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A travel in Kythira we dreamed to make, from the season perhaps where we saw the film of Th. Aggelopoyloy, or even before still, the memory of wish it helps us. Today prompts us the nostalgia of wish, in order to visit at last, even without we are shaken by our couch, the greenary island, the island of our dreams. How we will reach? But with the flying dolphin of our imagination, of cource.

Historical…
Kythira were known from the antiquity for the adoration of Venus. The first written report on the island becomes in Iliada, where become reason for their Kythira's warriors Amfidamanta and Lykofrona. Kythira are cited also by Isiodos in the Theogony, reported in the birth of Venus. The 8th century the island habitated from Argeioys Dorians up to the means of 6th century that was occupied by Lakedaimonioi, installed alone guard and they established Kythirodic.

In Peloponnisian War the island, because of its geographic place became object of conflict sport ween the Athenians and their Spartiats and many times changed hands. In the Byzantine years, Kythira belonged in the administration of Eastern fun, what is yrikou and it passed, as the other Eptanisa, from the papal power in the Orthodoxe Patriarchate of Konstantinoupoli.

The 18 century in Kythira were founded European commercial stations and consulates and was marked economic blossoming that was also continued after the end of Venetian domination, in 1797. The catalysis of Venetian state came with his treaty Kambos Formio in the 6/10/1797. Eptanisa devolved the democratic Frenches and constituted with Zakynthos and Strofades one of the three prefectures of Ionian. In the 7/10 1798 the Russian-Turkey fleet came in the island and the small number of French guard were forced to surrender… Two years later in May 1800, with the treaty of Konstadinoupolis was founded the “State of the Seven United”, the first independent Greek state, with the Byzantine system that brought a lot of agitations. The victory of Napoleon against the coalition of Russia - Prussia it again brought the Frenches in Eptanisa up to the '89 that it was taken by the English.

Today
Now however, after we made a small travel in the past, we will begin a short travel us in the Chora of Kythiroa, a islander city that embraces tight the castle, in the Chora with the white lodges, narrow roads, the arcades and belfries and we will go up in the Castle that was built in the 1503 in a splendid and conspicuous place on the ruins of Byzantine fortress (1150) and will gaze the Cretan Sea and more far will be seen Antikythira, the islet Augo. A picture that it will leave to us easily and we will also follow after our return. With the churches of Panagia of Myrtidiotissas, Panagia of Orphanis, Pantokratora and Saint Ioannis. Also, in the castle is in always accommodated the historical file of island that previously was the residence of Venetain Sovereign. Howeveer we did not finish thus fast. We just took a taste from Kythira, Kythira of our dreams, Kythira of loneliness and beauty.