Kastellorizo Καστελλόριζο Мейисти

Kastellorizo- Greek beauty- Greece 2015 Καστελλόριζο- Ελλάς 2015 Мейисти- Греция- прекрасныи остров на греческом Юге Kastellorizo is (with the exception of the nearby islet of Strongyli) the easternmost Greek island and is situated in the Eastern Mediterranean.The island is connected with Rhodes by ferry and is served by Kastellorizo Airport. The island&official name, Megisti (Μεγίστη) means "biggest" or "greatest", but at only 11.987 km2 (5 sq mi) in area, it is the smallest of the Dodecanese. The name, however, refers to the fact that it is the largest of the small archipelago.[2] This name was used in antiquity,[4] but is now rarely used in Greek, the name Kastellórizo (Καστελλόριζο) being common since the twelfth century. There are several hypotheses about the origin of this name.[5] "Kastello" derives from the Italian word "castello", meaning "castle".The houses of the town are slender and characterised by wooden balconies and windows of the Anatolian type.[6] Behind the waterfront, many houses are still in a ruinous state. At the entrance to the harbour, on the east side, stand the single story remnants of the former Italian governate (palazzina della delegazione), erected in 1926 by the Italian architect Florestano Di Fausto, who also designed some of the most important buildings of the Italian period in Rhodes.[7] Nearby is the island&former Ottoman mosque which dates from the second half of the 18th century and which has been now restored and re-opened as a...