Paliki ( el, Παλική) is a peninsula and a former municipality on the island of

Kefalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia ( el, Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It ...

, Ionian Islands,

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. At the 2011 local government reform it became part of the municipality

. In 2019 this municipality was divided into three municipalities, and the municipal unit Paliki became the only municipal unit of the new municipality

Lixouri Lixouri ( el, Ληξούρι) is a town and a municipality in the island of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. It is the main town on the peninsula of Paliki, and the second largest town in Kefalonia after Argostol ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 119.341 km². The name comes from the ancient town of Pale/Pali, which was north of Lixouri and is now an archaeological site. The peninsula is the westernmost part of Kefalonia. The seat of the municipality was the town

(3,752).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Paliki is subdivided into the following communities (that were independent municipalities and communities before the 1997

Kapodistrias reform Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapod ...

, constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Thekla (Agia Thekla, Kalata) * Atheras * Chavdata * Chavriata * Damoulianata * Favatata * Kaminarata * Katogi ( Mantzavinata, Vardianoi, Vouni) * Kontogenada * Kouvalata (Kouvalata, Livadi) *

(Lixouri, Agios Vasileios,

Agios Dimitrios Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος meaning Saint Dimitrios, before 1928: Μπραχάμι - ''Brahami'') is a suburb in the southern part of the Athens, Greece. Geography Agios Dimitrios is situated 5 km south of Athens c ...

, Lepeda, Longos, Loukerata, Michalitsata) * Monopolata (Monopolata, Dellaportata, Parisata) * Rifi * Skineas (Skineas, Vlychata) * Soullaroi

Province

Pali Province ( el, Επαρχία Πάλης) was one of the

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman ''provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions outsi ...

of Cephalonia Prefecture. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipal unit Paliki. It was abolished in 2006.

Geography

Paliki is a peninsula in the

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...

, attached to mainland Cephalonia in the northeast. On the east side, the Gulf of Argostoli separates Paliki from Cephalonia. Mountains up to 500 m cover the western and northern part of the peninsula.

History

The oldest document which contains the name "Lixouri" was sent in 1534 by local authorities to the Senate of Venice. Many houses were destroyed in the earthquakes of January 23, 1867 and August 1953.

Sights

*Iakovatios Library, the communal library with a small museum. Typical classic Ionian building from 19th century. *Former primary school near the harbour. Avant-garde 20th-century building from 1933, representing the modernist architecture movement in Greece *Pantokrator Church *A few ruins of ancient ''Pali'' in the north *Mania beach with beautiful untouched landscape *Mantzavinata - Agios Spyridon Church and classical house of the Vittoratos Family *Classical house of the Danelatos Family in Damoulianata *Agia Paraskevi Church in Atheras *Kipouria monastery * Vatsa Bay * Xi Beach

Homer's Ithaca

According to Robert Bittlestone's 2005 book ''

Odysseus Unbound ''Odysseus Unbound'' is a 2005 book by Robert Bittlestone, with appendices by the philologist James Diggle and the geologist John Underhill. The book investigates the location of Homer's Ithaca, arguing that Paliki, a peninsula of Kefalonia, w ...

'', Paliki was Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, the central figure in the Odyssey of Homer.

Persons

* Andreas Laskaratos teacher, a satirical poet and writer *

Spyridon Marinatos Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos ( el, Σπυρίδων Νικολάου Μαρινάτος; November 4, 1901 – October 1, 1974) was a Greek archaeologist, best known for leading excavations at Akrotiri on Santorini (1967–74), where he died and i ...

(1901–1974) archaeologist

References

External links

Official website

GTP Travel Pages - Paliki
{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece Populated places in Cephalonia Provinces of Greece Landforms of Cephalonia