Kastanitsa
Kastanitsa is a village in Arcadia in Greece, on the southern slope of Mount Parnon. It is considered a traditional settlement. It is noted for its production of chestnuts, from which it takes its name, and for formerly being a majority Tsakonian-speaking settlement.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 204 residents
- Description: village in Arcadia regional unit, Greece
- Also known as: “Kastanítsa”
- Postal code: 22001
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sitena and Prastos.
Prastos
Village
Photo: Evangelos Papacharalampous, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prastos is a settlement in Arcadia, Greece. Formerly, Prastos was the premier town of the Tsakonian region, but declined in importance after its devastation by Ibrahim Pasha of Egypt during the Greek War of Independence and a general economic migration to urban areas that occurred in the following decades. Prastos is situated 3 km east of Kastanitsa.
Platanos
Village
Photo: Pavlos1988, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Platanos is a village, which is situated 7 km north of Kastanitsa.
Kastanitsa
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: North Kynouria, Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.26406° or 37° 15′ 51″ northLongitude
22.64971° or 22° 38′ 59″ eastPopulation
204Elevation
863 metres (2,831 feet)Open location code
8G947J7X+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 1637994252OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
260820Wikidata ID
Q6374786
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Russian—“Kastanitsa” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Kastanitsa”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كاستانيتسا”
- French: “Kastánitsa”
- German: “Kastanitsa”
- Greek: “Γαστένιτσα”
- Greek: “Καστάνιτσα Αρκαδίας”
- Greek: “Καστανίτσα”
- Greek: “Καστάνιτσα”
- Russian: “Кастаница”
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Highlights include Πολιτιστικό Κέντρο Καστανίτσας and Μεταμόρφωση Σωτήρος (1780).
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