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Soon will be an interesting photo album dedicated to the island in this address: http://www.geocities.com/zakynthos/index.html I ll trying my best to finish it as soon as posible to offer a minimum photo tribute to this marvelus place covering old and today times.

When will it be live?

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[edit] Zakynthos live web cameras

I want to inform you for two live web cameras. I think its nice that you can watch live the island over the internet.

http://www.gozakynthos.gr/live/ The stream is live from Zante and is updated every 60 second. You can see the statue of Dionisios Solomos. He is best known for writing the Hymn to Liberty the Greek national anthem. The other buildings are, Post Byzantine Museum, local Library and the cinema.

http://www.gozakynthos.gr/live/plaka.beach.webcam.php The Plaka Beach is situated in the exquisite, sparsely-populated village of Vasilikos, north-east of the town of Zante, in the area of Agios Nicholaos. Vasilikos is one of the island’s most popular resorts, mostly due to its unaffected natural beauty, which uniquely combines sea and mountain.


[edit] some minor edits

Just wanted to let you know i did some grammer fixes towards the end of the article. I had a little trouble deciphering a few of your comments. If I mangled it, let me know.

--David Kain 15:51, 26 Oct 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Find info about Zakynthos Zante island

Hi, In case you want to find info about Zakynthos island, like beaches, maps, weather, photos, resorts, useful phones, accommodations and many more, visit ZanteHotels.gr which is a complete guide about Zakynthos island - http://www.zantehotels.gr/

[edit] Newly created

The newly created article at Flag of Zakynthos - is it possible to include something about the flag somewhere in the article? -- Francs2000 | Talk 28 June 2005 16:04 (UTC)

[edit] Zakynthos or Zákynthos

I wonder if any body could tell me which one of these is right as the article is called Zakinthos bit on Microsoft AutoRoute 2005 it is spelt Zákinthos. London UK 18:01, 07 Mar 2006 (UTC/GMT)

I belive it is the later of the two, however, that can not be displayed on WP because not all computers support an international typeface. Merry Christmas- Kaspazes 16:27, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Shipwreck Bay

Comment: The article has two spellings of the Bay: "Navago" and "Navagio".

from Jimsun, 11 Sept 2006

[edit] Why does Zante link here?

Zante redirects to this article without any explanation here. Is this a misdirected link, or is Zante an alternative name for the island, or what?. -- Chris j wood 18:27, 21 December 2006 (UTC)

Zante is a short form of Zakinthos, most commonly heard by the British. AxG (talk) 18:29, 21 December 2006 (UTC)
Us americans do it too. Merry Christmas- Kaspazes 16:26, 23 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Large number of red links

Wikipedia is not a tourist guide or a directory. I suggest we don't need so many links to local entities like radio stations in the second half of the article; and certainly not when they lack their own WP articles. (A profusion of external links looks more like an advertising directory than a Wikipedia article). We also shouldn't require the complete list of football clubs, since there is already a separate article on the Zakynthos Football Clubs Association that can be referred to. Let me know if anyone objects to my taking away entries that lack their own WP articles. EdJohnston (talk) 15:16, 26 January 2008 (UTC)