Kithira Island Greece Paliochora ruins (GHOST CITY) Original Footage 4k

Kythirans still talk about the destruction and looting of Paliochora by Barbarossa; it has become an intrinsic part of the Kytherian folklore. One can easily accept the stories of locals by noticing the number of monasteries embedded in the rocky hillsides to avoid destruction by the pirates.
Η Παληοχώρα Κυθήρων, η βυζαντινή πρωτεύουσα του νησιού. Καταστράφηκε το 1537 από τον Μπαρμπαρόσα.

Kythira is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is traditionally listed as one of the seven main Ionian Islands, although it is distant from the main group. Administratively, it belongs to the Islands regional unit, which is part of the Attica region, despite its distance from the Saronic Islands, around which the rest of Attica is centered