Madouri ( el, Μαδουρή) is a small uninhabited island in the

Ionian Sea The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...

, near

Lefkada Lefkada ( el, Λευκάδα, ''Lefkáda'', ), also known as Lefkas or Leukas (Ancient Greek and Katharevousa: Λευκάς, ''Leukás'', modern pronunciation ''Lefkás'') and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Gr ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. It is part of the municipal unit

Ellomenos Ellomenos ( el, Ελλομένος) is a former municipality on the island of Lefkada, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lefkada, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the sou ...

.Detailed census results 2011
Madouri lies 700 m from the east coast of the island Lefkada, opposite the town

Nydri Nydri ( el, Νυδρί) is a town and a community on the eastern coast of the island of Lefkada, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Ellomenos. The community includes the small village Rachi. The Greek National Road 42 ( Vasiliki - Lefkada (c ...

. The island is heavily forested. It is about in diameter. This privately owned island is in the possession of the Valaoritis family. It was the place where

Aristotelis Valaoritis Aristotelis Valaoritis ( el, Αριστοτέλης Βαλαωρίτης; 1824–1879) was a Greek poet, representative of the Heptanese School, and politician. He was also the great-grandfather of Nanos Valaoritis, one of the most distinguished ...

, a 19th-century poet, grew up. The current owner is the writer

Nanos Valaoritis Ioannis (Nanos) Valaoritis ( el, Ιωάννης (Νάνος) Βαλαωρίτης; 5 July 1921 – 12 September 2019) was a Greek writer, widely published as a poet, novelist and playwright since 1939; his correspondence with George Seferis (''Al ...

. The villa was the principal location in Billy Wilder's 1978 film, ''

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''.

External links

Madouri on GTP Travel Pages
(in English and Greek)

References

{{Ellomenos Islands of the Ionian Islands (region) Islands of Greece Landforms of Lefkada (regional unit) Uninhabited islands of Greece Populated places in Lefkada (regional unit) Private islands of Greece