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14-682: Kymi may refer to: Kymi, Greece , a town in Euboea, Greece Kymi, Finland , a former municipality in Finland Kymi (constituency) , a constituency in the Finnish Parliament Kymi (region) , or Kymenlaakso , the region of Finland Kymi B.C. , a basketball club based in Kymi, Greece Kymi Ring , a racing circuit in Finland Kymi River ,

28-647: A community (unit) of the Municipality Kymi-Aliveri , in the eastern part of the Aegean island of Euboea , Greece . It was the seat of the municipality of Avlon , and the medieval town and bishopric of Aulon , which remains a Latin Catholic titular see . The community includes the villages Chania , Dafni, Elaia and Lofiskos . Avlonari is situated on a hillside, 13km northeast of Aliveri , 15km south of Kymi, Greece and 47km east of Chalcis . Modern Avlonari

42-615: A river in Finland Kymi Province , a province in Finland from 1947 to 1997 KYMI (FM) , a radio station (97.5 FM) licensed to serve Charlo, Montana, United States KJJT , a defunct radio station (98.5 FM) formerly licensed to serve Los Ybanez, Texas, United States, which held the call sign KYMI from 1990 to 2007 See also [ edit ] Kyminlinna , a fortress in Finland Kyme (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

56-752: Is considered the greenest of Greece in terms of native vegetation and is second all in clean sand beaches. There are numerous tourist and sightseeing attractions, such as the house of the noted pathologist and researcher George Papanicolaou , inventor of the Pap smear , the Folklore Museum of Kymi, the Monastery of the Transfiguration, three small Byzantine churches in Oxilithos, the Archaeological Collection and

70-402: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Kymi, Greece There are few or no archaeological traces of ancient Euboean Kyme, and its exact location is not known. A Bronze Age settlement has been excavated in nearby Mourteri. Some modern authors believe that Kyme never existed as an independent polis in historical times but that it

84-631: Is usually identified with Avlon or Aulon ( Greek : Αὐλών ), a town and bishopric attested since the 9th century. Aulon appears in the Notitiae Episcopatuum , commencing with that of Byzantine Emperor Leo VI the Wise ( r.  886–912 ) as a suffragan of the metropolitan see of Athens , in the sway of the Patriarchate of Constantinople . No names of its first-millennium bishops are known. The Byzantine-era church of St. Demetrios at Chania, in

98-556: The Latin rite ; Pope Innocent III restored him after obtaining his liturgical submission (December 1208). yet a papal letter from July 1210 already mentions "bishop-elect", plausibly to replace the troublesome Greek Theodoros, whom Innocent III addressed two more letters in 1211. In about 1222, the see of Aulon (known in Italian as la Valona ) was merged with the Bishopric of Negroponte . This

112-519: The Archaeological Sites, and a ruined Venetian tower in San handkerchief etc. The most well known agricultural products produced in Kymi are figs, cherries and olive oil. Local specialties include the "cocoon display," handicrafts made from cocoons, and sweets such as baklava and almond. The road network in the Kymi region is quite underdeveloped. There is only one major road (regional road) connecting

126-465: The city of Kymi with Chania Avlonariou (a part of Avlonari ), Aliveri and from there to the Greek National Road 44 towards Chalkis and Karystos . Kymi has a few basketball courts, as well as an outdoor football pitch. There is also a sports club called Kymi Sports Club , with teams in football, basketball and volleyball. Avlonari Avlonari ( Greek : Αυλωνάρι ) is a village and

140-610: The lowland below Avlonari, built by reusing material from an earlier church, may have been the bishopric's seat. After the Fourth Crusade (1202–04), Euboea was captured by Crusaders, who divided the island and established Lombard baronies, and Aulon became a diocese of the Latin Church . A Greek, Theodoros, was appointed, but destituted by the Latin Archbishop of Athens , for refusing to receive his consecration according to

154-490: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Kymi . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kymi&oldid=1248594266 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

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168-480: Was a mere village dependent on either Chalkis or Eretria. Ortari mountain is located northwest of Kymi. Kymi is a small town and the surrounding region overlooks the Aegean Sea. Due to its vantage point, Kymi is sometimes called "The Balcony of the Aegean". Kymi has one of the largest man-made ports in the country and serves as a transportation hub for the eastern Aegean Islands and northern Greece. The city Kymi

182-520: Was disputed from 1235 on, leading to the restoration of a separate bishop for Aulon ( episcopus Abilonensis ) in 1240. Aulon in attested as a fief in the 14th century, and in the 15th century, under Venetian rule, as an administrative district. The district was led by two captains ( Capitanei Avalone ), who had their seats on fortresses in the nearby heights of Cuppa and Potiri . A three-story watch tower also survives in Avlonari itself. The town

196-571: Was raided by the Ottoman Turks in 1423, and captured, along with the rest of Euboea by the Ottoman Empire in 1470. Under Ottoman rule, the bishopric of Aulon was merged with a new, Orthodox Metropolis of Euripus . No longer a residential bishopric, this Aulon is today listed by the Catholic Church as a titular bishopric , being distinguished from an Adriatic diocese Aulon by using for

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