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The island’s, ancient walled city,the “kastro” or stronghold of ancient Aigila, lies in the north of the island above the bay of Xeropotamos, once the city’s harbour. Its walls, which date from the Hellenistic period, have survived in good condition. The city’s ruins cover about 75 acres, and it probably had about 800-1000 inhabitants. Much of the fortification has been preserved: in places, the walls stand as much as six meters tall.

In the harbour of Xeropotamos there is a “neosoikos” – an inclined space or slipway where the warships from the pirate city were stored. It is carved out of the rock and in exceptionally good condition; it is one of the few in Greece that have ever been found preserved in their entirety. The ongoing excavation of the stronghold has discovered that the fortifications were first built towards the end of the fourth century BC or the beginning of the third century BC. Important repairs were made during the middle of the third century BC, after an expedition of invaders from Rhodes devastated the city.

It appears that from the beginning the castle was under the control of “Falasarna”, a well-known city of pirates in Western Crete, which used it as an observatory and isolated outpost. The island's luck changed between 69 and 67 BC, when the Romans decided to embark on “an expedition against piracy” and after the first century BC it seems to have been abandoned. Throughout the city, archaeologists have found clear evidence of a long history of war. The majority of the archaeological objects found are residues of war, such as stone projectiles from small catapults, arrowheads, and innumerable lead sling-shots in the shape of almonds. The walls are marked by numerous and extensive repairs, and in some places the repairs were clearly hasty and improvised.

Source: Community of Antikythera

Accommodation
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Access
The island is connected with continuous sailings to Piraeus (9.5 hours), Gythion of Lakonia (5 hours), Kythera (2 hours), Neapoli of Lakonia (4.5 hours) and Kastelli Kissamos of Crete (2 hours).

The access to Antikythera is easy. For the boat routes you can be informed from the port authorities and travel agencies of Kythera and the connecting regions. The piscatorial shelter of island, in the big natural gulf of Potamos , can entertain small number of tourist and piscatorial ships.

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