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{{Short description|Archaeological site on Crete}}
'''Kalamydi''' ({{Langx|grc|Καλαμύδη}}) is an ancient [[Dorians|Dorian]] city on the south coast of Western [[Crete]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Hood |first=M. S. F. |date=1967 |title=Some Ancient Sites in South-West Crete |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30103675 |journal=The Annual of the British School at Athens |volume=62 |pages=47–56 |doi=10.1017/S0068245400014076 |jstor=30103675 |s2cid=163408621 |issn=0068-2454|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It was first tentatively identified in 1837 by [[Robert Pashley]] in the second volume of his book ''Travels in Crete''.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Pashley |first=Robert |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gqNjAAAAcAAJ |title=Travels in Crete |date=1837 |publisher=J. Murray |pages=86–120 |language=en}}</ref> It is located near [[Palaiochora]] in [[Chania (regional unit)|Chania regional unit]], near the estuary of the Kakodikianos river.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Paleochora history, ancient Kalamyde, Paleochora in the times of the Venetians and Turks, Paleochora today |url=https://www.explorecrete.com/crete-west/EN-Paleochora-history.html |access-date=2022-06-08 |website=www.explorecrete.com}}</ref> The remains of Kalamyde are to the west of [[Lissus (Crete)|Lissus]] and thirty [[Stadion (unit)|stade]] from Kriu-metopon.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Searching for Kalamydes |url=https://thepaleochorasite.com/bobsblog/searching-for-kalamydes/ |access-date=2022-06-08 |language=en-US}}</ref>

There are ruins of a Roman house at [[Trochaloi]].{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}{{clarify|reason=what is Trochaloi, and what does it have to do with this site?|date=May 2025}}

==Seismological history==
[[Archaeoseismology|Archaeoseismological]] studies have shown evidence of past tsunamis and earthquakes that occurred in Kalamyde as well as throughout western Crete.<ref>{{Citation |last=Stefanakis |first=Manolis I. |title=Western Crete: From Captain Spratt to modern archaeoseismology |date=2010 |url=https://pubs.geoscienceworld.org/books/book/626/chapter/3805814 |work=Ancient Earthquakes |publisher=Geological Society of America |language=en |doi=10.1130/2010.2471(07) |isbn=978-0-8137-2471-3 |access-date=2022-06-08|url-access=subscription }}</ref> It is believed that Kalamyde was located to the northeast of the contemporary town of [[Palaiochora]] and served as the harbor site for the city of [[Cantanus|Kanatos]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Werner |first1=Vera |last2=Baika |first2=Kalliopi |last3=Fischer |first3=Peter |last4=Hadler |first4=Hanna |last5=Obrocki |first5=Lea |last6=Willershäuser |first6=Timo |last7=Tzigounaki |first7=Anastasia |last8=Tsigkou |first8=Aggeliki |last9=Reicherter |first9=Klaus |last10=Papanikolaou |first10=Ioannis |last11=Emde |first11=Kurt |date=2018-04-15 |title=The sedimentary and geomorphological imprint of the AD 365 tsunami on the coasts of southwestern Crete (Greece) – Examples from Sougia and Palaiochora |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1040618216302610 |journal=Quaternary International |series=Integrated geophysical and (geo)archaeological explorations in wetlands |language=en |volume=473 |pages=66–90 |doi=10.1016/j.quaint.2017.07.016 |bibcode=2018QuInt.473...66W |issn=1040-6182|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Kalamyde would have been severely affected by the [[365 Crete earthquake|365 AD Crete earthquake]] that destroyed nearly every town in Crete; the southwestern Cretan coast was lifted up to {{convert|9|m|ft}} by the earthquake.{{cn|date=May 2025}}

==Site description==
On the west and southwest sides of the city the walls may be traced for 300 or 400 paces; on the east they extend about 100 paces; while on the south the ridge narrows, and the wall, adapting itself to the natural features of the hill, has not a length of more than 20 paces. This wall is composed of polygonal stones, which have not been touched by the chisel.<ref>{{cite DGRG|title=Calamyde|url=http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0064%3Aalphabetic+letter%3DC%3Aentry+group%3D2%3Aentry%3Dcalamyde-geo}}</ref>

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{{Coord|35.24157|N|23.69295|E|source:http://dare.ht.lu.se/places/28785|display=title|format=dms}}

[[Category:Ancient Greek archaeological sites in Crete]]
[[Category:Populated places in ancient Greece]]
[[Category:Former populated places in Greece]]


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