Messenia
Messenia or Messinia is a regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011, Messenia was a prefecture covering the same territory.Popular Destinations
Kalamata
Kalamata is the main city and port of Messenia region, in the southwestern part of Peloponnese, Greece. Photo: macrolepis, CC BY 3.0.Pylos
Pylos, historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.Koroni
Koroni or Corone is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Photo: Kris Sliver, CC BY-SA 3.0.Voidokilia
Voidokilia Beach is a popular beach in Messinia in the Mediterranean area. Photo: Fæ, CC BY-SA 3.0.Messenia
- Type: Prefecture of Greece
- Description: regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese, Greece
- Location: Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
- Latitude of center: 37.25° or 37° 15' north
- Longitude of center: 21.8333° or 21° 50' east
- Elevation: 314 metres (1030 feet)
- GeoNames ID: 257149
Also Known As
- Arabic: ميسينيا
- Azerbaijani: Messeniya
- Basque: Mesenia
- Basque: Meseniako eskualdea
- Belarusian: Месенія
- Bulgarian: Месения
- Bulgarian: Месиния
- Catalan: Messènia
- Catalan: Prefectura de Messènia
- Catalan: Unitat perifèrica de Messènia
- Chinese: 美塞尼亚
- Chinese: 美塞尼亞
- Chinese: 麥西尼亞州
- Chinese: 麦西尼亚
- Chinese: 麦西尼亚州
- Croatian: Prefektura Mesanija
- Czech: Messénie
- Dutch: Messenia
- Dutch: Messenie
- Dutch: Messenië
- Dutch: Messinia
- English: Messenia Prefecture
- English: Messinia
- Esperanto: Mesenio
- Estonian: Messeenia
- Finnish: Messenia
- Finnish: Messinia
- French: Messenie
- French: Messinia
- French: Messénie
- French: Messéniens
- French: Méssénie
- Galician: Mesenia
- Georgian: მესენია
- Georgian: მესინია
- German: GR-17
- German: Messenien
- German: Messinia
- German: Stenyklaros
- Greek: Μεσσηνία
- Greek: Νομός Μεσσηνίας
- Hebrew: מסיניאה
- Hebrew: מסיניה
- Hebrew: מסניה
- Hindi: मेस्सेनिआ
- Indonesian: Messinia
- Italian: Messeni
- Italian: Messenia
- Italian: Messinia
- Japanese: メシニア
- Japanese: メッシニア
- Japanese: メッシニア県
- Japanese: メッセニア
- Japanese: メッセニア県
- Japanese: メッセーネー
- Korean: 메세니아
- Korean: 메시니아
- Korean: 메시니아현
- Korean: 메시니아 현
- Latin: Messenia
- Latvian: Mesinijas nome
- Lithuanian: Mesenės nomas
- Macedonian: Месенија
- Norwegian: Messenia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Messenia
- Norwegian Bokmål: Messinia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Messenia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Messinia
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Messinía
- Polish: Mesenia
- Polish: Messenia
- Polish: Nomos Mesenia
- Portuguese: Messinia
- Portuguese: Messénia
- Portuguese: Messênia
- Portuguese: Messínia
- Romanian: Messinia
- Russian: Месиния
- Russian: Мессения
- Russian: Мессиния
- Serbian: Mesenija
- Serbian: Месенија
- Serbian: Месинија
- Serbian: Префектура Месенија
- Serbian: Префектура Месинија
- Serbo-Croatian: Mesenija
- Serbo-Croatian: Prefektura Mesenija
- Slovak: Messinia
- Spanish: Mesenia
- Spanish: Prefectura de Messenia
- Swedish: Messener
- Swedish: Messenien
- Swedish: Messinia
- Swiss German: Präfektur Messenien
- Tosk Albanian: Präfektur Messenien
- Turkish: Mesinya
- Turkish: Messenia
- Turkish: Messinia
- Turkish: Messinya
- Ukrainian: Месинія
- Ukrainian: Мессенія
- Ukrainian: Мессинія
- Urdu: میسینیا
- Waray (Philippines): Messinia
- Nomos Messinias
- Nomós Messinías
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. - Robert Louis Stevenson
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