Vallianos Square

The main central square of Argostoli is called ‘Vallianou square’. Named after a benefactor of Kefalonia Panagi Vallianos, a statue of who is     located in the square. In the avenue before the square is the Fokas-Kosmetato house. Built in 1984 by bequest of the brothers Spyros and Nicholas Kosmetato. This preserved house was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1953 and was transformed into a museum and art gallery to house their personal collections. Inside the visitor will find lithographs and Ionian Greek Interests, French 18th century coins and banknotes from the Mediterranean area.

Just passed the square along the avenue of  the road with the phoinix is another house of Kosmetatos. It is one of the few buildings that still stand, after surviving the earthquake of 1953. The once two-storey house is now just one floor, it was damaged internally but several of the paintings that adorn the ceiling and the walls survived