20 Facts About Zakynthos

Zakynthos or Zante is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea.

Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and its only municipality.

Zakynthos is a tourist destination, with an international airport served by charter flights from northern Europe.

Zakynthos was then conquered by King Arkesios of Kefalonia, and then by Odysseus from Ithaca.

Philip V of Macedon seized Zakynthos in the early 3rd century BC, when it was a member of the Aetolian League.

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Zakynthos appears to have been spared from the Slavic invasions of the 6th–7th centuries, as no Slavic names are attested on the island.

In 880, the Aghlabids raided Zakynthos, but were defeated by the Byzantine navy under Nasar.

Zakynthos was captured by the Ottoman Empire in 1478, but conquered by the Republic of Venice in 1482.

Zakynthos is about 40 kilometres long and 20 kilometres wide, and covers an area of 405.

Zakynthos has the shape of an arrowhead, with the "tip" pointing northwest.

The port of Zakynthos has a ferry connecting to the port of Kyllini on the mainland.

Minor uninhabited islands around Zakynthos included in the municipality and regional unit are: Marathonisi, Pelouzo, Agios Sostis in the Laganas bay, Agios Nikolaos near the eponymous harbor on the northern tip, and Agios Ioannis near Porto Vromi on the western coast.

Zakynthos is a separate regional unit of the Ionian Islands region, and the only municipality of the regional unit.

Zakynthos is one of the regions with the highest population growth in Greece.

Since Zakynthos was under the rule of the Venetian Republic, it had closer contact with Western literary trends than other areas inhabited by Greek people.

Freshwater resources on Zakynthos are limited, and as a result a Greek-Norwegian educational collaboration is being established on the island.

Science Park Zakynthos is a collaboration between the Technological Educational Institute of the Ionian Islands, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences, and the Therianos Villas and Therianos Family Farm on Zakynthos.

The famous Renaissance surgeon and anatomist Andreas Vesalius died on Zakynthos after being shipwrecked while making a pilgrimage to the Holy Land.

Zakynthos's body is thought to have been buried on the island but the site has been lost.

Since the mid 1980s, Zakynthos has become a hub for 18-to-30-year-old tourists, leading to Alykanas and Laganas becoming hotbeds of clubbing hotels, nightclubs, bars and restaurants.