Keri, Greece

Keri (Greek, Modern: Κερί, Katharevoussa: -ον "-on"), older forms: -o and -on, also with an i accented is a village in the southern part of the island of Zakynthos. Its 2001 population was 487 for the village and 680 for the municipal district. The municipal district includes the island's southernmost point, Cape Marathia. Keri was once the southernmost community in the island before become a part of the municipality of Laganas in the late-1990s.

ettlements

*Apelati
*Limni Keriou (Lake Keri)
*Marathia

Nearest places

*Agkala, northwest
*Lithakia, north
*Marathia, south - also a cape

Population

Location and transportation

Keri is located between 20 and 25 km south-southwest of the town of Zakynthos, south of Laganas and south-southeast of Volimes. Keri is sometimes the southernmost terminus of the GR-35 (Zakynthos - Lagana) and the road north to Volimes.

About Keri

Keri is situated on the southern part of the island and is in the southernmost part of the Vrachiona mountains. Its area are mountainous and are mainly grassy and contains a few forests. Its rocky coastline dominates the area. Farmlands are within the village, it has a nearby lake.

History

Keri was ruled by the Venetians until the Napolenic Wars when it was controlled and ruled by the French until the British invasion near the end, the Russians and the Ottoman Turks also ruled during the wars, though the Septinsular Republic was autonomous. Keri and the rest of the Ionian Islands formed a part of the United States of the Ionian Islands until 1864 which marked the end of the non-Greek rule, it finally ceded to Greece.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, it was partially rebuilt, almost every building in the villages were completely destroyed in the 1953 Ionian Earthquake, afterwards, the village were rebuilt by the late-1950s and 1960 to rebuilt everything and at the time connected with asphalt. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium.

Other

Keri has a school for the entire municipal district (the former community), a church, a restaurant, a tavern and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Laganas.

ee also

*List of places in the Zakynthos prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=6594 Keri at the GTP Travel Pages]