Fiskardo has been identified with the ancient town Panormos , mentioned by the 5th-century BC Greek historian Herodotus . In late 2005 , when building a shopping complex close to the harbour in Fiscardo , workers discovered a plaque dating back to ancient Greece which gave thanks to the people of Panormos from the people of Athens for allowing them to hunt in the area . In late 2006 construction workers building a new hotel near the centre of Fiskardo stumbled upon a perfectly preserved Roman-era grave complex filled with gold jewellery , glass , clay pots and bronze artefacts . The complex measures 26 by 20 feet and is the shape of small house . Inside , five burial sites were found including a large vaulted grave and a stone coffin , as well as gold jewellery , pottery and bronze offerings . Archaeologists found gold earrings and rings , gold leaves that may have been attached to ceremonial clothing , as well as glass and clay pots , bronze artefacts decorated with masks , a bronze lock and copper coins . On a nearby plot , archaeologists also discovered a remarkably well-preserved theatre with their stone back rests still in place . Other excavations have uncovered remains of houses , a baths complex and a cemetery , all dating to Roman times - between 146 B.C. and 330 A.D . The Greek Culture Ministry said at the time that the find is unique . “ Nothing else like it has ever been discovered on any Ionian island , " said a ministry spokesman . “ The site was missed by grave robbers and was untouched when opened . It is so perfectly preserved that the 2000-year-old ancient door still swings open smoothly on stone pivots . ” During the time of Frankish ( Norman ) dominion in Greece , the village was renamed '' Fiskardo '' after Robert Guiscard , Duke of Apulia and Calabria and founder of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies who died at the Atheras beach in 1085 . In the 18th century , the port became the commercial harbor of Erisos . Unlike most of Cephalonia , Fiskardo escaped from destruction by the 1953 Ionian earthquake and it has kept its original architecture . In Fiscardo lived the poet and writer Nikos Kavvadias ( 1910-1975 )
1953 Ionian earthquake
1953 Ionian earthquake
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