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

Zakynthos Zakynthos (also spelled Zakinthos; el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ; it, Zacinto ) or Zante (, , ; el, Τζάντε, Tzánte ; from the Venetian form) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea. It is the third largest of the Ionian Islands. Za ...

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. It was the seat of the municipality of

Artemisia Artemisia may refer to: People * Artemisia I of Caria (fl. 480 BC), queen of Halicarnassus under the First Persian Empire, naval commander during the second Persian invasion of Greece * Artemisia II of Caria (died 350 BC), queen of Caria under th ...

. In 2011 its population was 941. It is situated at the foot of low mountains, 1 km north of Lagopodo, 3 km northeast of

Koiliomenos Koiliomenos ( el, Κοιλιωμένος, also known as Agios Nikolaos) is a settlement on Zakynthos island, Greece. It is located 3 kilometers southwest of Machairado Machairado ( el, Μαχαιράδο) is a village in the central part of the ...

and 8 km southwest of

Zakynthos (city) Zakynthos ( el, Ζάκυνθος, Zákynthos ) or Zante ( el, Τζάντε, Tzánte), is a city and a former municipality on the island of Zakynthos, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Za ...

. 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 m ...

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Machairado at the GTP Travel Pages
{{Zakynthos div Populated places in Zakynthos

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