Katafygio
Katafygio is a village in West Mani, Messenia and has about 17 residents. Katafygio is situated nearby to the hamlet Zacharia, as well as near the village Pedinon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 17 residents
- Description: human settlement in Messenia, Greece
- Also known as: “Katafíyion”, “Kataphygion”, “Kopsolaimeika”, “Kopsoleméïka”, and “Kotzolaimaíika”
- Postal code: 24022
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mourtzinos Tower.
Mourtzinos Tower
Building
Photo: Giotasak, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mourtzinos Tower is a building, which is situated 3½ km southwest of Katafygio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Prossilio and Petrovoúni.
Prossilio
Village
Photo: StrangeTraveler, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prossilio is a village, which is situated 2½ km west of Katafygio.
Petrovoúni
Hamlet
Petrovouni is a small village on the escarpment above Kardamyli on the Mani Peninsula in Messenia on the southern Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is the home to the Karaveli Monastery and the Faneromeni Monastery of Mani. Petrovoúni is situated 3 km southwest of Katafygio.
Kardamyli
Village
Photo: Ppso, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Kardamyli is a village in Greece on the Mani Peninsula in the southern Peloponnese. It is the seat of the municipality of West Mani in the regional unit of Messenia. Kardamyli is situated 4 km southwest of Katafygio.
Katafygio
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: West Mani, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
36.91165° or 36° 54′ 42″ northLongitude
22.26667° or 22° 16′ eastPopulation
17Elevation
518 metres (1,699 feet)Open location code
8G84W768+MMOpenStreetMap ID
node 1736447648OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
260714Wikidata ID
Q21601453
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In Other Languages
From French to Russian—“Katafygio” goes by many names.
- French: “Katafýgio (Messénie)”
- French: “Katafýgio”
- Greek: “Katafýgio”
- Greek: “Katafýgion”
- Greek: “Καταφύγι”
- Greek: “Καταφύγιο Μεσσηνίας”
- Greek: “Καταφύγιο”
- Greek: “Καταφύγιον”
- Greek: “Κοψολαιμέϊκα”
- Irish: “Kataphygion”
- Russian: “Катафийон”
- Russian: “Катафини”
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