The News in Kythera


  • The Antikythera Shipwreck Exhibition 13-03-2012 |   All antiquities recovered in 1900-1901 and 1976 from the legendary shipwreck off the islet of Antikythera, south of the Peloponnese, will be presented for the first time in a temporary exhibition from April 2012 and for a year at the National Archaeological Museum.
  • Public Bus Schedule Kythira - Athens 06-03-2012 |   Drakakis Tours announces the bus schedules for March and April 2012
  • Travel Photography Workshops in Kythera 01-02-2012 |   Although we are in the middle of winter and even in Athens the cold is freezing our mind and body, our heart is already flying in the sunny sky of spring. Our team is working on preparing the new photography workshops in Lesvos, Kythera and Santorini and that definitely brings a warm wind around us.
  • Theo Aggelopoulos died after Motorcycle Accident 25-01-2012 |   Internationally recognized Greek filmmaker and producer Theodoros Angelopoulos died on Tuesday night after he was seriously injured by a passing motorcycle in the area of Drapetsona, in Athens.
  • The Open Mind of Lafcadio Hearn in New York 06-08-2011 |   In the Nippon Gallery at the Nippon Club, New York
  • Freedom Flotilla Ship forced to pull into Agia Pelagia 14-07-2011 |   A James Bond like sea chase was played out on Thursday afternoon as a Freedom Flotilla ship was aggressively ‘escorted’ into the sleepy harbour of Kythera’s northern port of Agia Pelagia.
  • We Dig Kythira, 2011 Information Night 29-03-2011 |   Learn about plans regarding excavations at three different archaeological sites in Kythera that will take place during July this year, searching for clues left behind from mysterious ancient civilisations. Looking for a special new adventure? How about connecting with Kythera / Greece on a really deep level? Wednesday, March 30th, 6.45pm for a 7.15pm start
  • Season 2011 tours by Drakakis 11-03-2011 |   We travel from Kythera to Crete, Turkey, Prague, Vienna, Budapest.
  • Manuel Aroney an ethnic ambassador 28-02-2011 |   Even a near-fatal heart attack when he was in his mid-40s didn't stop Manuel Aroney from living a full life of work and family, as well as giving years of service to the ethnic communities in Australia and his church.
  • John Fardoulis: “Crazy Passionate” about Archaeology 14-12-2010 |   I’ve met a lot of new people over the last nine months, through helping organise archaeology excavations in various sites in Kythera and Antikythera during the Greek summer this year...
  • Article of Anna Cominos about the Elections 10-11-2010 |   In response to the question where is the blog… Please find below the Kytherian post-election blog that Kythera Family-net pulled off their site. Please circulate. It was written in the hours directly after the election and the language is emotionally charged, but the sentiments mentioned are widely felt here. About censorship, we know are entering ideaologically and politically territory. What is the role of the Kytherian family?
  • Workshop painting and drawing on Kythira 10-11-2010 |   The workshop that you will never forget! Experience through drawing and painting, one of the most beautiful islands of Greece, of which is said the goddess of love went ashore, alike the famous painting of Botticcelli!
  • From Kythera to Chile 21-06-2010 |   Emigrants to Latin America. How they left to go so far, where and when... So many people from Kythera and Antikythera in the second part of 19th century went to Argentina and Chile.
  • Mail by Cristian Prineas 21-06-2010 |   Congratulations for this wonderful initiative. I'm Chilean Greek descent and my grandfather and my grandmother came to Chile in 1904 from about Ktyhira.
  • Hairedin Barbarossa, an admiral of the Ottoman empire 24-05-2010 |   In 1537 Hairedin Barbarossa, an admiral of the Ottoman empire and buccaneer of the shores of Barbaria, ravages and destroys Paleohora, killing civilians while many prisoners are sold as slaves. Paleohora is completely abandoned.
  • Hellenes & Philhellenes 17-04-2010 |   Celebrating Maria Hills superb book on the Greek campaign in WWII.
  • The Great Walls of Kythera 21-01-2010 |   You can't have visited Kythera without having noticed the incredible stone walls in fields, along mountain ridges, in the old houses now in ruins...
  • The Kythera Power Tower Dump Saga Continues 21-01-2010 |   2010 will probably be the year when the government and authorities in Athens decide upon whether Kythera will become a giant industrial wind-power station or not...
  • How immigrants made a cafe society 15-12-2009 |   A newly reprinted book reveals the story of early Greek migrants in Australia, writes Anna Patty.
  • "1916" in the BIBLIOTHECA ALEXANDRINA 03-12-2009 |   In keeping with its policy of collecting unique publications from around the world, the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA) now counts, I ZOI EN AUSTRALIA (Life in Australia), amongst its collection
  • Lecture by Professor Hannah at the Nicholson Museum 01-12-2009 |   The Nicholson Museum at The University of Sydney was packed to the rafters Thursday evening for a fascinating presentation on one of the great mysteries of ancient Hellenism: the Antikythera Mechanism. Professor Robert Hannah (Classics, University of Otago, New Zealand) delivered a great illustrated lecture on one of the world’s earliest computing devices. Prof. Hannah combined history, science and personal experience in a fascinating evening.
  • Kythera and the Ionian Islands 1809 to 1864 19-10-2009 |  
  • The New Tourist Guide of Kythera 02-05-2009 |   It is true! The new website for Kythera has just landed!
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  • "Un mondo fa un mondo, e il Cerigo un altro mondo". All the world is a world and Kythera is another world. venetian proverb