Agia Irini
Agia Irini is a village in Sparti, Laconia and has about 174 residents. Agia Irini is situated nearby to the hamlet Stavros, as well as near the village Tripi.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 174 residents
- Description: village in Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Agia Eirini”, “Ayia Irini”, “Ayía Iríni”, “Varsova”, and “Vársova”
- Postal code: 23100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mystras and Keadas.
Mystras
Photo: Codas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mystras is a fortress town and archaeological site in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, known for its ruins from the Byzantine era. During its heyday as a medieval city, it was the capital of the Despotate of Morea, a rump state that was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in the mid-15th century shortly after the fall of Constantinople.
Keadas
Archaeological site
Photo: Ckgod, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Keadas is an archaeological site, which is situated 2½ km west of Agia Irini.
Pantanassa Monastery
Church
Photo: Ed89, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Pantanassa Monastery is a former Eastern Orthodox monastery, now nunnery, located in Mystras, in the Peloponnese region of Greece. It was founded by a chief minister of the late-Byzantine Despotate of the Morea, Giannis Frankopoulos, and was dedicated in September 1428. Pantanassa Monastery is situated 3 km south of Agia Irini.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mystras and Magoula.
Mystras
Village
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mystras is a village, which is situated 3½ km south of Agia Irini.
Magoula
Suburb
Magoula is a district of modern Sparta city in Laconia, Greece. It is the former seat of the Mystras municipality. It is basically the evolution of a small village that has been attached to the growing Sparta city. Magoula is situated 4 km southeast of Agia Irini.
Taygeti
Hamlet
Photo: Karounos, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Taygeti is a hamlet, which is situated 4 km south of Agia Irini.
Agia Irini
- Category: locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.09791° or 37° 5′ 53″ northLongitude
22.36837° or 22° 22′ 6″ eastPopulation
174Elevation
360 metres (1,181 feet)Open location code
8G9439X9+58OpenStreetMap ID
node 1748715110OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
264254Wikidata ID
Q16322594
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Turkish—“Agia Irini” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Αγία Ειρήνη Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Αγία Ειρήνη”
- Greek: “Βάρσοβα” (historical)
- Greek: “Κεμάλ Αγά”
- Pontic: “Κεμάλ Αγά”
- Russian: “Агиа Ирини”
- Turkish: “Kemal”
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Localities in the Area
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