Xylokastro (Greek: Ξυλόκαστρο) is a seaside town and a former municipality in Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a unit or component. The municipal unit has an area of 310.252 km2.
Geographic features include a long 2 km beach and semi-arid forest on varied terrain, scattered with early churches and evidence of early settlements and religious sites. It has narrowly separated upper and lower coastal roads and forms a medium-sized touristic village on the Gulf of Corinth.
Known in ancient times as: Aristonautai
Periods/Settlements: archaic, classical, hellenistic-republican, roman
Distance between:
Athens to Xylokastro60 Miles / 97 Kms Thessaloniki to Xylokastro179 Miles / 288 Kms
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