Kertezi () is a mountain village in the municipality of

Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G ...

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 built in the valley of a tributary of the river

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 ...

, east of the mountain

Kallifoni Kallifoni () is a village and a former municipality in the Karditsa regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Karditsa Karditsa ( ) is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. ...

. It is 12 km southwest of Kalavryta. During the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

, Anagnostis Striftombolas came to Kertezi, took a military body of 15 men and battled in the Battle of Levidi, where he was killed on 14 April 1821.

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{{Kalavryta Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta

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