The most beautiful and well maintained building of the British rule period, the school of Milapidea stands on a hill between Fatsadika and Livadi. The building had a vaulted roof and is perfectly situated and proportioned, surrounded by 11 huge Gothic carved windows.

Within a short distance from the archaeological site of Palaiopolis in Kastri, stands the mountain of Agios Georgios. In 1991 Mr. Adonis Kyrou, renown publisher of Estia magazine, made a very important discovery there. On an August noon Mr. Kyrou, known for his passion for archaeology, was climbing the steep mountainside that overlooks the beach of Avlemonas when he noticed something shiny on a small dirt road and: it was a small bronze statue;

So, where was the beautiful ancient goddess Aphrodite born after all? We have many reasons to believe she was born in Kythera and much evidence to prove it! In one of the most amphitheatric parts of the island, mountain Paleokastro, at an altitude of 253m and three kilometers away from the coastal region of Skandia, was the temple of Aphrodite! Paleokastro spreads over an area of 145 acres and according to Thucydides, this was the site of Ano (upper) Kythera.

The stone bridge in Katouni is one of the most impressive monuments of Kythera. It was built during the period of British rule and is the largest stone bridge in Greece. Its length reaches 110m, it is 15m long and 6m wide. It is characteristically based on 13 arches and 12 wickets in absolute symmetry!

The Historical Archive of Kythera is housed in the castle headquarters in Chora and –taking into consideration the bad state of the other Ionian islands’ archives, due to the partial or total damage sustained- it is one of the most important Venetian archives all over Greece!