Zakynthos town - Zakynthos (Greece)

Sights Zakynthos town:

• The Solomos Square at Strata Marina with it’s many neoclassical buildings and the statue of Dionysios Solomos.
• The many beautiful churches of the town Zakynthos. In some churches icons can be admired that were painted by Creta and local painters. Beautiful icons are in the churches Faneromeni, Kyria ton Aggelon, Agios Nikolaos Molou and Pikridiotissa.
• The church of Agios Nikolaos Molou where the patron Saint of the island, Agios Dionysios, preached when he came to Zakynthos. This Renaissance-style church was built in the 17th century.
• The church of Agios Dionysios with its imposing bell tower, the urn of the Saint and many beautiful icons.
• The post-Byzantine museum where works of icon painters are exhibited.
• The Museum of the Occupation and the National Resistance at the Spiritual Centre
• The Ethnological museum in the Leonida Zoi Street.
• The municipal library and the picture gallery where paintings can be seen in which the city appears how it looked before the 1953 earthquake.
• The hill Strani where the bust of the Greek national poet Dionysios Solomos is located. Dionysios Solomos was the writer of the Greek national anthem. Also nearby are the ruins of a Venetian castle.
• The hill Bochalis where the church Zoodochou Pigis is located and where you can see a beautiful Byzantine icon of the Holy Mother. From the top of this hill there is an excellent view over the city. There are also many traditional tavernas with great panoramic views.
• The area around the Statue of Liberty and the memorial to the fallen soldiers which has an important cultural and social meaning.

Text: Yorgos and Wendy Nikolidakis - Revised by Maxine van Hoften Gee