Fiskardo Window

by Rob Hemphill

Title

Fiskardo Window

Artist

Rob Hemphill

Medium

Photograph - Photography

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This beautiful window caught my eye while walking around the charming village of Fiskardo on the Ionian island of Kefalonia, Greece.

Fiskardo is part of the municipal unit of Erisos and is situated in the northernmost part of Kefalonia, a short distance from Ithaca. It has a small and diminishing fishing fleet. The coast around Fiskardo is mainly rocky with numerous pebble-beached coves. The port serves ferry routes to the ports of Frikes (Ithaca) and Lefkada. The community of Fiskardo consists of the villages Fiskardo, Evreti, Katsarata, Matsoukata, and Tselentata.

Unlike most of Cephalonia, Fiskardo escaped from destruction by the 1953 Ionian earthquake and it has kept its original architecture.

Fiskardo is also the name of the two-kilometer long bay in which the port is located. Fiskardo and the dense forest in the surrounding area have been declared areas of great natural beauty and are protected under Greek law. In recent years a small tourist industry has developed, centered on luxury villas in the area around the village.

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March 6th, 2020

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