Kastelorizo
The island has been known as MEGÍSTI since antiquity, because it is the largest among many small islands. It was renamed “Kastellórizo” during the Frankish rule, because of the characteristic castle of the island built atop red rocks (Kastello Rosso). Both names (Megísti and Kastellórizo) are used today. The geographer Strávon (1st century BC) called…