Taygeti
Taygeti is a hamlet in Sparti, Laconia and has about 17 residents. Taygeti is situated nearby to the hamlet Vlachochori, as well as near the village Mystras.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Hamlet with 17 residents
- Description: village in Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Barsinikos”, “Taiyeti”, “Taïyéti”, “Varsiniko”, and “Varsiníkos”
- Postal code: 23100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mystras and Villehardouin Castle.
Mystras
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mystras is a fortress town and archaeological site in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, known for its ruins from the Byzantine era. During its heyday as a medieval city, it was the capital of the Despotate of Morea, a rump state that was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-15th century shortly after the fall of Constantinople.
Pantanassa Monastery
Church
Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pantanassa Monastery is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery, now nunnery, located in Mystras, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late-Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, Giannis Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mystras and Anavryti.
Anavryti
Village
Photo: macrolepis, CC BY 3.0.
Anavryti or Anavriti is a small village in Laconia, Greece on Taygetus mountain, altitude 850m. Above the Evrotas Valley, Anavryti is traversed by European walking route E4. Anavryti is situated 4 km southeast of Taygeti.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. Magoula is situated 4½ km northeast of Taygeti.
Taygeti
- Categories: village and locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.06256° or 37° 3′ 45″ northLongitude
22.3562° or 22° 21′ 22″ eastPopulation
17Elevation
721 metres (2,365 feet)Open location code
8G943974+2FOpenStreetMap ID
node 1748715171OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamletGeoNames ID
253063Wikidata ID
Q12885270
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Egyptian Arabic to Greek—“Taygeti” goes by many names.
- Egyptian Arabic: “تايجيتى”
- Greek: “Βαρσινίκον”
- Greek: “Μπαρσινίκος Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Μπαρσινίκος”
- Greek: “Ταϋγέτη Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Ταϋγέτη”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Vlachochori and Pikoulianika.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Προφήτης Ηλίας and Agios Dimitrios.
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