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Kalyvia Sochas
Κalyvia Sochas ( el, Καλύβια Σοχάς) is a village in Laconia, in southern Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Sparta. It has a population of 337 (2011 census). Kalyvia Sochas is situated 6.5 km south of the centre of Sparta. Historical population See also *List of settlements in Laconia This is a list of settlements in Laconia, Greece. * Afisi * Agia Eirini * Agioi Anargyroi * Agioi Apostoloi * Agios Dimitrios, Evrotas * Agios Dimitrios, Monemvasia * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis, Evrotas * Agios Ioannis, Monemvasia * ... References External linksKalyvia Socha GTP Greece.com {{Sparti div Populated places in Laconia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloponnese (region)
The Peloponnese Region ( el, Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, translit=Periféria Peloponnísou, ) is a region in southern Greece. It borders Western Greece to the north and Attica to the north-east. The region has an area of about . It covers most of the Peloponnese peninsula, except for the northwestern subregions of Achaea and Elis which belong to Western Greece and a small portion of the Argolid peninsula that is part of Attica. Administration The Peloponnese Region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2011 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with the Western Greece and Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The region is based at Tripoli and is divided into five regional units (pre-Kallikratis prefectures), * Arcadia, * Argolis, * Corinthia, * Laconia and * Messenia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word '' laconic''—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is derived from the name of this region, a reference to the ancient Spartans who were renowned for their verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks. Geography Laconia is bordered by Messenia to the west and Arcadia to the north and is surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea to the east and by the Laconian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani Peninsula. The Mani Peninsula is in the west region of Laconia. The islands of Kythira and Antikythera lie to the south, but they administratively belong to the Attica regional unit of islands. The island, Elafonisos, situated between the Laconian mainland and Kythira, is part of Laconia. The Eurotas is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparta, Peloponnese
Sparta ( el, Σπάρτη ) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2011) of 35,259, of whom 17,408 lived in the city. History Beginning in the 13th century, the political and cultural center of Laconia shifted to Mystras, some 4 km to the west. The settlement at ancient Sparta, named Lacedaemonia, continued to exist, although greatly depopulated, until modern times as a town of a few thousand people who lived among the ruins, in the shadow of Mystras. The Palaiologos family (the last Byzantine Greek imperial dynasty) also lived in Mystras. The Despotate of the Morea was captured by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1460. In 1834, after the Greek War of Independence, King Otto of Greece decreed the town should be expanded into a city. Modern day Sparta, the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the eastern foothills of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring thousands of islands. The country consists of nine traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Laconia
This is a list of settlements in Laconia, Greece. * Afisi * Agia Eirini * Agioi Anargyroi * Agioi Apostoloi * Agios Dimitrios, Evrotas * Agios Dimitrios, Monemvasia * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis, Evrotas * Agios Ioannis, Monemvasia * Agios Ioannis, Sparti * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Nikolaos, East Mani * Agios Nikolaos, Monemvasia * Agios Nikolaos, Voies * Agios Vasileios * Agoriani * Agrianoi * Aigies * Akrogiali * Alepochori * Alevrou * Alika * Amykles * Anavryti * Angelona * Ano Boularioi * Ano Kastania * Anogeia * Apidea * Archangelos, Laconia * Archontiko * Areopoli * Arna * Asopos * Asteri * Charakas * Charria (Harria) * Chosiari * Chrysafa * Dafni * Dafnio * Daimonia * Drosopigi * Dryalos * Drymos * Elafonisos * Elaia * Elika * Elliniko * Elos * Exo Nymfi * Faraklo * Foiniki * Georgitsi * Geraki * Germa * Gerolimenas * Gkoritsa * Glykovrysi * Goranoi * Gouves * Grammousa * Gytheio * Ierakas * Kallithea * Kalloni * Ka ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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