Kymi ( Greek : Κύμη , Kýmē ) is a coastal town and a former municipality (6,706 inhabitants in 2021) in the island of Euboea , Greece , named after an ancient Greek place of the same name. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kymi-Aliveri , of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 167.616 km . The ancient Euboean Kyme is mentioned as a harbor town related to the more prominent poleis of Chalkis and Eretria in antiquity. Together with these, it is sometimes named as the founding metropolis of the homonymous Kymē (Cumae) in Italy, an important early Euboean colony, which was probably named after it. A small Arvanite community inhabits the town.
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12-790: Is considered the greenest of Greece in terms of native vegetation and is second all in clean sand beaches. There are numerous tourist and sightseeing attractions, such as the house of the noted pathologist and researcher George Papanicolaou , inventor of the Pap smear , the Folklore Museum of Kymi, the Monastery of the Transfiguration, three small Byzantine churches in Oxilithos, the Archaeological Collection and
18-403: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Cyme (Euboea) There are few or no archaeological traces of ancient Euboean Kyme, and its exact location is not known. A Bronze Age settlement has been excavated in nearby Mourteri. Some modern authors believe that Kyme never existed as an independent polis in historical times but that it
24-582: The Archaeological Sites, and a ruined Venetian tower in San handkerchief etc. The most well known agricultural products produced in Kymi are figs, cherries and olive oil. Local specialties include the "cocoon display," handicrafts made from cocoons, and sweets such as baklava and almond. The road network in the Kymi region is quite underdeveloped. There is only one major road (regional road) connecting
30-443: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Cyme . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cyme&oldid=967958178 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-539: Was a mere village dependent on either Chalkis or Eretria. Ortari mountain is located northwest of Kymi. Kymi is a small town and the surrounding region overlooks the Aegean Sea. Due to its vantage point, Kymi is sometimes called "The Balcony of the Aegean". Kymi has one of the largest man-made ports in the country and serves as a transportation hub for the eastern Aegean Islands and northern Greece. The city Kymi
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