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Kissamos

Also known as Kastelli Kissamou, Kisamos

Kissamos is a town on the Gulf of Kissamos in north-western Crete, Greece, also known as Kastelli. In antiquity Kisamos served as the harbour of the hill city of Polyrrhenia and later became a city in its own right, with a bishopric in Roman and Byzantine times. Excavations have uncovered Roman houses with fine mosaics, shown in the town's museum.

Kissamos
Image: Martin Belam from Chania, Crete · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kissamos. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kissamos
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