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Paliki

Field	Value
name	Paliki
name_local	Παλική
type	municipal unit
image_map	DE Palikis.svg
map_caption	Location within the regional unit
periph	Ionian Islands
periphunit	Kefalonia
municipality	Lixouri
pop_municunit	6989
population_as_of	2021
area_municunit	119.341
elevation	5
coordinates
postal_code	280 81
area_code	26710
licence	ΚΕ
website	www.paliki.gr

Paliki () is a peninsula and a former municipality on the island of Kefalonia, Ionian Islands, Greece. 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. 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 Lixouri (3,752).

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Paliki is subdivided into the following communities (that were independent municipalities and communities before the 1997 Kapodistrias reform, constituent villages in brackets):

Agia Thekla (Agia Thekla, Kalata)
Atheras
Chavdata
Chavriata
Damoulianata
Favatata
Kaminarata
Katogi (Mantzavinata, Vardianoi, Vouni)
Kontogenada
Kouvalata (Kouvalata, Livadi)
Lixouri (Lixouri, Agios Vasileios, Agios Dimitrios, Lepeda, Longos, Loukerata, Michalitsata)
Monopolata (Monopolata, Dellaportata, Parisata)
Rifi
Skineas (Skineas, Vlychata)
Soullaroi

Province

Pali Province () was one of the provinces of Cephalonia Prefecture. 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 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
Xi Beach

Homer's Ithaca

Main article: Homer's Ithaca, Odysseus Unbound

According to Robert Bittlestone's 2005 book Odysseus Unbound, Paliki was Homer's Ithaca, the home of Odysseus, the central figure in the Odyssey of Homer.

Persons

Andreas Laskaratos teacher, a satirical poet and writer
Spyridon Marinatos (1901–1974) archaeologist

References

"ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis Programme law text".
"Τροποποίηση του άρθρου 1 του ν. 3852/2010". [[Government Gazette (Greece).
"Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)". National Statistical Service of Greece.
"EETAA local government changes".
"Detailed census results 1991 }} {{small".

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