Lepreo (, before 1916: Στροβίτζι - ''Strovitzi''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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Zacharo Zacharo () is a town and municipality in western Peloponnese, Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the regional unit of Elis (regional unit), Elis in West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Kyparissia, a part of the Ionian S ...

Elis Elis also known as Ellis or Ilia (, ''Eleia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. The community includes the small villages Agrapidia, Drakos, Panagies, Revelaiika and Skoupas. It is situated on a hillside, 2 km southwest of Taxiarches, 5 km west of

Nea Figaleia Nea Figaleia (, before 1927: Zουρτσα - ''Zourtsa'') is an historical town in Elis, that since the 2011 local government reform is a part of the municipality of Zacharo, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Peloponnese, Greece. The town was the seat o ...

and 8 km southeast of Zacharo. Lepreo was named after the ancient city

Lepreum Lepreum or Lepreon (), alternately named Lepreus or Lepreos (Λέπρεος) was an Ancient Greek city-state in Triphylia, a district of Elis (now part of the Elis regional unit). It was located 40 stadia away from the sea at the west end of M ...

. The ruins of Lepreum, 500 m north of the present village, have been excavated in 1982.

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Simon Karas Simon Karas (Lepreo ,21 May 1903 – Athens, 26 January 1999) was a Greek musicologist, who specialized in Byzantine music tradition. Simon Karas was born in Lepreo, Zacharo municipality, Elis. He studied paleography of Byzantine musical nota ...

(1903–1999), a Greek musicologist

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{{Zacharo Populated places in Elis Zacharo

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