{"id":597,"date":"2009-03-17T15:43:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-17T15:43:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/?p=597"},"modified":"2021-12-18T08:26:35","modified_gmt":"2021-12-18T06:26:35","slug":"zakynthos-geographical-historical-outline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/zakynthos-geographical-historical-outline\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakynthos Geographical &#038; Historical Outline"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Zakynthos Geographical &amp; Historical Outline<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ZAKYNTHOS-DSC02400.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-13213 size-full\" title=\"Zakynthos Geographical &amp; Historical Outline\" src=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ZAKYNTHOS-DSC02400.jpg\" alt=\"Zakynthos Geographical &amp; Historical Outline\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ZAKYNTHOS-DSC02400.jpg 500w, https:\/\/greek-islands-portal.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/ZAKYNTHOS-DSC02400-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Zakynthos is a beautiful island with lush vegetation and tranquil countryside.<br \/>\nIt is the third largest of the Ionian islands, with an area of 410 square kilometers and about 125 kilometers of coastline.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The island has a varied terrain: the east part consists of plains that descend to gentle bays on the coast, while the west part, in contrast, is fairly mountainous, with a steep coastline.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Zakynthos Geographical &amp; Historical Outline<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Thucydides states that the earliest inhabitants of the island were Achaeans.<br \/>\nIt may be deduced from Homer\u2019s Iliad that Zakynthos, along with Kefalonia, Lefkada and Akarnania was part of the kingdom of Odysseus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During the Peloponnesian War, the Zakynthians fought on the side of the Corcyraeans.<br \/>\nThe island was later captured by the Macedonians, followed by the Romans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">During Roman and Byzantine times, it experienced many destructions and pirate raids.<br \/>\nIt then came under the control of the Franks, the Turks and the Venetians, after which it was governed by the French Republicans, and after them by the English.<br \/>\nZakynthos was united with Greece in 1864.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; 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