Kardaras () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of
Levidi
Levidi () is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 312.641 km ...
,
Arcadia,
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 ...
. It is situated in the eastern foothills of the
Mainalo
Mainalo (, ; ) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia.
The mountain's highest point, known as both ''Profitis Ilias'' and ''Ostrakina'', at a height of , is the highest point in Arcadia. ...
mountains, at 1,030 m elevation and is considered a
traditional settlement.It is 5 km northwest of
Kapsas
Kapsas (, also Κάψια ''Kapsia'') is a community in the municipal unit of Mantineia in Arcadia on the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. It is situated in a valley east of the Mainalo mountains, at 700 m elevation. It is 9 km sou ...
, 6 km south of Levidi, 6 km east of
Alonistaina
Alonistaina () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Falanthos, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the forested northern Mainalo mountains, at about 1,220 m. elevation, making it one of the highest villages in the Peloponnese. It is con ...
and 15 km northwest of
Tripoli
Tripoli or Tripolis (from , meaning "three cities") may refer to:
Places Greece
*Tripolis (region of Arcadia), a district in ancient Arcadia, Greece
* Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa ...
. The
Greek National Road 74
National Road 74 (, abbreviated as EO74) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece. It connects Pyrgos with Tripoli, via Olympia and Vytina. Its length is . It runs through the western and central part of the Peloponnese peninsula, in th ...
(Tripoli –
Olympia –
Pyrgos) passes east of the village.
Population
See also
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List of settlements in Arcadia
This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece.
* Aetorrachi
* Agia Sofia
* Agia Varvara
* Agiorgitika
* Agios Andreas
* Agios Georgios
* Agios Ioannis
* Agios Konstantinos
* Agios Petros
* Agios Vasileios, Leonidio
* Agios Vasileio ...
*
List of traditional settlements of Greece
Traditional settlements in Greece are considered those settlements that have retained their unchanged image of the past, as well as their local character. Around 830 traditional settlements have been designated under the responsibility of the Mi ...
References
External links
Practical information about Kardaras
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Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese
Tripoli, Greece