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Zákynthos Town

The elegant capital and principal port of the island of the
same name, Zákynthos Town boasts beautiful squares,
arcaded streets and an attractive waterfront, where
colourful fishing boats bustle in and out of the harbour.
Although the town dates back centuries, its buildings
were all but destroyed in the 1953 earthquake that
shook the Ionian Islands. It has been sensitively rebuilt
in a Venetian Neo-Classical style, in its original layout.
Naval Museum
4
of Zákynthos
Dedicated to the history of
the Greek merchant navy,
this museum has a large
collection of instru ments,
uniforms and paintings
from the 18th century to
the present day. Also on
dis play are records of
naval activity during the
two world wars.
Ecclesiastical Museum
1 Byzantine
Housed in the Monastery of
Museum
St Dionýsios, this museum (above) 5
displays a valuable col lection of icons One of the best collections
from the Monastery of Strofades, home of ecclesiastical art in
to St Dionýsios in the 16th century. Greece is on show at
this museum in Plateia
Lomvardou Street
2 Solomóu. Its magnificent
Known locally as Strata Marina,
icons and frescoes were
the esplanade that runs alongside the saved when the island’s
harbour has elegant build ings on one churches crumbled in the
side and colourful boats on the other. 1953 quake (see pp34–5).
NEED TO KNOW 26950 42714; open
8am–3pm Tue–Sun;
Ecclesiastical Museum: adm €4, concessions €2
MAP L6; Church of St
Dionýsios; 26950 22233; Church of Agios Nikolaos
open 9am–1pm, 2–6pm Molos: MAP M4; Plateia
Tue–Sun; adm €2 Solomóu
Lomvardou Street: MAP L5 Church of Agios Dionýsios:
MAP L6; Ag Dionýsiou
Venetian Fortress: MAP K4; Bochali Hill: MAP K4
Bochali Hill; 26950 48099;
open summer: 8am–3pm Museum of Solomós: MAP
Venetian
3 Tue–Sun; winter: 8:30am– L4; Plateia Ag Markou;
26950 28982; www.
Fortress
3pm Tue–Sun; adm €4
Overlooking the town, Naval Museum of museumsolomos.gr; open
9am–2pm daily; adm €4
this mid-17th-century Zákynthos: MAP K4; Plateia Rouga: MAP L5
fort ress once played a key Bochali Hill; open
role defending the town. 9am–2pm daily; adm €3 • Most of the town’s main
Look out for the Lions of Byzantine Museum: MAP thorough fares run
St Markos inscrip tion over M4; Plateia Solomóu; parallel to the esplanade.
the entrance (above).
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