Kissamos

  • Kissamos is a town on the island of Crete located at its most western point, 23 miles (37km) west of Chania.
  • A ferry links the harbour to the islands of Antikythera and Kythira and Gytheio on the mainland of the Peloponnese.

Description

  • It was marked as one of two towns called Cisamos on the Peutinger Table and Strabo named it as the port for nearby Aptera.
  • Cisamos was destroyed by the Crete Tsunami of 365 CE.

The Roman Sites

  • Greco-Roman Baths

Museums

  • Kissamos Archeological Museum

 

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