Thalero () is a village in Corinthia, Greece. It is located 2 kilometers from the

Gulf of Corinth The Gulf of Corinth or the Corinthian Gulf (, ) is a deep inlet of the Ionian Sea, separating the Peloponnese from western mainland Greece. It is bounded in the east by the Isthmus of Corinth which includes the shipping-designed Corinth Canal and ...

, close to the city of

Xylokastro Xylokastro () is a seaside town and a former municipality in Corinthia in the Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Xylokastro-Evrostina, of which it is a unit or component. The municipal unit ...

. Its original name was Tholero, the water, but it was changed to Thalero, originating from the ancient Greek word “thalos”, which means blooming. Poet

Angelos Sikelianos Angelos Sikelianos ( ; 28 March 1884 – 19 June 1951) was a Greek lyric poet and playwright. His themes include Greek history, religious symbolism as well as universal harmony in poems such as ''The Moonstruck'', ''Prologue to Life'', ''Mother o ...

spent his vacations there and wrote a poem has the name of the village. Its population is around 200 people and the hospitality of its people is famous to all of Corinthia.

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Populated places in Corinthia Xylokastro-Evrostina {{Peloponnese-geo-stub