The church of Agios Nikolaos Molos is located at the southern side of Solomos Square, just above the port of Zakynthos Town. This is the oldest Venetian building of the square and the only that survived the severe earthquake and fire of 1953. Originally the church had been constructed on a small islet connected to the town with a bridge, Read more…

The Castle of Zakynthos is set on a hill above Zante Town, in the region of Bohali. Constructed in the 15th century, probably around 1480, this Castle protected the island from many pirate raids and enemy attacks. Read more…

The Museum of Dionysios Solomos, Andreas Kalvos and other Eminent Personalities of Zakynthos are housed in a Neoclassical building at the square of Saint Mark, Zakynthos Town. On the ground floor of the museum is the mausoleum and hosts the bones of the National Greek Poet, Dionysios Solomos since 1968, as well as the bones of poet Andreas Kalvos and Read more…

This museum is dedicated to Gregorios Xenopoulos, a famous Greek playwriter born in Zakynthos. It is housed in the ancestral mansion of the writer and it houses his manuscripts, photos, and personal items. Read more…

Agios Dionysios is the largest church in Zakynthos and celebrates on December 17, which is the Feast Day of Agios Dionysios, Patron Saint, and Protector of the island. This holy and miraculous church was slowly built from 1925 and was finally completed in 1948, only a few years before the devastating earthquake of 1953. It is one of the three Read more…

During the first half of the 13th century, the emperor of Nikikas, Theodoros Laskaris I, was the founder of the Holy Monastery of Strofadi. As was the custom of the Byzantine emperors, it was dedicated to Jesus Christ. According to the historian L. Zoi, the emperor John Palaiologos renovated the monastery, around the year 1440 AD. The monastery looks like Read more…