Location – Description

The thermal springs of Kastro Killini are located on the northwest beach of the Peloponnese, which belongs to the prefecture of Ilia and directly opposite the islands of Zakynthos and Kefalonia. The thermal springs of Loutra Killini are within the rural area of ​​the DD. Castle, located southwest of the village as well as Chlemoutsi fortress, 6 km from Kylini and 85 km from Patra.
The name Kyllini was given to Loutra because Kyllini, which is six kilometers away from Kastro, was known from antiquity as a harbor and as a settlement. The springs are located between two hills (mostly sandy) and form a valley facing the sea at a distance of 330 meters. The area of ​​Loutra has dense vegetation and with centuries-old trees, mainly eucalyptus trees, planted in the years 1890-1892, transported from France by the care of the company SPAP, which had undertaken the exploitation of the Baths. The Baths of Kyllini were an independent settlement until 1912. After the recognition of the Municipalities and Communities with which the village of Kastro was recognized as a Community, at the same time the settlement of Loutra Killini was part of the Castle Community. Following the implementation of Capodistrian law 2539/1997, Castle was a single unit of the newly founded Municipality of Kastro-Killini. The name “Loutra Killinis” remains so because it is known worldwide and in order to avoid any confusion. The transfer to Loutropoli is secured by car from Lechena – Kastro – Loutra and from Vartholomio – Loutra or from Killini – Kastro – Loutra.

Brief history

The thermal springs have been abandoned for centuries and in the year 1890 – on Charilaou Trikoupi – the exploitation began with the concession to the company SPAP (Piraeus – Athens – Peloponnese Railway) for fifty years. At that time, the sidestream railway to Loutra was constructed from Kavasila station. The line was operational until the year 1940, and was destroyed during the German occupation. The company SPAP, using the Loutra, has built a hydrotherapy store with a large waiting room with 50 marble baths, an inhalation department, as well as lithography, lithography and spraying facilities, hotels and private hostels with apartments for rent, park, flower gardens, etc. During the occupation and the civil war, the installations of the Baths were destroyed and only in 1951 the organization and exploitation of the EOT was destroyed. (National Tourism Organization) with the creation of hydrotherapy, hotel and camping in the area. Since 1998 the area of ​​Loutra has been rented to Daskalandonakis Nikolaos for 46 years where a hydrotherapy and luxury hotels were built and operated.

Treatment of diseases in the Baths of the Municipality of Kastro – Killini

Types of treatment :

Posiotherapy
Rinse-out
Individual Inhalation
Group Inhalation
Bath (hydrotherapy)

Skin Diseases (dermatoses) Hydrotherapy :

Herpes
Acne (juvenile)
Eczema (not all kinds and reasons)
Dandruff
Pemfyx

Rheumatism (muscle, arthritis), neuralgia, migraine, postpalgia etc :

Chronic gastric rupture of the digestive tract
Dyspepsia, galaxies
Cystitis
Chronic uterus and chronic syphilis
Hemorrhoids to bruising
Diseases of uterine and mucosal mucosa
Enteritis originating from atonia of the stomach or intestines.
Anemia and cachexia.
Sterilization.
Chronic rude diseases
Chronic pharyngitis, laryngitis, rhinitis, tracheitis
Asthma, bronchial or nervous or allergic
Tuberculosis in the first or second stage

Upper and kinetic system :

Diseases of the spine
Bone Diseases
Diseases of the nervous system
Diseases of genital and urinary organs
Vascular and inflammatory diseases

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Olympia was the most glorious sanctuary of ancient Greece dedicated to Zeus. It was the venue for the Olympic Games that took place during the Olympian Era, the most important celebration of Greeks during most of the antiquity. Corresponding festivals were the Pythia that were organized in honor of Apollo in Delphi, Isthmia in honor of Poseidon in the Isthmus of Corinth and Nemea, also in honor of Zeus in his sanctuary in Nemea.
   In Olympia, within the magnificent temple of the god, was the statue of Zeus, a work of Pheidias, which was known in antiquity as one of the seven wonders of the world. The starting point of the Olympic Games is placed in 776 BC  and was every four years. During the Hellenistic period several edifices, mainly secular, such as Gymnasium and Palaestra, were erected, and in the Roman years, they were transformed into existing ones. Thermal houses, luxurious residences and the aqueduct were also built. The operation of the sanctuary continued in the first Christian years on Constantine’s day. In 393 AD the last Olympics and later the emperor of Byzantium Theodosius I, with a decree, forbade definitively their execution because they were considered pagan, whereas on Theodosius II the final destruction of the sanctuary (426 AD) took place.

History 

The beginnings of Olympia are little known. The oldest evidence of human presence in the region dates back to the 4th millennium BC  due to the large number of shells found on the northern slope of the Stadio. Additionally, on the southern foothills of the Kronion hill, findings have been identified that show that the first sacred and prehistoric cults developed there. For the period of the 3rd millennium BC, the finds of that period, found, are a large tumulus in the lower parts of the Peloponnese (2150-2000 BC) and arched buildings of the settlement (2150-2000 BC). In the 10th century BC with the 9th century BC the sacred site of Alteus is formed with the establishment of Jupiter’s worship. During this period, Olympia became a sacred place that attracted many pilgrims. This dense stream of visitors is testified by the great number of votive offerings that arrived at Olympia not only from the surrounding area but also from the Peloponnese and Sterea Ellada. In the 8th century the reputation of Olympia grew as much as it reached to the East and Mesopotamia and to the West and down Italy.  An important breakthrough in Olympia’s history was the year 776 BC  where, at the time of tradition, the Spartan Lycurgus, must have made an agreement with the king of Helida, Iphitos, for the celebration of worship in Olympia. Part of the deal was that during celebrations there would be a ceasefire across Greece. In the 5th century, the glamor of Olympia reached such a point that political, philosophical and artistic groups were gathering there because there were large audiences to disseminate their ideas. During the 4th century, importance was given to building activity to improve facilities and create accommodation spaces for visitors.
   In 393 AD the Byzantine Emperor Theodosius I ordered the closure of all Greek sanctuaries without any information what specific places he meant. Nevertheless, in the years to come, space has remained particularly popular. The site was later destroyed by natural causes and in the 9th century the site was abandoned and deserted. Over the years, many measures under the earth were covered with the help of the stream of Cladeus and the erosion of the soil of the Cronius hill.

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Traditionally, the island was connected to the land with a strip of land. In the island there are Roman tombs and the ruins of an Early Christian temple. Today you go by boat or cliff-rock (reefs). It is a remarkable example of a building of historical and technical interest, important for the history of communications and navigation. The rocky island “Kaykalidas” has a height of 5.5 m and is located at a distance of 3 tenths of the nautical mile from the northwest boundary of the extreme Glarjtzas to which it joins with shallow rocks on the surface of the sea. On the rocky island there are ruins of an ancient temple.

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