Peloponnese
Laconia
Sparti

Taygeti

Taygeti is a hamlet in , and has about 17 residents. Taygeti is situated nearby to the hamlet , as well as near the village .
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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.

Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
or Mistras, also known in the Chronicle of the Morea as Myzethras or Myzithras, is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, , Greece.

Castle
Photo: Tomisti, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Church
Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a monastery in , . It was founded by a chief minister of the late Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, John Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mystras and Anavryti.

Village
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is a village.

Village
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or Anavriti is a small village in Laconia, on mountain, altitude 850m. Above the Evrotas Valley, is traversed by European walking route E4. is situated 4 km southeast of Taygeti.

Suburb
is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, . It is the former seat of the municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. is situated 4½ km northeast of Taygeti.

Taygeti

Latitude
37.06256° or 37° 3′ 45″ north
Longitude
22.3562° or 22° 21′ 22″ east
Population
17
Elevation
721 metres (2,365 feet)
Open location code
8G943974+2F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1748715171
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­hamlet
Geo­Names ID
253063
Wiki­data ID
Q12885270
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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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