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Wikipedia

Lixouri (Greek, Modern: Ληξούρι, Katharevousa: -on) is the main city on the peninsula of Paliki in the island of Kefalonia, one of the Ionian Islands of western Greece. Lixouri is the second largest community in Kefalonia after Argostoli and before Sami and is the capital of the small peninsula. It is located south of Fiskardo, west of Argostoli.

History

The city was found, when citizens of Pale/Pali found a new location for a town. The old city was left completly until 16th century. The oldest document which contains the name "Lixouri" is sent in 1534 by local authorities to the Senate of Venice. In the 19th century Lixouri was a popular tourist destination, Richard Strauss visited the town. Many houses were destroyed in the earthquakes on January 23rd 1867 and in August 1953. In the early 1950ies the Royal Family of Greece send their children some times for summer holidays to Lixouri. In the 1990ies Lixouri became again a popular tourist destination and some larger hotels were built south of the town near the beaches.

Literature

Lixouri is the home town of the poet and satyrical author Andreas Laskaratos, who wrote about the life in his home town. Kay Cicellis book "Death of a Town" (1954) beginns in Lixouri and describes the tme of the earthquake. In 1956 Petros Katsaitis wrote his play "Iphigenia in Lixourion". Ilka Chase in "The Varied Airs of Spring" (1969) and Georges Haldas in "A la recherche du rameau d'or" (1976) wrote also about the town.

Infrastructure

Lixouri has a few schools and few lyceums or middle schools, a few gymnasia or high schools and a college. The public library is located at the Iakovateios building. On the Lixouri campus of the “Technological Education Institute (T.E.I) of the Ionian Islands” two faculties are established: business administration and acustics. Since 2003 Lixouri has also a theatre.

Transportation

Lixouri has a small port with a ferry line with services to Argostoli (in the season every 1 or 1/2 hour) that is used for vehicles under 5 tons. Other services are in summer to Patras and Killini on the mainland. The KTEL bus service has a station in Lixouri and offers routes ending in Patras and Athens (via the port of Sami). Some Hotels offer own bus services eg. from Lixouri to the XI-Beach and Kounopetra. One bus line is drinving twice a day trough all villages of the peninsula, Paliki but it is not very often used.