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Markopoulo Community

MARKOPOULO (Village) KEFALLONIA
Tel: +30 26710 81358
A village built on a rise with a superb panoramic view. Each year around mid-August in Markopoulo the snakes of the Panagia make their appearance. These are small harmless snakes which have the sign of the cross on their heads. On the day of the festival of the Panagia the snakes go into the church and up onto the silver icon of the Virgin. Is it a miracle or a way station for the snakes as they make their way to some place warmer? According to contemporary reports, in 1953, the year of the big earthquakes, the snakes did not make their appearance. It is characteristic that the snakes of the Panagia disappear on 15th August after the liturgy or after the church festival.

POROS (Small town) KEFALLONIA
Poros is the biggest district of new Elios-Pronnoi municipality. Is a beautiful,picturesque village, surrounded by the villages Tzanata, Asprogerakas, Kabitsata and Riza. It has a population of 1500 inhabitants. Its port is a significant link between Kefalonia and continental Greece. It was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1953 , after the few fishermen’s houses were destroyed, it is harmonically constructed at the foot of the mountains Pahni and Atros. A vast indented coastline, that is 2km long, abundant in sandy beaches and leeward ports, comprises its seafront. The sea with its clear and transparent waters offers a spectacular sight with the variety of colours. The area is renowned as a fishing place, while its caves are a shelter for the seal Monachus-Monachus and the turtle Caretta-Caretta.

This text is cited Apr 2003 from the Poros Community URL below, which contains images.

• http://www.poros-kefalonia.gr/english/sights.htm (9 img.)

RATZAKLI (Settlement) KEFALLONIA
Ratzakli is a picturesque village, which belongs to the District of Skala. It has an exceptional view of the sea and the adjacent Katelios Bay.