AREA GUIDE

The ANCHOR STUDIOS are located in the Lixouri region at the west side of Kefalonia.

Lixouri is one of two big cities on the island. It was first mentioned as Lixari in 1534, in a complaining document to the English senate.

Two destructive earthquakes, the first in 1867 and the other in 1953, totally destroyed the town of Lixouri. The present town was rebuilt at the same place but it has certainly lost a lot of its original traditional characteristics.
Before the earthquakes, Lixouri was a town with narrow streets, tall church
towers and numerous churches.

In the center of the town there is an imposing building called Markato
which was built by the English in 1824.
There are many squares, sculptures, monuments and streets planted with trees. Nowadays, Lixouri is an excellent organized, powerful, energetic Municipality.

Lixouri is on a part of the Island which stands away from the mountain range of Aenos that cover the rest of the island.
These mountains are well-formed with low hills, plain country, long sandy beaches and natural little rivers.

Wherever you stand, the horizon is in front of you, your eye-sight isn't
limited, and your soul isn't captured. Perhaps, that is the reason why the
inhabitants of Lixouri are a little bit "peculiar", full of joy, vividness and
The inclination to literature and the arts.