Peloponnese
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Peloponnese is a peninsula in southern Greece. Originally a peninsula connected to the rest of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth, it is now cut off from the mainland by the narrow Corinth Canal, spanned by bridges connecting Peloponnese to Attica across the canal.
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Nafplio
Nafplio is a small town in Peloponnese. The name is the remnant of the old Venetian name "Napoli di Romania", from the Greek "nea poli"="new town" of Romania, the name of the area during the late Byzantine times.Patra
Patras is the third largest urban conglomeration of Greece, (after Athens/Piraeus and Thessaloniki).Kalamata
Kalamata is the main city and port of Messenia region, in the southwestern part of Peloponnese, Greece.Loutraki
Loutraki is a seaside resort and spa town in the Corinth Region of the Peloponnese.Destinations
Argolis
Argolis is a region in the eastern part of the Peloponnese, Greece.Messenia
Messenia is a region in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese.Laconia
Laconia is a region in the southeastern part of the Peloponnese.Elis
Elis is a region in the western part of the Peloponnese, bounded on the north by Achaea, east by Arcadia, south by Messenia, and west by the Ionian Sea.Arcadia
Arcadia is a region in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese, Greece.Peloponnese Hotels
Peloponnese
- Type: island
- Location: Greece, Balkans, Europe
- Latitude of center: 37° 37' 24" (37.6233°) north
- Longitude of center: 22° 25' 4" (22.4178°) east
- Elevation: 829 meters (2720 feet)
- Wikidata: Peloponnese
- Wikimedia Commons: Peloponnese
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Other Names for Peloponnese
French: Péloponnèse, German: Peloponnes, Italian: Peloponneso, Portuguese: Peloponeso, Spanish: Peloponeso, Peloponnesos, Peloponnesus
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