Vlachorraptis
Vlachorraptis is a village in western Arcadia, Greece. It is the only village in the community Marathas. It is situated on a hill above the right bank of the river Alfeios, at about 650 m elevation.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 40 residents
- Description: village in Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Maratha”, “Vlachorrapti”, “Vlakhorráfti”, “Vlakhorraptis”, and “Vlakhorráptis”
- Postal code: 22022
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gortys.
Gortys
Photo: George Ntekas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Gortys, or Gortyna, was a town of ancient Arcadia in the district Cynuria, situated near the river Gortynius, also called Lusius nearer its sources, which was a tributary of the Alpheius, and was remarkable for the coldness of its waters. Gortys is situated 3½ km northeast of Vlachorraptis.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Atsicholos and Kryónero.
Atsicholos
Village
Atsicholos is a mountain village in the municipal unit Gortyna, Arcadia, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement which is situated on a mountain slope above the right bank of the river Lousios, near its confluence with the Alfeios.
Kryónero
Village
Sarakini is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Gortyna, western Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a hill above the right bank of the river Alfeios, at about 450 m elevation.
Markou
Village
Photo: Panathas023, Public domain.
Markou is a village, which is situated 4 km northeast of Vlachorraptis.
Vlachorraptis
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Megalopoli, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.52826° or 37° 31′ 42″ northLongitude
22.01015° or 22° 0′ 37″ eastPopulation
40Elevation
618 metres (2,028 feet)Open location code
8G94G2H6+83OpenStreetMap ID
node 1635675493OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
251885Wikidata ID
Q7938144
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Greek—“Vlachorraptis” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “ڤلاتشوراپتيس”
- French: “Vlachorráptis”
- Greek: “Βλαχορράπτης Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Βλαχορράπτης”
- Greek: “Βλαχορράφτι”
- Greek: “Μάραθα Αρκαδίας”
Localities in the Area
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Vlachorraptis”. Photo: Inkey, CC BY-SA 3.0.