Kalamata, the Glossary
Kalamata (Καλαμάτα) is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece after Patras, and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region.[1]
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- Byzantine sites in Peloponnese (region)
- Castles in the Peloponnese
- Greek prefectural capitals
- Municipalities of Peloponnese (region)
Aegean Airlines
Aegean Airlines S.A. (legal name Αεροπορία ΑιγαίουΑ.Ε., Aeroporía Aigaíou) is the flag carrier of Greece and the largest Greek airline by total number of passengers carried, by number of destinations served, and by fleet size.
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Aggeliki Daliani
Aggeliki Daliani (Greek: Αγγελική Δαλιάνη; born August 11, 1979) is a Greek actress and entrepreneur.
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Aglandjia
Aglandjia (Αγλαντζιά; eğlence) is a suburb and municipality of Nicosia, Cyprus.
Alagonia
Alagonia (Ἀλαγονία) was a town of ancient Laconia, ancient Greece, near the Messenian frontier, belonging to the Eleuthero-Lacones, containing temples of the Greek gods Dionysus and Artemis.
Alexandros Koumoundouros
Alexandros Koumoundouros (Αλέξανδρος Κουμουνδούρος, 4 February 1815 – 26 February 1883) was a Greek politician.
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Andreas Apostolopoulos
Andreas Apostolopoulos (1952 – 15 February 2021) was a Greek-Canadian billionaire businessman, primarily concentrated on real estate investment and redevelopment.
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Andronikos II Palaiologos
Andronikos II Palaiologos (Andrónikos Doúkās Ángelos Komnēnós Palaiologos; 25 March 1259 – 13 February 1332), Latinized as Andronicus II Palaeologus, reigned as Byzantine emperor from 1282 to 1328.
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Androusa
Androusa (Ανδρούσα) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and Androusa are Populated places in Messenia.
Angelos Skafidas
Angelos Skafidas (Άγγελος Σκαφιδάς) is a Greek soccer (footballer) player and a former coach.
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Anna Komnene Doukaina
Anna Komnene Doukaina (died 4 January 1286), known in French as Agnes, was princess-consort of the Principality of Achaea in 1258–1278 and regent between 1259–1262, during the captivity of her husband, Prince William II of Villehardouin, by the Byzantine emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos.
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Antikalamos
Antikalamos (Αντικάλαμος) is a village in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Peloponnese, southern Greece. Kalamata and Antikalamos are Populated places in Messenia.
Apollon Kalamata
Apollon Kalamata (Απόλλων Καλαμάτας) is a football (soccer) club in Kalamata, Greece.
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Archaeological Museum of Messenia
The Archaeological Museum of Messenia is located in Kalamata, the capital of Messenia in southern Greece.
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Arfara
Arfara (Αρφαρά) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and Arfara are Populated places in Messenia.
Aris San
Aris San (Άρης Σαν,; January 19, 1940 – July 25, 1992) was a Greek-Israeli singer and nightclub owner who popularized Greek music in Israel in the late 1950s and 1960s.
Aris, Messenia
Aris (Άρις) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and Aris, Messenia are Populated places in Messenia.
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Artemisia, Messenia
Artemisia (Αρτεμισία, before 1927: Τσερνίτσα - Tsernitsa) is a mountain village and a community in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. Kalamata and Artemisia, Messenia are Populated places in Messenia.
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Arvanites
Arvanites (Arvanitika: Αρbε̱ρεσ̈ε̰, or Αρbε̰ρορε̱,; Greek: Αρβανίτες) are a population group in Greece of Albanian origin.
Asprochoma, Messenia
Asprochoma (Ασπρόχωμα, "white soil") is a village in Messenia, Greece. Kalamata and Asprochoma, Messenia are Populated places in Messenia.
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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.
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Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Athens International Airport
Athens International Airport Eleftherios Venizelos, commonly initialised as AIA, is the largest international airport in Greece, serving the city of Athens and region of Attica.
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Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's hoop (a basket in diameter mounted high to a backboard at each end of the court), while preventing the opposing team from shooting through their own hoop.
Bassae
Bassae (Bassae, Βάσσαι - Bassai, meaning "little vale in the rocks") is an archaeological site in Oichalia, a municipality in the northeastern part of Messenia, Greece.
Battle of Kalamata (1685)
The Battle of Kalamata took place on 14 September 1685 between the expeditionary army of the Republic of Venice in the Morea, led by Hannibal von Degenfeld, and the forces of the Ottoman Empire, led by the Kapudan Pasha.
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Battle of Kalamata (1944)
The Battle of Kalamata took place on September 9, 1944, between ELAS (the army branch of EAM) against the collaborationist security battalions and the Hellenic gendarmerie.
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Bleepsgr
Bleepsgr (or Bleeps) is the pseudonym used by V.(M.) Kakouris, who is a Greek artist.
British Council
The British Council is a British organisation specialising in international cultural and educational opportunities.
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Chamber of commerce
A chamber of commerce, or board of trade, is a form of business network.
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Charles I of Anjou
Charles I (early 1226/12277 January 1285), commonly called Charles of Anjou or Charles d'Anjou, was a member of the royal Capetian dynasty and the founder of the second House of Anjou.
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Châtelain
Châtelain (from castellanus, derived from castellum; pertaining to a castle, fortress. Middle English: castellan from Anglo-Norman: castellain and Old French: castelain) was originally the French title for the keeper of a castle.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Corinth
Corinth (Kórinthos) is a municipality in Corinthia in Greece. Kalamata and Corinth are Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece and municipalities of Peloponnese (region).
Cretan War (1645–1669)
The Cretan War (Kritikós Pólemos; Girit'in Fethi), also known as the War of Candia (Guerra di Candia) or the Fifth Ottoman–Venetian War, was a conflict between the Republic of Venice and her allies (chief among them the Knights of Malta, the Papal States and France) against the Ottoman Empire and the Barbary States, because it was largely fought over the island of Crete, Venice's largest and richest overseas possession.
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Crete
Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Despotate of the Morea
The Despotate of the Morea (Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μορέως) or Despotate of Mystras (Δεσποτᾶτον τοῦ Μυστρᾶ) was a province of the Byzantine Empire which existed between the mid-14th and mid-15th centuries.
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Dimitrios Stefanakos
Dimitrios Stefanakos (Δημήτριος Στεφανάκος; 19 October 1936 – 17 December 2021) was a Greek footballer who played for Olympiacos and the Greece national team.
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Diples
Diples or Thiples (Δίπλες) is a Greek dessert from the Peloponnese, made of thin sheet-like dough.
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople
Bartholomew (Βαρθολομαῖος,; Bartholomeos; born 29 February 1940) is the 270th Archbishop of Constantinople and Ecumenical Patriarch, since 2 November 1991.
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Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (translit) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.
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ELAS
The Greek People's Liberation Army (Ελληνικός Λαϊκός Απελευθερωτικός Στρατός (ΕΛΑΣ), Ellinikós Laïkós Apeleftherotikós Stratós; ELAS) was the military arm of the left-wing National Liberation Front (EAM) during the period of the Greek resistance until February 1945, when, following the Dekemvriana clashes and the Varkiza Agreement, it was disarmed and disbanded.
European route E55
European route E55 is an E-route.
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European route E65
European route E65 is a north-south Class-A European route that begins in Malmö, Sweden and ends in Chania, Greece.
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Evan Markopoulos
Elias Evan Markopoulos (Greek: Ηλιας Εβαν Μαρκόπουλος; born April 13, 1994), better known by his ring name Elia Markopoulos, and sometimes referred to as Evan, is a Greek American professional wrestler from Hudson, Massachusetts.
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Fourth Crusade
The Fourth Crusade (1202–1204) was a Latin Christian armed expedition called by Pope Innocent III.
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Francesco Morosini
Francesco Morosini (26 February 1619 – 16 January 1694) was the Doge of Venice from 1688 to 1694, at the height of the Great Turkish War.
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Frankokratia
The Frankokratia (Φραγκοκρατία, Francocratia, sometimes anglicized as Francocracy), also known as Latinokratia (Λατινοκρατία, Latinocratia, "rule of the Latins", Latin occupation) and, for the Venetian domains, Venetokratia or Enetokratia (Βενετοκρατία or Ενετοκρατία, Venetocratia, "rule of the Venetians"), was the period in Greek history after the Fourth Crusade (1204), when a number of primarily French and Italian states were established by the Partitio terrarum imperii Romaniae on the territory of the dismantled Byzantine Empire.
Geoffrey I of Villehardouin
Geoffrey I of Villehardouin (Geoffroi Ier de Villehardouin) (c. 1169 – c. 1229) was a French knight from the County of Champagne who joined the Fourth Crusade.
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Gerasimos Michaleas
Metropolitan Gerasimos of San Francisco (born Gerasimos Michaleas; August 2, 1945) is a Greek Eastern Orthodox prelate who became the Metropolitan of San Francisco in the Greek Orthodox Church in 2005.
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Giannis Christopoulos (Γιάννης Χριστόπουλος; born 12 November 1972) is a Greek professional football manager and former player.
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Glarentza
Glarentza (Γλαρέντζα), also known as or Clarenia, Clarence, or Chiarenza, was a medieval town located near the site of modern Kyllini in Elis, at the westernmost point of the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece. Kalamata and Glarentza are Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece.
Government Gazette (Greece)
The Government Gazette (lit; Katharevousa: Ἑφημερίς τῆς Κυβερνήσεως) is the official journal of the Government of Greece which lists all laws passed in a set time period ratified by Cabinet and President.
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Greece
Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe.
Greek National Road 7
Greek National Road 7 (Εθνική Οδός 7, abbreviated as EO7) is a single carriageway with at-grade intersections in the Peloponnese region in southern Greece.
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Greek National Road 82
National Road 82 (Εθνική Οδός 82, abbreviated as EO82) is a single carriageway road in southern Greece.
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Greek Orthodox Church
Greek Orthodox Church (Greek: Ἑλληνορθόδοξη Ἐκκλησία, Ellinorthódoxi Ekklisía) is a term that can refer to any one of three classes of Christian churches, each associated in some way with Greek Christianity, Levantine Arabic-speaking Christians or more broadly the rite used in the Eastern Roman Empire.
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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.
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Gregory Stephanopoulos
Greg N. Stephanopoulos (born 1950) is an American chemical engineer and the Willard Henry Dow Professor in the department of chemical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Guy II de la Roche
Guy II de la Roche, also known as Guyot or Guidotto (1280 – 5 October 1308), was the Duke of Athens from 1287, the last duke of his family.
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Hellenic National Meteorological Service
The Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) (Εθνική Μετεωρολογική Υπηρεσία (ΕΜΥ)) is a government agency responsible for making weather forecasts and observations for Greece.
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Hellenic Railways Organisation
The Hellenic Railways Organisation or OSE (translit or Ο.Σ.Ε.) is the Greek national railway company which owns, maintains and operates all railway infrastructure in Greece with the exception of Athens' rapid transit lines.
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Homer
Homer (Ὅμηρος,; born) was a Greek poet who is credited as the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, two epic poems that are foundational works of ancient Greek literature.
Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt
Ibrahim Pasha (إبراهيمباشا Ibrāhīm Bāshā; 1789 – 10 November 1848) was an Egyptian general and politician; he was the commander of both the Egyptian and Ottoman armies and the eldest son of Muhammad Ali, the Wāli and unrecognized Khedive of Egypt and Sudan.
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Jack Hinton
John Daniel Hinton, VC (17 September 1909 – 28 June 1997) was a New Zealand soldier who served during the Second World War.
John Chauderon
John Chauderon (Jean Chauderon; died 1294) was the Baron of Estamira and Grand Constable of the Principality of Achaea, the strongest of the principalities of Frankish Greece.
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Kalamata Dance Megaron
The Kalamata Dance Megaron is a dance hall located in Kalamata, Greece.
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Kalamata dock workers' strike
The Kalamata dock workers' strike (Kalamata dock-workers' events), was a strike of Kalamata's harbor workers in May 1934 that resulted in the intervention of the army and killing of five dock-workers and two other residents of the town.
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Kalamata F.C.
Kalamata Football Club (Π.Σ.) is a Greek professional football club based in Kalamata, Messenia.
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Kalamata International Airport
Kalamata International Airport (Κρατικός Αερολιμένας Καλαμάτας) "Captain Vassilis Constantakopoulos" is an airport in the city of Kalamata, Greece.
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Kalamata Municipal Stadium
Kalamata Metropolitan Stadium is a sports arena in Kalamata, Messenia, Greece.
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Kalamata olive
The Kalamata olive is a large, dark purple olive with a smooth, meaty texture, named after the city of Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese, Greece.
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Kalamata railway station
Kalamata railway station (Sidirodromikos Stathmos Kalamata) is a disused railway station in Kalamata, Greece. located within the city itself. Opened 1892 by the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways (now part of OSE). Until 2010 TrainOSE operated local and regional services to Katakolo, Pyrgos and Olympia and Kyparissia, and a suburban service to Messini and the General Hospital.
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Kalamatianos
The Kalamatianós (Καλαματιανός) is one of the best known dances of Greece.
Kallikratis Programme
The Kallikratis Programme (Prógramma Kallikrátis) is the common name of Greek law 3852/2010 of 2010, a major administrative reform in Greece.
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Karelia Tobacco Company
Karelia Tobacco Company Inc.
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Köppen climate classification
The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems.
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Kingdom of the Morea
The Kingdom of the Morea or Realm of the Morea (Regno di Morea) was the official name the Republic of Venice gave to the Peloponnese peninsula in southern Greece (which was more widely known as the Morea until the 19th century) when it was conquered from the Ottoman Empire during the Morean War in 1684–99.
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Konstantinos Ventiris
Konstantinos Ventiris (Κωνσταντίνος Βεντήρης, 1892–1960) was a Hellenic Army officer who rose to the rank of lieutenant general.
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KTEL (Greece)
KTEL (Κοινό Ταμείο Εισπράξεων Λεωφορείων, "Common Funds of Bus Proceeds") is the main intercity public transport bus service in Greece.
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Kyriakos Stamatopoulos
Kyriakos Stamatopoulos (born 28 August 1979) is a Greek Canadian former professional soccer goalkeeper who is the head goalkeeper coach for AIK.
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Kythira
Kythira (Κύθηρα), also transliterated as Cythera, Kythera and Kithira, is an island in Greece lying opposite the south-eastern tip of the Peloponnese peninsula. Kalamata and Kythira are Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece.
Ladas, Messenia
Ladas (Λαδάς) is a small village in Greece, part of the municipality Kalamata, Messenia. Kalamata and Ladas, Messenia are Populated places in Messenia.
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Lawrence Durrell
Lawrence George Durrell (27 February 1912 – 7 November 1990) was an expatriate British novelist, poet, dramatist, and travel writer.
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List of cities and towns in Greece
Two thirds of the Greek people live in urban areas.
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Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell is a city in Massachusetts, United States.
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Mani Peninsula
The Mani Peninsula (Mánē), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (Μαΐνη), is a geographical and cultural region in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece and home to the Maniots (Maniátes), who claim descent from the ancient Spartans.
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Maniots
The Maniots or Maniates (Μανιάτες) are an ethnic Greek subgroup that traditionally inhabit the Mani Peninsula; located in western Laconia and eastern Messenia, in the southern Peloponnese, Greece.
Maria Polydouri
Maria Polydouri (1 April 1902 – 29 April 1930) was a Greek poet who belonged to the school of Neo-romanticism.
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Marie de Bourbon, Princess of Achaea
Marie of Bourbon (c. 1315–1387) was the sovereign baroness of Vostitsa in 1359-1370.
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Marina
A marina (from Spanish, Portuguese and Italian: "related to the sea") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats.
Marseille
Marseille or Marseilles (Marseille; Marselha; see below) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region.
Matilda of Hainaut
Matilda of Hainaut (French: Mathilde de Hainaut; November 1293 – 1331), also known as Maud and Mahaut, was Princess of Achaea from 1316 to 1321.
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Mediterranean climate
A Mediterranean climate, also called a dry summer climate, described by Köppen as Cs, is a temperate climate type that occurs in the lower mid-latitudes (normally 30 to 44 north and south latitude).
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Mediterranean Sea
The Mediterranean Sea is a sea connected to the Atlantic Ocean, surrounded by the Mediterranean Basin and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Southern Europe and Anatolia, on the south by North Africa, on the east by the Levant in West Asia, and on the west almost by the Morocco–Spain border.
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Melingoi
The Melingoi or Milingoi (Μηλιγγοί) were a Slavic tribe that settled in the Peloponnese in southern Greece during the Middle Ages.
Messene
Messene (Greek: Μεσσήνη 𐀕𐀼𐀙 Messini), officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia in the region (perifereia) of Peloponnese. Kalamata and Messene are Populated places in Messenia.
Messenia
Messenia or Messinia (Μεσσηνία) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece.
Messenian Gulf
The Messenian Gulf (Messiniakós Kólpos) is a sea that is part of the Ionian Sea.
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Messini
Messini (Μεσσήνη, before 1867: Νησί Nisi) is a municipal unit (dimotiki enotita) and the seat town (edra) of the municipality (dimos) of Messini within the regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) of Messenia in the region (perifereia) of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided. Kalamata and Messini are municipalities of Peloponnese (region) and Populated places in Messenia.
Messiniakos
Founded in 1888, Messiniakos Gymnastic Club (Μεσσηνιακός Γυμναστικός Σύλλογος) is one of the oldest athletic club in Greece with Panagiotis Benakis its first president.
Metre-gauge railway
Metre-gauge railways (US: meter-gauge railways) are narrow-gauge railways with track gauge of or 1 metre.
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Metropolitan bishop
In Christian churches with episcopal polity, the rank of metropolitan bishop, or simply metropolitan (alternative obsolete form: metropolite), pertains to the diocesan bishop or archbishop of a metropolis.
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Michail Stasinopoulos
Michail Stasinopoulos (Μιχαήλ Στασινόπουλος; 27 July 1903 – 31 October 2002) was a Greek jurist and politician who served as the President of Greece from 18 December 1974 to 19 July 1975.
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Mihalis Papagiannakis
Mihalis Papayiannakis (Μιχάλης Παπαγιαννάκης; 19 August 1941 – 26 May 2009) was a Greek politician.
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Mikri Mantineia
Mikri Mantineia (Μικρή Μαντίνεια) is a seaside village in the municipality of Kalamata, Messenia, Greece. Kalamata and Mikri Mantineia are Populated places in Messenia.
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Military history of Greece during World War II
The military history of Greece during World War II began on 28 October 1940, when the Italian Army invaded Greece from Albania, beginning the Greco-Italian War.
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Morean War
The Morean war (Guerra di Morea), also known as the Sixth Ottoman–Venetian War, was fought between 1684–1699 as part of the wider conflict known as the "Great Turkish War", between the Republic of Venice and the Ottoman Empire.
Muhammad al-Idrisi
Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Dreses; 1100–1165), was a Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily.
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Municipalities and communities of Greece
The municipalities of Greece (translit) are the lowest level of government within the organizational structure of the state.
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Mystras
Mystras or Mistras (Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and Mystras are Byzantine sites in Peloponnese (region).
National Observatory of Athens
The National Observatory of Athens (NOA; Εθνικό Αστεροσκοπείο Αθηνών) is a research institute in Athens, Greece.
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.
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Nedonas
The Nedonas (Νέδωνας, katharevousa: Νέδων Nedon) is a river Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.
Nicholas II of Saint-Omer
Nicholas II of Saint Omer was the lord of half of Thebes in Frankish Greece from 1258 to his death in 1294.
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Nikolaos Doxaras
Nikolaos Doxaras (Νικόλαος Δοξαράς; 1706/10 – 2 March 1775).
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Nikolaos Georgeas
Nikolaos "Nikos" Georgeas (Νικόλαος "Νίκος" Γεωργέας, born 27 December 1976) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
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Nikolaos Politis
Nikolaos Politis or Nikolaos Polites (also spelled Nicolas Politis; Νικόλαος Πολίτης; 1872 in Corfu, Greece – 1942 in Cannes, France) was a Greek diplomat in the early 20th century.
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Nikon the "Metanoite" (Νίκων ὁ Μετανοεῖτε, Nikon ho Metanoeite (Nikon the Repentant); born circa 930, died 998.) was a Byzantine monk, itinerant preacher, and Christian Orthodox saint.
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Nikos Economopoulos
Nikos Economopoulos (Νίκος Οικονομόπουλος, Nikos Oikonomopoulos, born 1953) is a Greek photographer known for his photography of the Balkans and of Greece in particular.
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Nikos Moulatsiotis
Nikos Moulatsiotis (Νίκος Μουλατσιώτης) is a Greek footballer (soccer player) and a coach.
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Ottoman reconquest of the Morea
The Ottoman reconquest of the Morea took place in June–September 1715, during the Seventh Ottoman–Venetian War.
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Panagiotis Bachramis
Panagiotis Bachramis (Παναγιώτης Μπαχράμης; 12 March 1976, in Kalamata – 13 August 2010, in Kyparissia) was a Greek professional footballer who played as midfielder.
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Panagiotis Benakis
Panagiotis Benakis (Παναγιώτης Μπενάκης; c. 17001771) was a Greek businessman from Kalamata in the 18th century, during the Ottoman rule over Greece, he was in contact of Catherine the Great during the Orlov Revolt.
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Panagiotis Doxaras
Panagiotis Doxaras (Παναγιώτης Δοξαράς) (1662–1729) also known as Panayiotis Doxaras, was an author and painter.
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Panos Michalopoulos
Panos Michalopoulos (Παναγιώτης (Πάνος) Μιχαλόπουλος; born 15 January 1949) is a Greek actor, who has appeared during the last three decades in movies and television series.
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Papaflessas
Grigorios Dimitrios Dikaios-Flessas (1788 – 25 May 1825), popularly known as Papaflessas was a Greek priest and government official who became one of the most influential figures during the Greek War of Independence.
Patras
Patras (Pátra; Katharevousa and Πάτραι; Patrae) is Greece's third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. Kalamata and Patras are Greek prefectural capitals and Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece.
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus (Pelopónnēsos) or Morea (Mōrèas; Mōriàs) is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans.
Peloponnese (region)
The Peloponnese Region (translit) is a region in southern Greece.
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Petrobey Mavromichalis
Petros Mavromichalis (1765–1848), also known as Petrobey, was a Greek general, politician and the leader of the Maniot people during the first half of the 19th century.
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Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways
Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways or SPAP (Σιδηρόδρομοι Πειραιώς-Αθηνών-Πελοποννήσου"Siderodromi Pireos Athinon Peloponisou" or Σ.Π.Α.Π.
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Prasina Poulia
Prassina Poulia Football Athletic Club (Ποδοσφαιρικός Αθλητικός Όμιλος "Πράσινα Πουλιά") is one of the oldest football clubs in Kalamata, Greece, being founded in 1938.
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Principality of Achaea
The Principality of Achaea or Principality of Morea was one of the vassal states of the Latin Empire, which replaced the Byzantine Empire after the capture of Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade.
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Prokopis Pavlopoulos
Prokopios "Prokopis" Pavlopoulos (Προκόπιος "Προκόπης" Παυλόπουλος,; born 10 July 1950) is a Greek retired politician, who served as the president of Greece from 2015 to 2020.
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Provinces of Greece
The provinces of Greece (επαρχία, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures.
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Pylos
Pylos (Πύλος), historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and Pylos are Mediterranean port cities and towns in Greece and Populated places in Messenia.
Rebellion
Rebellion is a violent uprising against one's government.
Reed (plant)
Reed is a common name for several tall, grass-like plants of wetlands.
Republic of Venice
The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.
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Robert, Prince of Taranto
Robert II of Taranto (1319 or early winter 1326 – 10 September 1364), of the Angevin family, Prince of Taranto (1331–1346), King of Albania (1331–1332), Prince of Achaea (1332–1346), and titular Latin Emperor (1343 or 1346 – 1364).
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Security Battalions
The Security Battalions (Tagmata Asfaleias, derisively known as Germanotsoliades (Γερμανοτσολιάδες, meaning "German tsoliás") or Tagmatasfalites (Ταγματασφαλίτες)) were Greek collaborationist paramilitary groups, formed during the Axis occupation of Greece during World War II in order to support the German occupation troops.
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Sesame seed candy
Sesame seed candy is a confection of sesame seeds and sugar or honey pressed into a bar or ball.
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Siege of Candia
The Siege of Candia (now Heraklion, Crete) was a military conflict in which Ottoman forces besieged the Venetian-ruled capital city of the Kingdom of Candia.
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Sister city
A sister city or a twin town relationship is a form of legal or social agreement between two geographically and politically distinct localities for the purpose of promoting cultural and commercial ties.
Sokratis Papastathopoulos
Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Σωκράτης Παπασταθόπουλος; born 9 June 1988), also known mononymously as Sokratis, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a centre-back.
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Sport of athletics
Athletics is a group of sporting events that involves competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking.
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Stavros Kostopoulos
Stavros Kostopoulos (Σταύρος Κωστόπουλος, 14 September 1900 – 23 June 1968) was a Greek banker and politician.
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Surface-wave magnitude
The surface wave magnitude (M_s) scale is one of the magnitude scales used in seismology to describe the size of an earthquake.
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Taygetus
The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus (Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece.
The Canberra Times
The Canberra Times is a daily newspaper in Canberra, Australia, which is published by Australian Community Media.
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Theodoros Kolokotronis
Theodoros Kolokotronis (Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire.
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Thouria, Messenia
Thouria (Θουρία) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and Thouria, Messenia are Populated places in Messenia.
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Tripoli, Greece
Tripoli (Τρίπολη, Trípoli, Katharevousa Τρίπολις, Trípolis) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. Kalamata and Tripoli, Greece are Greek prefectural capitals and municipalities of Peloponnese (region).
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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Vassilis Constantakopoulos
Vassilis C. Constantakopoulos (Βασίλειος Κωνσταντακόπουλος Vassilis Constantakopoulos) 29 June 1935 - 25 January 2011) was, a Greek captain, shipowner and entrepreneur.
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Vassilis Photopoulos
Vassilis Photopoulos (Βασίλης Φωτόπουλος) (1934, Kalamata – 14 January 2007, Athens, Greece) was an influential Greek painter, film director, art director and set designer.
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Victoria Cross
The Victoria Cross (VC) is the highest and most prestigious decoration of the British decorations system.
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Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net.
Wehrmacht
The Wehrmacht were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945.
West Mani
West Mani (Δυτική Μάνη - Dytiki Mani) is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. Kalamata and West Mani are municipalities of Peloponnese (region) and Populated places in Messenia.
William of Champlitte
William I of Champlitte (Guillaume de Champlitte) (1160s-1209) was a French knight who joined the Fourth Crusade and became the first prince of Achaea (1205–1209).
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William of Villehardouin
William of Villehardouin (Guillaume de Villehardouin; Kalamata, 1211 – 1 May 1278) was the fourth prince of Achaea in Frankish Greece, from 1246 to 1278.
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Xi'an
Xi'an is the capital of Shaanxi Province.
Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis (Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni, is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
1986 Kalamata earthquake
The 1986 Kalamata earthquake struck the southern Peloponnese Region of Greece on September 13 at 20:24 local time.
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2nd New Zealand Division
The 2nd New Zealand Division, initially the New Zealand Division, was an infantry division of the New Zealand Military Forces (New Zealand's army) during the Second World War.
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See also
Byzantine sites in Peloponnese (region)
- Hagia Sophia, Monemvasia
- Kalamata
- Mouchli
- Mystras
Castles in the Peloponnese
- Bourtzi Castle
- Kalamata
- Koroni
- Methoni Castle
- Mouchli
- Palamidi
Greek prefectural capitals
- Agios Nikolaos, Crete
- Alexandroupolis
- Amfissa
- Argostoli
- Arta, Greece
- Chalcis
- Chania
- Chios (town)
- Corfu (city)
- Edessa, Greece
- Ermoupoli
- Florina
- Heraklion
- Igoumenitsa
- Ioannina
- Kalamata
- Karditsa
- Karpenisi
- Kastoria
- Katerini
- Kavala
- Kilkis
- Komotini
- Kozani
- Lamia (city)
- Lefkada (city)
- Livadeia
- Missolonghi
- Nafplio
- Patras
- Polygyros
- Pyrgos, Elis
- Rethymno (municipality)
- Rhodes (city)
- Serres
- Sparta, Laconia
- Trikala
- Tripoli, Greece
- Vathy, Samos
- Veria
- Volos
- Xanthi
- Zakynthos (city)
Municipalities of Peloponnese (region)
- Argos-Mykines
- Corinth
- Corinth (municipality)
- East Mani
- Elafonisos
- Epidaurus
- Ermionida
- Evrotas (municipality)
- Gortynia
- Kalamata
- Loutraki-Perachora-Agioi Theodoroi
- Megalopolis, Greece
- Messini
- Monemvasia
- Nafplio
- Nemea (town)
- North Kynouria
- Oichalia, Messenia
- Pylos-Nestor
- Pylos-Nestoras
- Sikyona
- South Kynouria
- Sparta, Laconia
- Trifylia
- Tripoli, Greece
- Velo-Vocha
- West Mani
- Xylokastro-Evrostina
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalamata
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