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Paliki (Greek: Παλική) is a peninsula and a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. At the 2011 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kefalonia . [ 2 ]
According to the inscription, Bernardo Aninos died suddenly and tragically, from lightning, on January 24, 1723. The event took place inside Bernardο's house, in the village of Komitata, located on the west side of the Erissos peninsula, in the northern part of Kefalonia. The Aninos were one of the largest and most important families of Kefalonia.
Xi Beach with its red sand, backed by white cliffs Areas of Xi beach are well developed The cliffs are composed of a soft, white clay which has been eroded by the rain. Xi Beach is situated in the south of the Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece, and part of the district Mantzavinata near the town of Lixouri.
The beach is about 600M long, with the central part being used by swimmers. Petani beach is recognised for its great beauty, with many visitors comparing it with a smaller version of Myrtos Beach . It is a blue-flag beach. [ 1 ]
The groundwater of Melissani cave outflows at the "Fridi" beach. This brackish water is part of a famous hydrogeological phenomena : seawater is sucked in the west part of the island of Kefalonia, near Argostoli, and expelled in the bay of Sami. [1] In Argostoli, the seawater flows into sinkholes, named katavothres, where water mill turns.
Myrtos has been described as "one of the most dramatic beaches in Greece", with its "mile-and-a-half long arc of dazzling white pebbles." [4] It was used as the location for the mine explosion episode in the film Captain Corelli's Mandolin. [4] Myrtos has been voted 12 times the best Greek beach [5] [6] while it regularly features in best ...
Saint Gerasimos is the patron saint of Kefalonia and his relic is kept in the monastery, in a silver urn. Saint Gerasimos was a monk from Trikala in Corinth and founded the monastery in the 16th century, renovating an older one, which was dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Saint Gerasimos died in 1579 and was canonized in 1622.
Fiskardo (Greek: Φισκάρδο, also Fiscardo or in the past Viscardo) is a village and a community on the Ionian island of Kefalonia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Erisos. It is the northernmost port of Kefalonia, a short distance from Ithaca. Fiskardo has a small and diminishing fishing fleet.