Paliki ( el, Παλική) is a peninsula and a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands,

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 ...

. At the 2011 local government reform it became part of the municipality Kefalonia. In 2019 this municipality was divided into three municipalities, and the municipal unit Paliki became the only municipal unit of the new municipality

Lixouri Lixouri ( el, Ληξούρι) is a town and a municipality in the island of Kefalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. It is the main town on the peninsula of Paliki, and the second largest town in Kefalonia after Argostoli ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 119.341 km². The name comes from the ancient town of Pale/Pali, which was north of Lixouri and is now an archaeological site. The peninsula is the westernmost part of Kefalonia. The seat of the municipality was the town

(3,752).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Paliki is subdivided into the following communities (that were independent municipalities and communities before the 1997

Kapodistrias reform Kapodistrias reform ( el, Σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, "Kapodistrias Plan") is the common name of law 2539 of Greece, which reorganised the country's administrative divisions. The law, named after 19th-century Greek statesman Ioannis Kapod ...

, constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Thekla (Agia Thekla, Kalata) * Atheras * Chavdata *

Chavriata Chavriata (Greek: Χαβριάτα) is a historical, hill-top village located 8 km outside of the town of Lixouri (Katogi Area) west-southwest in the Paliki municipal unit on the Greek Ionian island of Kefalonia. It is known as the "Balcony ...

* Damoulianata * Favatata * Kaminarata * Katogi (

Mantzavinata Mantzavinata ( el, Μαντζαβινάτα) is a village in the southwest of Kefalonia island, Greece, where the famous Mantzavino Wine is sold. Mantzavinata is 4 km southwest of Lixouri on the Paliki peninsula. Mantzavinata has three chu ...

, Vardianoi, Vouni) * Kontogenada * Kouvalata (Kouvalata, Livadi) *

(Lixouri, Agios Vasileios, Agios Dimitrios, Lepeda, Longos, Loukerata, Michalitsata) * Monopolata (Monopolata, Dellaportata, Parisata) * Rifi *

Skineas Skineas ( el, Σκινέας) is a village and a community on the Paliki peninsula of Cephalonia, Greece. It is 6 km northwest of Lixouri. The community consists of the villages Skineas and Vlychata. References

Populated places in Cephal ...

(Skineas, Vlychata) * Soullaroi

Province

Pali Province ( el, Επαρχία Πάλης) was one of the

provinces A province is almost always an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman '' provincia'', which was the major territorial and administrative unit of the Roman Empire's territorial possessions ou ...

Cephalonia Prefecture The Cephalonia Prefecture ( el, Νομός Κεφαλληνίας) was a prefecture in Greece, containing the Ionian islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca. In 2011 the prefectural self-government was abolished and the territory is now covered by the r ...

. Its territory corresponded with that of the current municipal unit Paliki. It was abolished in 2006.

Geography

Paliki is a peninsula in the Ionian Sea, attached to mainland Cephalonia in the northeast. On the east side, 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 ...

separates Paliki from Cephalonia. Mountains up to 500 m cover the western and northern part of the peninsula.

History

The oldest document which contains the name "Lixouri" was sent in 1534 by local authorities to the Senate of Venice. Many houses were destroyed in the earthquakes of January 23, 1867 and August 1953.

Sights

*Iakovatios Library, the communal library with a small museum. Typical classic Ionian building from 19th century. *Former primary school near the harbour. Avant-garde 20th-century building from 1933, representing the modernist architecture movement in Greece *Pantokrator Church *A few ruins of ancient ''Pali'' in the north *Mania beach with beautiful untouched landscape *Mantzavinata - Agios Spyridon Church and classical house of the Vittoratos Family *Classical house of the Danelatos Family in Damoulianata *Agia Paraskevi Church in Atheras *Kipouria monastery *

Vatsa Bay Vatsa Bay (Vazza) is a bay on the southern tip of Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, ...

Xi Beach Xi Beach is situated in the south of the Paliki peninsula of Kefalonia, Greece, and part of the district Mantzavinata near the town of Lixouri. Location Its location can be seen in ''Google Maps''. The beach is a strip of sand which is up ...

Homer's Ithaca

According to Robert Bittlestone's 2005 book ''

Odysseus Unbound ''Odysseus Unbound'' is a 2005 book by Robert Bittlestone, with appendices by the philologist James Diggle and the geologist John Underhill. The book investigates the location of Homer's Ithaca, arguing that Paliki, a peninsula of Kefalonia, wa ...

'', Paliki was

Homer's Ithaca Ithaca (; Greek: Ιθάκη, ''Ithakē'') was, in Greek mythology, the island home of the hero Odysseus. The specific location of the island, as it was described in Homer's ''Odyssey'', is a matter for debate. There have been various theories ...

, the home of Odysseus, the central figure in the

Odyssey The ''Odyssey'' (; grc, Ὀδύσσεια, Odýsseia, ) is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is one of the oldest extant works of literature still widely read by modern audiences. As with the ''Iliad'', th ...

Homer Homer (; grc, Ὅμηρος , ''Hómēros'') (born ) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the ''Iliad'' and the ''Odyssey'', two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature. Homer is considered one of the ...

Persons

Andreas Laskaratos Andreas Laskaratos ( el, Ανδρέας Λασκαράτος; 1 May 1811 – 23/24 July 1901) was a satirical poet and writer from the Ionian island of Cefalonia (or Kefallinia), representative of the Heptanese School (literature). He was excom ...

teacher, a satirical poet and writer *

Spyridon Marinatos Spyridon Nikolaou Marinatos ( el, Σπυρίδων Νικολάου Μαρινάτος; November 4, 1901 – October 1, 1974) was a Greek archaeologist, best known for leading excavations at Akrotiri on Santorini (1967–74), where he died and i ...

(1901–1974) archaeologist

References

External links

Official website

GTP Travel Pages - Paliki
{{Prefectures and provinces of Greece Populated places in Cephalonia Provinces of Greece Landforms of Cephalonia