Administrative Region : Ionian Islands
Regional unit : Kerkyra
Afionas (Αφιών) Kerkyra
Afionas, officially Afion, is a seaside village of Corfu [1] with an altitude of 133 meters [2].
Geography - History
Afionas is located in northwestern Corfu and is built on a mountain cape at a distance of 37 km from the city of Corfu. The village has a panoramic view to the west of the Ionian Sea and the rocky islet of Gravia, to the northwest of the Diapontia islands (Mathraki and Othonoi) and to the southeast of the bay of Agios Georgios. It is a well-known tourist destination with old mansions, colorful houses and stone cobbled streets (cantons). The parish church of the village is Agios Ioannis o Lampataris which was built in 1636 and celebrates on June 24 [3]. To the southwest, about a 20-minute walk away, is the double beach "Porto Timoni", which are actually two separated by a narrow strip of land and which has been awarded among the best in Europe. The western one called "Limni" has blue waters, while the eastern one in the bay of Agios Georgios has darker waters. On the way from the village to "Porto Timoni" there are ruins of medieval fortifications that protected it from pirate raids [5]. After the double beach and towards the end of the cape, Akra Arilla in antiquity - "Murgi's Head" for the locals, there is the chapel of Agios Stylianos in a cave [6]. A Neolithic settlement of the 2nd millennium BC has been discovered in the area [1] while findings are exhibited in the Archaeological Museum of Corfu [7] [8].
Name - Administrative
As a settlement it is considered one of the oldest in Corfu and according to tradition owes its name to the local variety of grapes ... It is officially mentioned in 1886 in Government Gazette 9A - 28/01/1866 to be annexed to the then municipality of Amfipagita. In 1940 its name was changed to Afion while in 1947 it was detached from the community of Kavvadadon and was designated the seat of the newly established community of Afionos [9]. According to the Kallikratis plan and after its modification in 2019, together with Afionitika they constitute the local unit Afiona which belongs to the municipal unit of Agios Georgios of the municipality of North Corfu [10] and according to the 2011 census as a community has 297 inhabitants as a settlement 294 [11].
External links
The story of Afion from the website https://www.corfuhistory.eu/
Photos from Porto Timoni beach on the website https://www.tripadvisor.com.gr
The secrets of Afion and the planetary sirens of Nafsika from the website https://www.thepresident.gr
Photos
The double beach of Porto Timoni
Entrance of a house in Afionas
Canton in the village
Sunset overlooking Gravia and Diapontia
References
Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 116, vol. 6.
"Afionas KERKYRAS, Municipality of KERKYRAS | buk.gr ». buk.gr. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
"Traditional festival in Afionas". Corfu Today. June 19, 2019. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
"5 Greek beaches in the 15 best in Europe for 2017". ProtoThema. May 12, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
"Porto Timoni. The remote beach of Corfu, where Odysseus and Nafsika met secretly. Because the area is identified with the mythical city of Faiaka - MACHINE OF TIME ". www.mixanitouxronou.gr. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
"Porto Timoni, the Homeric beach of Nafsika in Corfu (photos) | Kathimerini ». www.kathimerini.gr. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
Ministry of Culture and Sports Permanent Exhibition of the Archaeological Museum of Corfu ". odysseus.culture.gr. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
"Archaeological Museum of Corfu> Collections> The Exhibition". amcorfu.gr. Archived from the original on 29 August 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
"EETAA-Hellenic Society for Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved December 19, 2019.
"Law 4600/2019 - Government Gazette 43 / Α / 9-3-2019 (Articles 98-178)". Legislative Information Bank | e-nomothesia.gr. Retrieved December 12, 2019.
"Official Gazette of the results of the permanent census 2011", p. 10671 (p. 197 of the pdf)
See also: Corfu Island (Kerkyra)
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