Mamousia () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of

Diakopto Diakopto () is a coastal town in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. The town of Diakopto is situated on the ...

Achaea Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...

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. It is 6 km southwest of Diakopto, on the west side of the

Vouraikos The Vouraikos (, , ''Erasinus'' () according to Strabo) is a river in Achaea, Greece. In ancient times it was called Erasinos. Its source is in the Aroania mountains, near the village of Priolithos. It flows past the towns of Kalavryta and Diako ...

gorge. The community includes the villages Derveni and Stavria.

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The ancient city Boura was located near present Mamousia. The city had an ancient theatre most of which has yet to be excavated; several artifacts are on display at the Aigio Archeological Museum. Boura was destroyed in an earthquake in 373 BC. Mamousia suffered damage from the

2007 Greek forest fires The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive wildfire, forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged ...

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{{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea

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