Garea

Garea is a village in Tripoli, Arcadia and has about 105 residents. Garea is situated nearby to the hamlet Giokaraika, as well as near the village Magoula.

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Type: Village with 105 residents
Description: modern village in Arcadia, Greece
Also known as: “Ahmetagá”, “Meimetaga”, and “Meïmétaga”
Postal code: 22012

Places of Interest

Highlights include Tegea and Archaeological Museum of Tegea.

Tegea

Archaeological site

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Tegea was a settlement in ancient Arcadia, and it is also a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Tripoli municipality, of which it is a municipal unit with an area of 118.350 km2. Tegea is situated 3 km northwest of Garea.

Archaeological Museum of Tegea

Museum

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The Archaeological Museum of Tegea is a museum in Tegea, Arcadia, Greece. Archaeological Museum of Tegea is situated 2½ km northwest of Garea.

Temple of Athena Alea

Ruins

Photo: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Temple of Athena Alea was a sanctuary at Tegea in Ancient Greece, dedicated to Athena under the epithet Athena Alea; a syncretization between the Olympian goddess Athena and the local deity Alea. Temple of Athena Alea is situated 3 km northwest of Garea.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rizes and Stadio.

Rizes

Village

Photo: Αρκάς, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Rizes is the easternmost village in the municipal unit of Tegea in Arcadia, Greece. Its population was 449 in 2021. Its primary economic activity is agriculture.