Avlemonas castle (Kythera) Avlemonas - Αβλέμονας
Avlemonas, Venetian octagonal bastion of 16th c, guarding bay at Avlemonas, Kythera
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Latitude: 36.225300
Longitude: 23.080700
Confidence: High
Time period: M
Region: Attica
Country: Greece
Department: Islands/Kythera
Mod: Avlemonas
Herodotus's words, quoted above, could suggest that Avlémonas might be, in origin, a Phoenician settlement – perhaps the site of the ancient port which bore the name of ‘Finikounda'. But evidence of a Phoenician presence has always been characteristically elusive, and may simply derive from the fact that Kythera was famous in classical antiquity for the production of purple dye from the murex shell – an industry and trade that was particularly associated with the Phoenicians.
Wikidata ID: Q17606372
Trismegistos Geo: 3356
Info: McGilchrist's Greek Islands
(From McGilchrist’s Greek Islands, © Nigel McGilchrist 2010, excerpted with his gracious permission. Click for the books)
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