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Location:
Europe,
Greece, Crete
Category:
Town and Sea
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Description:
View of the city of Kissamos,
looking over the Mediterranean sea
Location Information:
Kissamos is a town and municipality
in the west of the island of Crete.
It is part of the Kissamos Province
which covers the northwest corner of
the island. The city of Kissamos is
officially 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 Kissamos, the port of Polirinia
(ancient Polyrrhenia). The head town
of the municipality is
Kastelli-Kissamos itself. The
municipality includes the Gramvousa
peninsula and islets, and the islet
of Pontikonisi, and the villages of
Sfinari, Koukounaras, Polirinia,
Platanos, Lousakia, Sirikari,
Kallergiania and Kalathena.
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