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ARGOSTOLI (Town) KEFALLONIA
KRANI (Ancient city) ARGOSTOLI
Kranioi. A town of Cephallenia, situated at the head of a bay on the
western coast. In B.C. 431 it joined the Athenian alliance, together with the
other Cephallenian towns (Thuc. ii. 30); in consequence of which the Corinthians
made a descent upon the territory of Cranii, but were repulsed with loss. (Thuc.
ii. 33.) In B.C. 421 the Athenians settled at Cranii the Messenians who were withdrawn
from Pylos on the surrender of that fortress to the Lacedaemonians. (Thuc. v.
35.) Cranii surrendered to the Romans without resistance in B.C. 189. (Liv. xxxviii.
28.) It is mentioned both by Strabo (x.) and Pliny (iv. 12. s. 19).
The ruins of Cranii are near the modern town of Argostoli. Leake remarks
that the walls of Cranii are among the best extant specimens of the military architecture
of the Greeks, and a curious example of their attention to strength of position
in preference to other conveniences; for nothing can be more rugged or forbidding
than the greater part of the site. The enclosure, which was of a quadrilateral
form, and little, if at all, less than three miles in circumference, followed
the crests of several rocky summits, surrounding an elevated hollow which falls
to the south-western extremity of the gulf of Argostoli. The walls may be traced
in nearly their whole circumference.
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
PRONI (Ancient city) KEFALLINIA
Pronni, or Pronesus (Pronnoi, Pol.; Pronaioi, Thuc.; Pronesos, Strab.).
One of the four towns of Cephallenia, situated upon the south-eastern coast. Together
with the other towns of Cephallenia it joined the Athenian alliance in B.C. 431.
(Thuc. ii. 30.) It is described by Polybius as a small fortress; but it was so
difficult to besiege that Philip did not venture to attack it, but sailed against
Pale. (Pol. v. 3.) Livy, in his account of the surrender of Cephallenia to the
Romans in B.C. 189, speaks of the Nesiotae, Cranii, Palenses, and Samaei. Now
as we know that Proni was one of the four towns of Cephallenia, it is probable
that Nesiotae is a false reading for Pronesiotae, which would be the ethnic form
of Pronesus, the name of the town in Strabo (x. p. 455). Proni or Pronesus was
one of the three towns which continued to exist in the island after the destruction
of Same. (Comp. Plin. iv. 12. s. 19.) The remains of Proni are found not far above
the shore of Limenia, a harbour about 3 miles to the northward of C. Kapri. (Leake,
Northern Greece, vol. iii. p. 66.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited June 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
KRANI (Ancient city) ARGOSTOLI
Kranioi. A town of Cephallenia on the south coast.
ARGOSTOLI (Municipality) KEFALLONIA
ELIO - PRONI (Municipality) KEFALLONIA
SKALA (Village) KEFALLONIA
Skala is a region in the South - Eastern edge of Kefalonia, endowed by nature with incomparable beauties, a fantastic sea and fabulous beaches. Here, you can enjoy the countless kilometers of a mixture of sandy and shiny, colorfull, pebbled beaches, surrounded by impressive rocks, creeks and mystic caves. In this place where the land embraces the sea, people have lived for thousands of years and myths have been born. Your stay in this area of beautiful Kefalonia, the island of contradictions, will be an unforgettable experience. The District of Skala comprises of the villages Skala, Ratzakli, Alimatas, Koytrokoy, Fanies and Spathi. Skala is about 37 km away from the island's capital, Argostoli, and 12 km away from the port of Poros. The entire area seems to be smothered with the pine - trees forest separating the land from the sea. Then you have the periwinkles and the flowers topping up the courtyards. Colorful bougainvillea's and jasmines pour out their beautiful scent at night
ENOS (Mountain) KEFALLONIA
VLACHATA (Village) KEFALLONIA
ELIO - PRONI (Municipality) KEFALLONIA
SKALA (Village) KEFALLONIA
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