Gaitani

Gaitani Γαϊτάνι
Community
Gaitani
Coordinates: 37°47′N 20°52′E / 37.783°N 20.867°E / 37.783; 20.867
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Ionian Islands
Regional unit	Zakynthos
Municipality	Zakynthos
Municipal unit	Zakynthos (city)
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	1,872
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Gaitani (Greek: Γαϊτάνι) is a village in the southern part of the island of Zakynthos. It is part of the municipal unit of Zakynthos. It is 2 km west of Zakynthos city centre, and 2 km east of Vanato. In the Middle Ages, during the Venetian rule many, mainly small, churches were built in the Gaitani area but most of them collapsed because of the big 1953 Ionian earthquake or because of the ravages of time. There are more than 70 ruins of churches at the area.^{[citation needed]}