Lefkada
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Lefkada, also known as Lefkas or Leukas and Leucadia, is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea on the west coast of Greece, connected to the mainland by a long causeway and floating bridge. The principal t
View of Lefkada (city)
The island of Lefkada in a NASA World Wind satellite picture.
Sunrise in front of the road entrance of the city
Megali Petra beach
Castle of Santa Maura
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The Castle of Santa Maura is a fortress on the northeastern tip of the Greek island of Lefkada. The castle began as a small fortification in c. 1300 to control access to the island, before it was expa
Sketch of the fortress by the Italian cartographer Giovanni Camocio (1574), seen from the mainland approach
The eastern (mainland-oriented) moat of the castle today (2014), with the ruined piers of the wooden access bridge visible