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Céphalonie (Kefalonia, Κεφαλονιά), Îles Ioniennes (Ionian Islands, Ιόνια νησιά), Grèce (Greece, Ελλάδα)
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Assos village, Kefalonia island, Greece, seen in the evening from a walking trail. Happy weekend to everyone.
Assos, in the Canakkale Province of Turkey, is said to have been founded by immigrants from the nearby island of Lesbos in the 7th Century BC. The Temple of Athena, dedicated to the Goddess Athena, the protector of the city, has been dated to the 6th Century BC. It is the only example of Doric-style architecture from the Archaic period in Anatolia, and originally featured 34 columns and a statue of Athena. What remains is beautifully atmospheric, and its elevated position offers stunning views of Lesbos and the Aegean Sea.
A quiet little village on the west coast of the main arm of Kefalona, reached from a road that snakes down the hills behind the village from a cross-island road high above the cliffs on that part of the island.