This is an article about a village on the island of Kythera; for the village on Crete

Crete

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

, see Kastri, Crete

Kastri, Crete

Kastri is a village in the Chania Prefecture of the island of Crete in the present day country of Greece. Kastri is in the vicinity of the ancient site of Kydonia, which was a major Cretan ancient city.-References:*...

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Kastri is an offshore village in the Piraeus

Piraeus

Piraeus is a city in the region of Attica, Greece. Piraeus is located within the Athens Urban Area, 12 km southwest from its city center , and lies along the east coast of the Saronic Gulf....

 prefecture

Prefecture

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 of the island of Kythera in the present day country of Greece

Greece

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. Kastri has been occupied by humans since the Bronze Age

Bronze Age

The Bronze Age is a period characterized by the use of copper and its alloy bronze as the chief hard materials in the manufacture of some implements and weapons. Chronologically, it stands between the Stone Age and Iron Age...

, and was an important settlement of the Early Helladic/Minoan

Minoan chronology

Sir Arthur Evans developed a relative dating scheme of Minoan chronology based on the excavations initiated and managed by him at the site of the ancient city of Knossos. He called the civilization that he discovered there Minoan...

 Period of Crete. Kastri is thought to have been an early settlement of Minoan

Minoan civilization

The Minoan civilization was a Bronze Age civilization that arose on the island of Crete and flourished from approximately the 27th century BC to the 15th century BC. It was rediscovered at the beginning of the 20th century through the work of the British archaeologist Arthur Evans...

 Crete

Crete

Crete is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, and one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. It forms a significant part of the economy and cultural heritage of Greece while retaining its own local cultural traits...

. Kastri on Kythera is considerably but directly north of the ancient site of Kydonia, which was the major northwestern Cretan ancient city.