Davgata ( el, Δαυγάτα) is a village in the island of

Cephalonia 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 i ...

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. It is part of the municipal unit of

Argostoli Argostoli ( el, Αργοστόλι, Katharevousa: Ἀργοστόλιον) is a town and a municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of the three municipalities on the island ...

. It is situated on a mountain slope above the eastern shore of the

Gulf of Argostoli The Gulf of Argostoli ( el, Κόλπος Αργοστολίου) is a gulf of the Ionian Sea on the island of Cephalonia, western Greece. It separates the Paliki peninsula from mainland Cephalonia, and opens toward the Ionian Sea in the south. The ...

, at about 300 m elevation. Davgata is 2 km southeast of

Farsa Farsa (Italian, literally: ''farce'', plural: ''farse'') is a genre of opera, associated with Venice in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It is also sometimes called ''farsetta''. Farse were normally one-act operas, sometimes performed to ...

, 2 km west of

Dilinata Dilinata ( el, Διλινάτα) is a village in the municipal unit of Argostoli, Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated on a mountain slope, at 400 m elevation. It is 2 km east of Davgata, 2 km north of Faraklata and 6 km northeast of ...

and 5 km north of

. Davgata has a Museum of Natural History, opened in 1996. The mountaintop of Evmorfia, elevation 1,043 m, lies to the northeast. Davgata was severely damaged by the 1953 Ionian earthquake. Davgata has a natural history museum which is currently closed.

Historical population

References

External links

Natural History Museum of DavgataGTP Travel Pages
{{Argostoli div Populated places in Cephalonia