ARGOSTOLI, the capital of Cephalonia, one of the Ionian islands, and seat of a bishop of the Greek Church. Pop. 9,030. It possesses an excellent harbour, a quay a mile in length, and a fine bridge. Shipbuilding and silk-spinning are carried on. West of the harbour there is a curious stream, flowing from the sea, and employed to drive mills before losing itself in caverns inland. The fine ancient fortifications of Cranii are nearby.
See C. Fellows, Journal of an Excursion in Asia Minor in 1838, and Wiebel _Die Insel Kephalonia and die Meermuhlen von Argostoli (Hamburg, 1873) ; see also IONIAN ISLANDS.