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Area: 131 sq.km.Population:1.618 Capital: Loulis(Hora), Port: Koryssia(Livadi) How yo get there: By daily boat from Lavrion By Hydrofoiles: from Piraeus(Marina Zeas) |
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HISTORY: The island was inhabited during the Neolithic era and took its name from the mythical hero Keos. Áround the beginning of the first millennium the lonians established col- ontes there and founded four independent cities · loulis, Karthaia, Poieessa, Korissia - all of which flourished. Later Kea became a member of the Athenian Confederacy and took part in the Persian Wars. Its decline begari with the Roman conquést. During the Crusades and afterwards. it was one of Venice's Aegean posses sions. Like the other islands it was laid waste by Barbarossa in 1537 and subsequently fell to the Turks. In 1781 the Revolutionary herc Lambros Katsonis made Kea his base of operations. SIGHTSEEING: Little remains of the iour ancient cities. Excavations of the Américan School at Agia Irini have unearthed an important Bronze Age settlement, whose finds are on displaý in Ihe Hora museum. In the capital, built on a hillside on the site of ancient loulis, the tradi- tional Cycladic architecture is preserved intact.Near the town stand remains of a Venetian castle. To the north-east, carved out of rock, is the colossal "Lion of Kea'; the work of an lo- nian sculptor of the 7th century BC. Also worth noting are the Byzantine monasteries Agia Philothei (lóth c.) and the Panayia Kastriani. The island is dotted.·with lovely coves and beaches, all accessible by land. |
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