Kerameies ( el, Κεραμειές, also Κεραμιές - ''Keramies'') is a community located in the southern part of the island of
Kefalonia. It was the seat of the municipality of
Leivatho
Leivatho ( el, Λειβαθώ) is a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is part of the municipality Argostoli, of which it is a municipal unit. I ...
. In the village is the largest school in the area, from kindergarten to high school named "Vallianio Likio Keramion" (http://lyk-keram.kef.sch.gr). It is situated in low hills, at about 140 m elevation. Kerameies is 2 km south of
Peratata
Peratata ( el, Περατάτα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Leivatho, in the southern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated at the foot of a hill, which is crowned by the Agios Georgios fortress. The c ...
, 2 km east of
Metaxata and 9 km southeast 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 islan ...
. The village was home to two families of merchants and shipowners,
Lykiardopoulos and
Vallianos. The Vallianos family is considered a great benefactor of Greece as a result of their donations made to the country, and particularly for the funding of the building of the
National Library of Greece
The National Library of Greece ( el, Εθνική Βιβλιοθήκη της Ελλάδος, Ethnikí Vivliothíki tis Elládos) is the main public library of Greece, located in Athens. Founded by Ioannis Kapodistrias in 1832, its mission is to ...
in
Athens
Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...
(1888–1903). The village as well as almost the entire island (excluding the
Fiskardo
Fiskardo (Greek: Φισκάρδο, also ''Fiscardo'' or in the past ''Viscardo'') is a village and a community on the Ionian island of Kefalonia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Erisos. It is the northernmost port of Kefalonia, a s ...
area) was struck by the
1953 Ionian earthquake that shook and destroyed every building in the village.
Population
Notable people
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Panayis Athanase Vagliano (1814–1902) merchant and shipowner
External links
Kerameies on GTP Travel Pages(in English and Greek)
Βαλλιάνειο Λύκειο Κεραμειών(Vallianio Likio Keramion)
See also
*
List of settlements in Cephalonia
This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece.
* Agia Effimia
* Agia Eirini
* Agia Thekla
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agkonas
* Antipata Erisou
* Arginia
* Argostoli
* Asos
* Atheras
* Chaliotata, Sami Σάμη. 2 km SE of Poulata.
* ...
References
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Populated places in Cephalonia