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Laconia or Lakonia (Greek: Λακωνία, Lakonía, ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta .
Sparta (Greek: Σπάρτη, Spárti) 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 (as of 2021) of 32,786, of whom 17,773 lived in the city.
A Coruña (Galician pronunciation: [ɐ koˈɾuɲɐ] ⓘ; Spanish: La Coruña [la koˈɾuɲa] ⓘ; [a] also informally called just Coruña; historical English: Corunna or The Groyne) is a city and municipality in Galicia, Spain.
Ancient Sparta was built on the banks of the Eurotas, the largest river of Laconia, which provided it with a source of fresh water. The Eurotas valley was a natural fortress, bounded to the west by Mt. Taygetus (2,407 m) and to the east by Mt. Parnon (1,935 m). To the north, Laconia is separated from Arcadia by hilly uplands reaching 1000 m in ...
Afisi; Agia Eirini; Agioi Anargyroi; Agioi Apostoloi; Agios Dimitrios, Evrotas; Agios Dimitrios, Monemvasia; Agios Georgios; Agios Ioannis, Evrotas; Agios Ioannis ...
People from Laconia (5 C, 39 P) T. Tsakonia (8 P) Pages in category "Laconia" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 total.
The cities of the Free Laconians (Eleutherolakōnes) according to PausaniasThe League of Free Laconians (Koinē Greek: Κοινόν τῶν ...
Laconia, a modern regional unit of Greece; The ancient region of Greece of the same name; see Laconia#Ancient history; Lacedaemonia, the name borne by the city of Sparta from Late Antiquity to the 19th century; Diocese of Lacedaemon or Lacedaemonia, a titular see of the Catholic Church