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Chronology Venetian Rule, 1386-1797. Venice acquired the Ionian Islands off the western coast of Greece in 1386. Venice was a major naval power, and the islands were extremely important for control of access to the Adria...

Derek De Solla Price, 1959 From the evidence of the fragments one can get a good idea of the appearance of the original object. Consisting of a box with dials on the outside and a very complex assembly of gear wheels mou...

Getting to the Source of Springs One of the most dynamic geological features of Kythera generally, and particularly the village of Karavas, is the large number of natural springs. The three springs in central Karavas - a...

A sample of the Easter menu at my Father's restaurant ,the Atlas Cafe, Highland Park, Michigan. 1938. Some of the prices are un believable.

This business card was given to Ross (Spiros) Tzannes in 1997 by an elderly Kytherian man who knew Ross’s father. The card had originally been given to the man by Ross’s father Stratis Tzannes in the 1930’s. Stratis was...

Dimitrios Aroney's passport issued by the Greek Consulate of Sydney in 1916. This passport enabled him to travel from Australia to the USA. Family name: Aroney Village of origin: Aroniathika Document dated: 1916

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Many thanks to Peter Vanges and the Kytherian Association of Australia for their kind permission to reproduce this logo from Kythera, a History (1993), a hard cover book which is still available from the Association. For...

Many thanks to Peter Vanges and the Kytherian Association of Australia for their kind permission to reproduce this document from Kythera, a History (1993), a hard cover book which is still available from the Association....

At sixteen years of age Andonis Pentopoulos left Kythera and migrated to Australia. He had hardly ever even been outside of his village when he set out on his first journey abroad. Andonis had been sponsored by his uncle...

This is the envelope with logo from my grandfather Dimitri Prineas' (Dimitrelou) café in Holbrook. He ran it until 1949, when, on the night of their departure party, the day before he and his family were to move to Sydne...

An article about "Kythera Photographic Encounters", a three-day photographic event in October 2002 on Kythera, organised by John Stathos.