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Athens International Airport – Eleftherios Venizelos |
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| Zante or Chora (capital) |
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It has 35.000 residents and it is the capital city of the island.
It is built on the southeastern side of Zante and it stretches out along the coastline, boasting the only port in the island. On top of the hill you can still make out the remains of an old fortress, built by the Venetians on the ancient citadel. After the destructive earthquakes in 1953, the town was built from scratch but still managed to preserve its original style and class. Not far from the port, there is a square named after Dionisios Solomos, where you can admire his statue as well as the bust of the poet Hugo Foskolos. |
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| Worth seeing |
•The Public Library, housed in a beautiful building with a large collection of books
•The Museum of the National Resistance
•The Post-byzantine Museum, housing intricate woodcut pieces from old churches that were destroyed in the earthquake, as well as statues, wall-paintings and a collection of icons from the byzantine and the post-byzantine period
•The church of Agios Dionisios – the patron saint of the island – where you can actually visit his relic.
•The triangular square of Agios Markos (Saint Markus), where the locals burned the «Libro d’Oro» in 1979 (the «Who is Who» of the local aristocracy)
•The homonymous catholic Cathedral
•The Solomos Museum
•The churches of Agios Nikolaos (Saint Nicolas), Faneromeni, Panagia ton Agelon with the fabulous sculptures, Pikridiotisa, Agia Triada (Holy Trinity) and the historical church of Agios Georgios (Saint George). You can also visit the church of Filikon near the castle, where many of the heroes of the 1821 Revolution took their oaths, including Kolokotronis and Nikitaras. In the precinct you will come upon the grave of the poet Andreas Kalvos
•Stranis Hill. This is where Dionisios Solomos was inspired to write our National Anthem after hearing the cannonades in Mesologi that was under siege at the time. |
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