Machairado () is a village in the central part of the island of

Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; ; ) or Zante (, , ; ; from the Venetian language, Venetian form, traditionally Latinized as Zacynthus) is a Greece, Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands, with an are ...

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. It was the seat of the municipality of Artemisia. It is situated at the foot of low mountains, 1 km north of

Lagopodo Lagopodo (Greek: Λαγώποδο) is a settlement on Zakynthos island, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Alban ...

, 3 km northeast of

Koiliomenos Koiliomenos (, also known as Agios Nikolaos) is a settlement on Zakynthos island, Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land border ...

and 8 km southwest of

Zakynthos (city) Zakynthos ( ) or Zante (), is a city and a former municipality on the island of Zakynthos, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Zakynthos, of which it is a municipal ...

. The village suffered great damage from the

1953 Ionian earthquake The 1953 Ionian earthquake (also known as the Great Kefalonia earthquake) struck the southern Ionian Islands in Greece on August 12. In mid-August, there were over 113 recorded earthquakes in the region between Kefalonia and Zakynthos, and the mo ...

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{{Zakynthos div Populated places in Zakynthos

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