Kythira

Kythira, Regional Unit of Islands, Attica, Greece
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Scandeia (Q3475000)
item type: ancient city
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Scandeia or Skandeia (Ancient Greek: Σκάνδεια) was a town on the island of Cythera, at times considered part of ancient Laconia. Scandeia was located on the coast and is mentioned by Homer in the Iliad. Thucydides, in his account of the conquest of Cythera by Nicias, mentions Scandeia. Nicias sailed against the island with 60 triremes. Ten of them took Scandeia upon the coast (ἡ ἐπὶ θαλάσσῃ πόλις, Σκάνδεια καλουμένη).

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Paliochora (Q7127566)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Paliochora, known by its contemporaries as Agios Dimitrios, was a village of approximately eight-hundred on the island of Kythira in southern Greece. The village was the first major settlement on the island since antiquity, and was sacked by the Ottoman Fleet Admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa in 1537. The fall of the village was a significant turning point in Kythirian history, and remains one of the island’s preeminent folktales.

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Keramoto (Q21624591)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Keramoto is a settlement in the Greek island of Kythira. Administratively, it belongs to the Kythira Municipality of the Islands Regional Unit. It is part of the community of Karvounades. Some former inhabitants of Keramoto emigrated to Australia.

Temple of Aphrodite, Kythira (Q57460819)
item type: temple / ancient Greek temple / archaeological site
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

The Temple of Aphrodite Kytherea was a sanctuary in ancient Kythira dedicated to the goddess Aphrodite. It was famous for reportedly being the eldest temple of Aphrodite in Greece. It was dedicated to the goddess under her name and aspect as Aphrodite Ourania and contained a statue of an Armed Aphrodite. The temple is dated to the 6th century BCE. While considered a significant sanctuary, it was described as a small building.

Kastri, Kythera (Q21643685)
item type: human settlement
Summary from English Wikipedia (enwiki)

Kastri is a village in the island of Cythera, Islands regional unit, Greece. Kastri has been occupied by humans since the Bronze Age, and was an important settlement of the Early Helladic/Minoan Period of Crete. Kastri is thought to have been an early settlement of Minoan Crete. Kastri on Cythera is considerably but directly north of the ancient site of Kydonia, which was the major northwestern Cretan ancient city.

Church of Christ Pantokratora (Q56856760)
item type: church building
Summary from Ελληνικά / Modern Greek Wikipedia (elwiki)

Ο Ναός Χριστού Παντοκράτορα βρίσκεται στα Κύθηρα, στον κεντρικό δρόμο του Κάστρου, ανατολικά και σε επαφή με το κτίριο της Πυριτιδαποθήκης και δυτικά της πύλης εισόδου στην Ακρόπολη του Κάστρου. Ο ναός κτίστηκε το 1545 από την Μαρία Κασιμάτη, σύμφωνα με τη διαθήκη της η οποία διασώθηκε στο Νοταριακό Αρχείο Κυθήρων.

Agia Anastasia, Kythira (Q15980196)
item type: village
Summary from Ελληνικά / Modern Greek Wikipedia (elwiki)

Η Αγία Αναστασία είναι οικισμός των Κυθήρων. Διοικητικά υπάγεται στην τοπική κοινότητα Ποταμού, της δημοτικής ενότητας και δήμου Κυθήρων, της περιφερειακής ενότητας Νήσων, στην περιφέρεια Αττικής, σύμφωνα με το πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης. Πρίν το πρόγραμμα Καλλικράτης και το σχέδιο Καποδίστριας, ανήκε στην επαρχία Κυθήρων του νομού Πειραιώς και κατόπιν του νομού Αττικής, στο γεωγραφικό διαμέρισμα Στερεάς Ελλάδας.

Kythira Eparchy (Q12877184)
item type: province of Greece
Summary from Ελληνικά / Modern Greek Wikipedia (elwiki)

Η επαρχία Κυθήρων ήταν μiα από τις επτά επαρχίες του νομού Αττικής. Αποτελούταν από τα νησιά Κύθηρα και Αντικύθηρα και έδρα της ήταν η πόλη των Κυθήρων.

Commune of Myrtidia (Q21624780)
item type: commune of Greece
Summary from Suomi / Finnish Wikipedia (fiwiki)

Myrtídia (kreik. Μυρτίδια) on Kreikan kyläyhdyskunta (virallisesti Τοπική Κοινότητα Μυρτιδίων, Topikí Koinótita Myrtidíon), joka sijaitsee Kytheran saarella. Se kuuluu hallinnollisesti Kytheran kuntaan, Saarten alueyksikköön ja Attikan alueeseen. Kyläyhdyskunnan väkiluku on 132 (vuonna 2011).