Arsinoi
Arsinoi is a local community of the municipal unit Ithomi, of the municipality of Messini within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided.- Type: Village with 114 residents
- Description: village in Messenia, Greece
- Also known as: “Arsinói”, “Semíza”, “Simiza”, and “Simíza”
- Postal code: 24002
Places of Interest
Highlights include Messene and Mausoleum of Saithidai.
Messene
Photo: Rossignol Benoît, CC BY 3.0.
Messene, officially Ancient Messene, is a local community within the regional unit of Messenia in the region of Peloponnese. It is best known for the ruins of the large classical city-state of Ancient Messene.
Mausoleum of Saithidai
Ruins
Photo: Andreas Theodosis, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mausoleum of Saithidai is a ruins.
Messene Asclepeion
Archaeological site
Photo: Ioannis Houvardas, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Messene Asclepeion is an archaeological site.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mavromati and Labena.
Labena
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Labena is a village, which is situated 4½ km southeast of Arsinoi.
Valyra
Village
Valyra is a small village in southern Greece. Situated on the Peloponnese Peninsula, Valyra was the seat of the Ithomi municipality. Located near the ancient city of Messene, it lies 18 km NW of Kalamata, and about 177 km SW of Athens. Valyra is situated 5 km east of Arsinoi.
Arsinoi
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Messene, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.16697° or 37° 10′ 1″ northLongitude
21.92326° or 21° 55′ 24″ eastPopulation
114Elevation
309 metres (1,014 feet)Open location code
8G935W8F+Q8OpenStreetMap ID
node 1738463358OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
264560Wikidata ID
Q4796564
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Arsinoi” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Arsinoi”
- Greek: “Αρσινόη Μεσσηνίας”
- Greek: “Αρσινόη”
- Greek: “Σιμίζα”
- Irish: “Arsinoi”
- Pontic: “Σιμίζα”
- Russian: “Арсинои”
- Turkish: “Simiza”
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