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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kalamata and Pylos.
Kalamata
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Kalamata is the main city and port of Messenia region, in the southwestern part of Peloponnese, Greece.
Pylos
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Pylos, historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been part of the municipality Pylos-Nestoras, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit.
Koroni
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Koroni or Corone is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestor, of which it is a municipal unit.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Voidokilia and Iamia.
Voidokilia
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Voidokilia Beach is a popular beach in Messinia in the Mediterranean area. In the shape of the Greek letter omega, its sand forms a semicircular strip of dunes.
Iamia
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Iamia is a village of the Municipality of Pylos - Nestoros. It is 5 km from Loutsa Beach of Finikounda, 7 km from Finikounda and 10 km from Koroni.
Messenia
- Type: prefecture of Greece with 167,000 residents
- Description: regional unit in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese, Greece
- Also known as: “Messenia Prefecture” and “Nomos Messinias”
- Location: Peloponnese, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Waray—“Messenia” goes by many names.
- 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”
- Cebuano: “Nomós Messinías”
- Chinese: “美塞尼亞”
- Chinese: “麥西尼亞專區”
- Chinese: “麥西尼亞州”
- Chinese: “麦西尼亚”
- Chinese: “麦西尼亚专区”
- Chinese: “麦西尼亚州”
- Croatian: “Prefektura Mesanija”
- Czech: “Messénie”
- Danish: “Messenien”
- Dutch: “Messenia”
- Dutch: “Messenie”
- Dutch: “Messenië”
- Dutch: “Messinia”
- Esperanto: “Mesenio”
- Estonian: “Messeenia”
- Finnish: “Messenia”
- Finnish: “Messenian prefektuuri”
- Finnish: “Messinia”
- French: “Messenie”
- French: “Messénie”
- French: “Méssénie”
- French: “Messéniens”
- French: “Messinia”
- 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: “メッセーネー”
- Japanese: “メッセニア”
- Japanese: “メッセニア県”
- Korean: “메세니아”
- Korean: “메시니아 현”
- Korean: “메시니아”
- Korean: “메시니아현”
- Latin: “Messenia”
- Latvian: “Mesinijas nome”
- Lithuanian: “Mesenės nomas”
- Macedonian: “Месенија”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Messenia”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Messinia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messenia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messinia”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Messinía”
- Norwegian: “Messenia”
- Persian: “مسنیا”
- Polish: “Mesenia”
- Polish: “Messenia”
- Polish: “Nomos Mesenia”
- Portuguese: “Messénia”
- Portuguese: “Messênia”
- Portuguese: “Messinia”
- 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”
- Slovenian: “Prefektura Mesenija”
- Spanish: “Mesenia”
- Spanish: “prefectura de Mesenia”
- Spanish: “Prefectura de Messenia”
- Swedish: “Messener”
- Swedish: “Messenien”
- Swedish: “Messinia”
- Swiss German: “Präfektur Messenien”
- Thai: “หน่วยภูมิภาคเมซีนีอา”
- Tosk Albanian: “Präfektur Messenien”
- Turkish: “Mesinya”
- Turkish: “Messenia”
- Turkish: “Messinia”
- Ukrainian: “Месинія”
- Ukrainian: “Мессенія”
- Ukrainian: “Мессинія”
- Urdu: “میسینیا”
- Waray (Philippines): “Messinia”
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