Paleologio
Paleologio is a village in Sparti, Laconia and has about 304 residents. Paleologio is situated nearby to the suburb Magoula, as well as near the locality Κουσουλιάνικο Μαγούλας Σπάρτης.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Village with 304 residents
- Description: village in Laconia, Greece
- Also known as: “Palaiologio”, “Palaiologion”, “Palaiológion”, and “Sklaviki”
- Postal code: 23100
Places of Interest
Highlights include Mystras and Archaeological Museum of Sparta.
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.
Archaeological Museum of Sparta
Museum
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Archaeological Museum of Sparta, founded in 1875, is a museum in Sparta, Greece that houses thousands of artifacts from the ancient Acropolis of Sparta and the rest of the municipality of Laconia.
Temple of Artemis Orthia
Ruins
Photo: George E. Koronaios, CC0.
The Sanctuary of Artemis Orthia, an Archaic site devoted in Classical times to Artemis, was one of the most important religious sites in the Greek city-state of Sparta, and continued to be used into the fourth century CE, when all non-Christian worship was banned during the persecution of pagans in the late Roman Empire. Temple of Artemis Orthia is situated 3 km northeast of Paleologio.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Magoula and Sparta.
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.
Sparta
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Sparta is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
Mystras
Village
Photo: Jeanhousen, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Mystras is a village, which is situated 2½ km west of Paleologio.
Paleologio
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: Sparti, Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.07241° or 37° 4′ 21″ northLongitude
22.40551° or 22° 24′ 20″ eastPopulation
304Elevation
235 metres (771 feet)Open location code
8G943CC4+X6OpenStreetMap ID
node 1482973427OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
8986740Wikidata ID
Q21601303
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In Other Languages
From Greek to Irish—“Paleologio” goes by many names.
- Greek: “Παλαιολόγιο Λακωνίας”
- Greek: “Παλαιολόγιο”
- Greek: “Παλαιολόγιον” (historical)
- Greek: “Σκλαβική”
- Irish: “Palaiologio”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Κουσουλιάνικο Μαγούλας Σπάρτης and Sparta.
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