Kefalloniá's capital, Argostóli, lies on a peninsula projecting into the Gulf of Argostóli (or Livádi), which cuts deep into the southwest coast of the island. Once an attractive old town, it was almost completely destroyed by an earthquake in 1953 and has been rebuilt in modern style. The Archeological Museum contains Mycenaean and Roman material.
The remains at Argostóli include a couple of houses, an arched bridge stretching across the lagoon and the obelisk at its center, which commemorates the date of its construction.
The Argostoli Archeological Museum features artifacts from Cephalonia, dating from prehistoric to Roman periods.
Address: Argostoli Archeological Museum, G. Vergoti St, 28100 Argostóli, Greece
Hours:
8:30am-3pm; Closed: Mon
Always closed on: New Year's Day (January 1), Greek National Day (March 25), May Day / Labor Day (May 1), Christmas - Christian (December 25), Day after Christmas, St Stephen's Day, Boxing Day (December 26), Easter - Christian
Tips: Admission is free on Sundays between November and March.
The Corgialeneion Historical and Folk Art Museum, housed in the Corgialeneion Library, is dedicated to preserving the history and memory of the town prior to the 1953 earthquakes. It explores a variety of periods, including the Venetian, Frankish, Turkish, Turko-Russian, the French Revolution, French Empire, provisional British rule and the Union with Greece.
Address: Corgialeneion Historical and Folk Art Museum, 12 Ilia Zervou Street, 28100 Argostóli, Greece
North of Argostóli, at the tip of the peninsula, are the famous sea-mills of Argostóli, now partly buried as a result of the 1953 earthquake. The mills are driven by sea-water surging along a channel cut through the rock and then disappearing into hidden underground passages through the limestone, to emerge on the east side of the island in the Melissáni Cave.
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