Stoupa

Stoupa is a village on the coast of the southern peninsula in . It is part of the municipal unit of Lefktro within the municipality of , in Messenia and the historic region of .
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  • Type: Village with 600 residents
  • Description: village in Messenia, Greece
  • Postal code: 24024

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leuktron Castle.

Castle
The castle of Leuktron or Beaufort is a late medieval fortification in in the southern , on the . It is on the eastern shore of the Messenian Gulf, close to the ancient settlement of Leuctra and the modern village of Stoupa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Agios Nikolaos and Petrovoúni.

Village
Aghios Nikolaos, or Saint Nicholas, is a fishing village in the in southern about 30 kilometres south-east of , on the eastern shore of the Messenian Gulf, and about 4 kilometres south of Stoupa, a larger tourist village. is situated 3 km southeast of Stoupa.

Hamlet
Petrovouni is a small village on the escarpment above on the in Messenia on the southern peninsula of . It is the home to the Karaveli Monastery and the Faneromeni Monastery of Mani. is situated 5 km north of Stoupa.

Village
is a village in Greece on the in the southern . It is the seat of the municipality of in the regional unit of Messenia. is situated 5 km northwest of Stoupa.

Stoupa

Latitude
36.84548° or 36° 50′ 44″ north
Longitude
22.26166° or 22° 15′ 42″ east
Population
600
Elevation
9 metres (30 feet)
Open location code
8G84R7W6+5M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 338271086
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
253145
Wiki­data ID
Q7620562
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Tosk Albanian—“Stoupa” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Stoúpa
  • Dutch: Stoupa
  • French: Stoúpa
  • German: Stoupa
  • Greek: Στούπα Μεσσηνίας
  • Greek: Στούπα
  • Irish: Stoupa
  • Japanese: ストウパ
  • Romanian: Stoupa
  • Russian: Стоупа
  • Russian: Ступа
  • Swedish: Stoupa
  • Swiss German: Stoupa
  • Tosk Albanian: Stoupa

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Localities in the Area

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Highlights include Stoupa Beach and Αγία Τριάς.

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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 “Stoupa”. Photo: Mollerup, Public domain.