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Inner Mani
East Mani ( - ''Anatolikí Máni'') is a municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Its seat of administration is the town Gytheio (before 2011 the small town Kotronas). It is a mountainous and rocky area whose economy relies on fishing, olive oil and tourism. Geography East Mani comprises the southeastern part of the geographic and historical region of the Mani Peninsula, also known as Laconian Mani () or Inner Mani (), in juxtaposition with the northeastern part of Mani (Messenian or Outer Mani), which is covered by the municipality of West Mani. The Mani Peninsula is separated into two parts based on the ridge line of the Taygetos Mountain Range : the Aposkiaderi (shady) Mani and the Prodiliaki (sunny) Mani. Aposkiaderi Mani is the area to the west of the range, making it the municipality of West Mani. Prodiliaki (sunny) Mani, encompasses the villages to the east of the mountain range, which make up the East Mani municipality. The landscape of East Mani is dry, bare, and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloponnese (region)
The Peloponnese Region (, ) 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, which are further subdivided into 26 municipalities. The largest city of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koinon Of Free Laconians
The League of Free Laconians () was established in southern Greece in 21 BC by the Emperor Augustus,Greenhalgh and Eliopoulos. ''Deep into Mani: Journey to the southern tip of Greece'', 21 giving formal structure to a group of cities that had been associated for almost two centuries. History The (, 'free Laconians') are first mentioned in 195 BC, after Sparta's defeat in the Roman-Spartan War. The Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus placed several coastal cities, inhabited by '' perioikoi'', under the protection of the Achaean League, separating them from the rump Spartan state. The most important of its cities was Gythium. A few years later, in 192 BC, Gythium was recaptured by Nabis of Sparta, but the Achean League immediately attacked the city. The city of Las was attacked and captured by the Spartans. The Achaean League retaliated and attacked Las and Sparta. Following the dissolution of the Achaean League in 146 BC, the joined the Lacedaemonian League (), a of Spar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Mani
East Mani ( - ''Anatolikí Máni'') is a municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Its seat of administration is the town Gytheio (before 2011 the small town Kotronas). It is a mountainous and rocky area whose economy relies on fishing, olive oil and tourism. Geography East Mani comprises the southeastern part of the geographic and historical region of the Mani Peninsula, also known as Laconian Mani () or Inner Mani (), in juxtaposition with the northeastern part of Mani (Messenian or Outer Mani), which is covered by the municipality of West Mani. The Mani Peninsula is separated into two parts based on the ridge line of the Taygetos Mountain Range : the Aposkiaderi (shady) Mani and the Prodiliaki (sunny) Mani. Aposkiaderi Mani is the area to the west of the range, making it the municipality of West Mani. Prodiliaki (sunny) Mani, encompasses the villages to the east of the mountain range, which make up the East Mani municipality. The landscape of East Mani is dry, bare, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea (, ; or , ; , ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily, and the Salento peninsula to the west, southern Albania (and western Apulia, Italy) to the north, and the west coast of Greece, including the Peloponnese. All major islands in the sea, which are located in the east of the sea, belong to Greece. They are collectively named the Ionian Islands, the main ones being Corfu, Kefalonia, Zakynthos, Lefkada, and Ithaca. There are ferry routes between Patras and Igoumenitsa, Greece, and Brindisi and Ancona, Italy, that cross the east and north of the Ionian Sea, and from Piraeus westward. Calypso Deep, the deepest point in the Mediterranean at , is in the Ionian Sea, at . The sea is one of the most seismically active areas in the world. Etymology The name ''Ionian'' comes from the Greek word . Its etymology is unknown. Ancient G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laconian Gulf
The Laconian Gulf (), is a gulf in the south-eastern Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the southernmost gulf in Greece and the largest in the Peloponnese. In the shape of an inverted "U", it is approximately wide east to west, and long north to south. It is bounded to the west by the Mani peninsula, which separates it from the Messenian Gulf, and to the east by the Cape Maleas peninsula (also known as the Epidavros Limira peninsula), which separates it from the Aegean Sea. To the south it opens onto the Mediterranean Sea. The Mani and Cape Maleas peninsulas are dry and rocky, but the northern shore, fed by the Evrotas River, which empties into the gulf at its apex, is fertile farmland. The island of Elafonissos lies in the Laconian Gulf, with the island of Kythira directly to the south. The main ports and settlements on the gulf are Gytheio and Neapolis. STS transfers The Laconian Gulf gained notoriety in the early years after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine because R ... [...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 Kal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sminos
Sminos (, before 2001: Σμύνος - ''Smynos'') is a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality East Mani, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 94.503 km2. Population 1,139 (2021). It is located just north of the Mani Peninsula on the eastern slopes of Mt. Taygetos, and it is named after the river Smynos, that runs through it. The region is known as Vardounia (and its villages as Vardounochoria), after the medievaVardounia castlelocated in the area, now in ruins. Historically, Vardounia was a buffer zone between the Ottoman-Turkish controlled Evrotas plains and the Mani Peninsula. A contingent of Muslim Albanian settlers were relocated to the region by the Ottomans. These settlers formed a large segment of the local population until the Greek War of Independence when they fled to the Turkish stronghold at Tripoli. The seat of the municipality was in Agios Nik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oitylo
Oitylo (), known as "Βίτσουλο", pronounced Vitsoulo, in the native Maniot dialect, is a village and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality East Mani, of which it is a municipal unit. Oitylo is one of the oldest towns in the Mani Peninsula. It was mentioned in the Iliad by Homer as Oetylus (), as part of Menelaus' kingdom. In the Middle Ages, it grew to become the most important town in Messenian Mani. The only town in Mani that rivaled Oitylos in numbers of pirates was Skoutari, Laconia, Skoutari. Now Areopoli has taken Oitylo's place as the most important town in Laconian Mani. Areopoli was also the seat of the municipality of Oitylo, which is located on the western half of the Mani Peninsula in the extreme southwestern part of Laconia. It has a land area of 218.582 km2. There are 91 villages in the municipality. The lar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cranaus
In Greek mythology, Cranaus or Kranaos (;Ancient Greek: Κραναός) was the second Kings of Athens, King of Athens, succeeding Cecrops I, Cecrops I. Family Cranaus married Pedias, a Spartan woman and daughter of Mynes (mythology), Mynes, with whom he had three daughters: Cranaë, Cranaechme, and Atthis (mythology), Atthis. Atthis gave her name to Attica after dying, possibly as a young girl,Apollodorus, 3.14.5; Pausanias (geographer), Pausanias, ''Graeciae Descriptio'' 1.2.6; Strabo, ''Geographica'' 9.1.18 although in other traditions she was the mother, by Hephaestus, of Erichthonius of Athens, Erichthonius. Rarus was also given as a son of Cranaus. Reign Cranaus was supposed to have reigned for either nine or ten years and was an autochthon (ancient Greece), autochthon (born from the earth), like his predecessor. During his reign, the flood of the Deucalion story was thought to have occurred. In some accounts, Deucalion was said to have fled Lycorea to Athens with his sons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skoutari, Laconia
Skoutari () is a village and a community of the municipality of East Mani. Before the 2011 local government reform it was a part of the municipality of Gytheio, of which it was a municipal district. The community of Skoutari covers an area of 11.667 km2. According to local tradition it was founded by refugees from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. History Ancient Town In the Mycenaean period of Greece, there was thought to be a town called Vorthona which is now submerged. In Ancient Greece, the town used to be called Asine. The town was under Spartan control. In 218 BC, the inhabitants of Asine defeated the army of Philip V of Macedon who was besieging the town. During the Roman period it belong to Sparta ever though most of the other towns in the area were part of the Union of Free Laconians. Modern Town The modern town of Skoutari was founded in 1453 AD by refugees from the namesake district of Constantinople who fled from the Ottomans during the Fall of Constanti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavrovouni, Laconia
Mavrovouni (Greek: Μαυροβούνι, "the black mountain") is a village (population approximately 500) in the Mani Peninsula, Greece, south of Gytheio town. Geography Mavrovouni is a village about 2 km south of the town of Gytheio, in Laconia, Greece. It is located on a steep hill of dark rock between the hill of Kumaros above Gytheio and the alluvial plain of the Vardhounia river lies a belt of low sandy hills. The district is rich in wines, olives and oranges. The village's economy is based on olive oil production, fishing and tourism. History The hill of Mavrovouni was settled in the early Bronze Age, were Early Helladic ceramics were found here. Waterhouse & Hope-Simpson, pp. 114–118. (with map & plans of the graves) One sherd with a cable pattern is from a pithos of a micaceous fabric found at Mavrovouni. During the Mycenaean period ( LHIII), seven chamber graves were carved into the rock on the slopes below the summit. South of it are remains of a tholos, a refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Axis Powers
The Axis powers, originally called the Rome–Berlin Axis and also Rome–Berlin–Tokyo Axis, was the military coalition which initiated World War II and fought against the Allies of World War II, Allies. Its principal members were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, Kingdom of Italy and the Empire of Japan. The Axis were united in their far-right positions and general opposition to the Allies, but otherwise lacked comparable coordination and ideological cohesion. The Axis grew out of successive diplomatic efforts by Germany, Italy, and Japan to secure their own specific expansionist interests in the mid-1930s. The first step was the Italo-German protocol of 23 October 1936, protocol signed by Germany and Italy in October 1936, after which Italian leader Benito Mussolini declared that all other European countries would thereafter rotate on the Rome–Berlin axis, thus creating the term "Axis". The following November saw the ratification of the Anti-Comintern Pact, an anti-communis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
