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Kythira, also known by the older name Venetian Tsirigo (Cerigo), is an island situated in South Greece, south of the Peloponnese and south Elafonisos and Cape Malea. According to mythology, the island of the goddess Celestial Aphrodite and Eros.
The Dhiakofti, Diakofto, Makronisi or Makrykythira is the main port of Kythira. It owes its name to the adjacent island bearing the same name. The island is connected to the rest of Kythira through a concrete bridge and creates a cove. In this operating since 1995 the modern port. In Dhiakofti there are many accommodations, beach, restaurants and cafes.
The name Kythira (Tsirigo) has deep roots in the history of. Homer mentioned it in his epic work, the Iliad and the goddess Aphrodite, the Goddess of Love, identified with the island and takes the name Kythereia (Akythiros called the lacking appeal for man). Other important writers of antiquity referred to the island named Kythera. Among them Herodotus, Dionysus, and even Aristotle (who admits that the island was called Porfyrousa - due to editing purple - but in his day it was called Kythira) and Xenophon (in the Greek uses the word Kythereia earth).
The birth of Venus in Kythira, according to mythology, was the fact that it has set the future course of the island. According to Hesiod's Theogony, Aphrodite was born in the foams of the sea of Kythera, when it fell into the cut Saturn genitals of his father Uranus. The waves swept away, according to this version of the myth, and then the goddess, which arrived in Paphos, Cyprus, where he also worshiped as the patron goddess of the island.
From Kythira reportedly has the nickname Kythereia Venus, which was worshiped in ancient times in three forms. As Urania, goddess - the patron of love and pure love, the main place of worship Kythira. As DSpace Goddess - Protector of carnal love and play with principal place of worship Cyprus. And finally, with a less familiar form, as apostrophes, goddess who ensured the moral order and protect his wife and children, who stated that he was worshiped at Thebes and elsewhere. The foundation of the very early years of the goddess temple in Kythera gave the island the Homeric characterization zathea ie Virgin.
On the island there is a large crowd from the main attractions with numerous and scattered small distance from one another, traditional villages and hilly landscape. There are many Byzantine and Venetian monuments and some English. The main attractions are:
In the streets of Chora
The town with traditional architecture and narrow and Castle (Traditional Villages of Greece).
Kapsali, port of Chora with the twin bays, the center of entertainment on the island. Opposite Kapsali located islet Egg Pot with or visited cave.
Paleochora, the ruined Byzantine capital and the Poor Dell, the output of the Grand Canyon of Paleochora south of Agia Pelagia.
Mylopotamos, traditional village in the west of the waterfall Murderess and the medieval Lower Town with its Venetian castle, the stunning scenery and preserved Byzantine churches inside the castle (Traditional Villages of Greece).
The Avlemonas, quiet cove with a small Venetian castle.
The medieval Aroniadika and sequence of traditional villages in the center of the island.
The bridge in Katouni built by the English in 1829 and was the largest of its kind in Greece.
On the island there is a large number of old churches and monasteries from the 13th century onwards. Three monasteries, Notre Myrtidiotissa, protector of the island, Agia Moni and St. Elessa are opposed to mountaintop. In three places there are temples in caves.
The main beaches are Dhiakofti, Paleopoli, Kaladi, the Ocheles, Fyri Sand, Melidoni, Kapsali, Agia Pelagia, the ovens, the copper, the Komponada, back Ammo g.
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