Palaiokastritsa

Palaiokastritsa

Palaiokastritsa

Village on the Greek island of Corfu

Palaiokastritsa (Greek: Παλαιοκαστρίτσα meaning Little Old Castle place, 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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Moni Palaiokastritsas, Paleokastritsa Monastery

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.[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)
  • Main beach
  • Agios Spiridonos church near the main beach
  • Monastery: entrance
  • Monastery: inside the church
  • Monastery: graveyard
  • Paleokastritsa bay

References

  1. [1]
    "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.
  2. [2]
    "Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010" [Amendment of Article 1 of l. 3852/2010] (in Greek). Government Gazette. p. 1164.
  3. [3]
    "Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)" (PDF) (in Greek). National Statistical Service of Greece.
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