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Sep 13, 2020 · September 13, 2020. Kastellorizo was razed to the ground by German bombers in 1943. On September 13, 1943, a Greek destroyer sailed in all its glory to the small port of Kastellorizo, the south-easternmost island of Greece, marking the beginning of the end of the German occupation of Greece. The sight of the Greek flag hoisted upon the ...
Kastellorizo or Castellorizo (US: / ˌkɑːstəˈlɔːrɪzoʊ / KAH-stə-LOR-iz-oh; [3] Greek: Καστελλόριζο, romanized: Kastellórizo), officially Megisti (Μεγίστη, Megísti), is a Greek island and municipality of the Dodecanese in the Eastern Mediterranean. [4][5] It lies roughly 2 kilometres (1 mile) off the south coast of ...
Dec 15, 2020 · In December of 1915, France landed 500 soldiers on the island, aiming to establish a strategic sea base, monitor Germany’s naval movements and ultimately gain a post-war “France du Levant” that would include Kastellorizo, the “pearl of the East.” In response, a Turkish artillery unit commanded by Mustafa Ertuğrul secretly installed on the opposite shore a battery of sixteen guns ...
In 1915, during World War I, allied troops landed on Kastellorizo provoking the Turks to shell the island. From 1915 to 1921 it was occupied by France, but handed back to Italy following the Treaty of Sèvres, signed in 1920, which confirmed the Italian claim to the Dodecanese islands based on their victory in the Italo-Turkish War of 1911-1912.
Jul 7, 2013 · It's Kastellorizo, the most remote of all Greek islands, located 125 km (78 mi) east of Rhodes, but only 2km (1mile) off Kaş, on the Lycian Coast of Turkey. It's official name is Megisti, ironically enough meaning “the biggest one”, although the island is truly tiny, measuring only about 12 km 2 (5 sq mi) in size. It is, however, the ...
Jul 5, 2021 · WORLD WAR II (1941-1945) Fighting between the British and the Italians (1941-43), heavy German bombing (1943) and a massive fire (1944) wreak havoc on Kastellorizo and force the remaining inhabitants to flee. Their eventual homecoming is marked by further tragedy, as a returning refugee ship (SS Empire Patrol) catches fire, resulting in loss of ...
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Feb 1, 2024 · An insider’s guide to Kastellorizo, Greece’s most underrated island. “The front row of Kastellorizo looks like a theatre set, and the backstreets are like the backstage where you find the real life of the local people with their secret stories,” says Marie Rivalant, a Parisian architect who has helped to reverse the fortunes of this thriving 19th-century shipping port, which was badly ...
