Kyparissia
Kyparissia is a coastal town in western Messenia, overlooking the Ionian Sea. Kyparissia is a relaxed and relatively untouristed destination, making it a good base for exploring western Messenia.- Type: Town with 4,890 residents
- Description: town in Messenia, Greece
- Also known as: “Arkadiá”, “Kiparissia”, “Kiparissía”, “Kyparissa”, “Mint of Cyparissia”, and “Αρκαδιά”
- Postal code: 24500
Places of Interest
Highlights: Castle of Kyparissia and Church of Holy Trinity, Kyparissia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stasio and Terpsithea.
Stasio
Village
Stasio is a village in the municipal unit of Kyparissia, Greece. In 2021 its population was 73. It is 4 km south of Kyparissia. The church in the village is St. Michael's and Gabriel's. Stasio is situated 3½ km south of Kyparissia.
Terpsithea
Hamlet
Terpsithea is a village in Messenia, southern Greece. It is a settlement of the town Kyparissia with 104 residents. The village is about 500 metres from the Ionian Sea coast, 4 km southwest of Kyparissia. Terpsithea is situated 3½ km southwest of Kyparissia.
Kyparissia
- Categories: polis and locality
- Location: Trifylia, Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude
37.2511° or 37° 15′ 4″ north
Longitude
21.669° or 21° 40′ 8″ east
Population
4,890
Elevation
44 metres (144 feet)
UN/LOCODE
GR KIP
Open location code
8G937M29+CJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=town
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Kyparissia” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كيباريسيا”
- Armenian: “Կիպարիսիա”
- Asturian: “Kyparissia”
- Catalan: “Ciparíssia”
- Cebuano: “Kyparissía”
- Chinese: “基帕里夏”
- Czech: “Kyparissia”
- Danish: “Kyparissia”
- Dutch: “Kyparissia”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كيباريسيا”
- Finnish: “Kyparissía”
- French: “Kyparissia”
- French: “Kyparissía”
- German: “Kyparissia”
- Greek: “Κυπαρισσία”
- Italian: “Kyparissia”
- Japanese: “キパリシア”
- Korean: “키파리시아”
- Latin: “Cyparissia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kyparissía”
- Romanian: “Kyparissia”
- Russian: “Кипарисия”
- Serbian: “Kiparisija”
- Serbian: “Кипарисија”
- Spanish: “Ciparisia”
- Swedish: “Kyparissia”
- Turkish: “Arkadya”
- Ukrainian: “Кіпаріссія”
- Urdu: “کیپاریسیا”
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