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Palaiokastritsa

Palaiokastritsa is a village in northwestern , . Corfu has been suggested to be the mythical island of the Phaeacians and the bay of Palaiokastritsa to be the place where Odysseus disembarked and met Nausicaa for the first time.
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  • Type: Village with 4,280 residents
  • Description: village in Corfu, Greece
  • Also known as: “Palaioka-Stritsas”, “Paleo Castrizza”, and “Paleocastrizza”
  • Postal code: 49083

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cape Palacrum and Monastery of Paleokastritsa.

Photo: Dr.K., CC BY-SA 3.0.
Angelokastro is a Byzantine castle on the island of , . It is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline in the northwest coast near Palaiokastritsa and built on particularly precipitous and rocky terrain.

Monastery
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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Lakones and Krini.

Village
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is a village.

Village
is a small village on the island of . The Castle of is located at the top of the highest peak of the island's shoreline.

Village
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is a medium-sized village located on the northwest side of , 3 km away from Palaiokastritsa. It has a quiet, agriculture-based economy during the winter. is situated 2½ km east of Palaiokastritsa.

Palaiokastritsa

Latitude
39.67577° or 39° 40′ 33″ north
Longitude
19.7119° or 19° 42′ 43″ east
Population
4,280
Elevation
18 metres (59 feet)
Open location code
8FFXMPG6+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 921416883
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2463615
Wiki­data ID
Q916750
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Palaiokastritsa” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Palaiokastrítsa”
  • Czech: “Paleokastritsa”
  • Dutch: “Palaiokastritsa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “پالايوكاستريتسا”
  • Finnish: “Palaiokastrítsa”
  • French: “Paleokastritsa”
  • French: “Paleokastrítsa”
  • German: “Paleokastritsa”
  • Greek: “Παλαιοκαστρίτσα Κέρκυρας”
  • Greek: “Παλαιοκαστρίτσα”
  • Hebrew: “פאלאוקסטריצה”
  • Hungarian: “Paleokasztríca”
  • Italian: “Palaiokastritsa”
  • Japanese: “パレオカストリツァ”
  • Lithuanian: “Palajokastrica”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Paleokastritsa”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Paleokastrítsa”
  • Polish: “Paleokastritsa”
  • Portuguese: “Palaiokastritsa”
  • Russian: “Палеокастрица”
  • Serbian: “Палеокастрица”
  • Slovenian: “Palaiokastritsa”
  • Spanish: “Paleokastritsa”
  • Swedish: “Palaiokastrítsa”
  • Ukrainian: “Палеокастриця”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palaiokastritsa”. Photo: Gts-tg, CC BY-SA 4.0.