Kefalonia or Cephalonia (Greek: Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (Κεφαλληνία), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western...
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is a village and a community in the southeastern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated at the southeastern foot of Mount Ainos, at about...
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Massacre of the Acqui Division (redirect from Cephalonia Massacre)
the Cephalonia massacre, was a war crime by German soldiers against POWs of the Italian 33rd Infantry Division "Acqui" on the island of Cephalonia, Greece...
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The Cephalonia Prefecture (Greek: Νομός Κεφαλληνίας) was a prefecture in Greece, containing the Ionian islands of Cephalonia and Ithaca. In 2011 the prefectural...
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island's main town of Argostoli and 14 km SW of Poros, in the south of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece. During the summer, Skala becomes...
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municipal unit of Eleios-Pronnoi in the southeastern part of the island of Cephalonia, Greece. It is situated in an inland valley, at about 90 m elevation....
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Massacre of the Acqui Division by German forces in Cephalonia in September 1943, and to the people of Cephalonia who were killed in the post-war earthquake....
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This is a list of settlements in Cephalonia, Greece. Agia Effimia Agia Eirini Agia Thekla Agios Nikolaos Agkonas Antipata Erisou Arginia Argostoli Asos...
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neighbor Cephalonia throughout the 12th and 13th centuries, when it formed part of the holdings of various Latin rulers. In 1185, when Cephalonia and Zakynthos...
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Sami (Greek: Σάμη) is a town and a municipality on the island of Cephalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. Since the 2019 local government reform it is one of...
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3 December, but at 10 pm on 6 December she struck an Italian mine off Cephalonia, 7 miles (11 km) north of Zakynthos in the Ionian Sea. Of the 61 on board...
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Argostoli, 28 km SE of Sami and 12 km NE of Skala, in the southeast of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of Greece. The community of Poros consists...
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Cephalonia and Zakynthos existed from 1185 to 1479 as part of the Kingdom of Sicily. The title and the right to rule the Ionian islands of Cephalonia...
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Captain Corelli's Mandolin (category Cephalonia)
by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. In 2003...
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The sacred snakes of Cephalonia are celebrated annually on 15 August (the Feast of the Dormition) on Cephalonia, the largest of the Ionian Islands in Western...
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Eirini, Chania, a village in Chania, Crete Agia Eirini, Cephalonia, on the island of Cephalonia Agia Eirini, Paros, on the island of Paros Agia Eirini...
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islands is Corfu with a population of 104,371, followed by Zante (40,759), Cephalonia (35,801), Leucas (23,693) and Ithaca (3,231). In 2001, the foreign-born...
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Siege of the Castle of Saint George (redirect from Reconquest of Cephalonia)
The siege of the Castle of Saint George or siege of Cephalonia occurred from 8 November 1500 until 24 December 1500, when following a series of Venetian...
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Greek: Πάνορμος) was an ancient harbour on the coast of the island of Cephalonia, mentioned by Herodotus. Its site is located near the modern Fiskardo...
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northeastern Estonia Sami District, Gambia Sami, Cephalonia, Greece, a municipality Sami Bay, east of Sami, Cephalonia Sami, Gujarat, India, a town Sami, Paletwa...
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Asos (redirect from Assos, Cephalonia)
Asos (Greek: Άσος) is a village on the west coast of the island of Cephalonia, Greece and is located 36km north of Argostoli. It is part of the municipal...
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The Battle of Cephalonia was a naval battle fought between the Byzantine and Aghlabid fleets near Cephalonia, off the western coast of Greece. The battle...
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Argostoli (redirect from Lassi, Cephalonia)
twinned with: Šabac in Serbia. Brăila in Romania. List of settlements in Cephalonia "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός...
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Catholic Church comprising the Ionian islands of Corfu, Zakynthos and Cephalonia in western Greece. 1310: Established as Diocese of Corfù June 3, 1919:...
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Cephallenia (theme) (redirect from Cephalonia (theme))
The Theme of Cephallenia or Cephalonia (Greek: θέμα Κεφαλληνίας/Κεφαλονίας, thema Kephallēnias/Kephalonias) was a Byzantine theme (a military-civilian...
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covered in detail in Donald Prell's Sailing with Byron from Genoa to Cephalonia. Prell also wrote of a coincidence in Byron's chartering the Hercules...
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institution on the island. A century later, Venice captured Zante in 1485, Cephalonia in 1500 and Ithaca in 1503. These three islands modelled their administration...
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Epiriot princess, daughter of Nicephorus I, and countess palatine of Cephalonia and Zakynthos as wife of John I Orsini. Maria was the only child of Nicephorus...
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village, about 2 miles (3.2 km) north of Lixouri in the Paliki peninsula of Cephalonia. The village which lies on the hillside just above the gulf of Argostoli...
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February 2014, he donated €500,000 for school repairs in the Greek island of Cephalonia, which was hit by destructive earthquakes. In October 2013, Olympiacos...
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