu
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 3389
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 48.4
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΚΥ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Bay of Palaiokastritsa from Bellavista.JPG
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The bay of Palaiokastritsa. The rock in the sea visible near the horizon at the top centre-left of the picture is considered by the locals to be the mythical petrified ship of Odysseus. The side of the rock toward the mainland is curved in such a way as to resemble the extended sail of a trireme. The historic monastery of Palaiokastritsa can be seen at the top of the hill of the peninsula to the right of the picture.
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- Palaiokastritsa (Corfu)
- located in/on physical feature
- Corfu
- native label
- Παλαιοκαστρίτσα Κέρκυρας
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thumb|Moni Palaiokastritsas, Paleokastritsa Monastery|alt=Moni Palaiokastritsas, Paleokastritsa Monastery|left|300x300px Palaiokastritsa ( meaning 'Old Little Castle', referring to nearby Angelokastro) is a village in northwestern Corfu, Greece. Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the 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 Corfu, Ionian Islands, Greece. Its including area was defined around the original village of Palaiokastritsa. Since the 2019 local government reform Palaiokastrites is part of the municipality of Central Corfu and Diapontia Islands as a smaller municipal unit. It has a land area of 48.379 km² 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.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Palaiokastritsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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