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After the independent Greek state was established in 1830, the old Ottoman buildings of Tripolizza, such as the walls, were completely destroyed or demolished. Tripoli was renamed and rebuilt and was developed as one of the main cities of the Kingdom of Greece, serving as the capital of the Arcadia district. During the 19th and the 20th ...
People from Tripoli, Greece (4 C, 24 P) V. Valtetsi (8 P) Pages in category "Tripoli, Greece" The following 48 pages are in this category, out of 48 total.
Zevgolateio (Greek: Ζευγολατείο) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Korythio, Arcadia, Greece. The community includes the small village Parori. It is situated at the eastern edge of the plain of Tripoli, at about 650 m elevation. Zevgolateio is 2 km southeast of Pelagos, 3 km northwest of Steno and 6 km east of ...
Nestani is 11 km east of Kapsas, 13 km southwest of Lyrkeia and 14 km northeast of Tripoli. The Moreas Motorway ( Corinth –Tripoli- Kalamata / Sparta ) passes west of the village. The monastery of Panagia Gorgoepikοos is situated on a hill immediately southeast of the village.
The Tsakonian language, still spoken on the coast of modern Arcadia (but in the Classical period considered the southern Argolid coast immediately adjoining Arcadia), is a descendant of Doric Greek, and as such is an exceptional example of a surviving regional dialect of archaic Greek.
Tripolis (Larisaia), an ancient Greek city in the Pelasgiotis district, Thessaly, near Larissa; Tripolis (Perrhaebia), a district of three cities in ancient Perrhaebia, Thessaly, Greece; Tripolis (region of Laconia), a district in ancient Laconia, Greece; Tripoli, Greece, a modern city in Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese region
In 1821, when the Greek War of Independence broke out, Valtetsi became the key headquarters of the revolutionary army. The short distance within the village and Tripolis -which being the capital of the Ottoman vilayet of Morea became the main objective of the rebels- and the topographic characteristics of the place made Theodoros Kolokotronis to choose it as his stronghold prior to the final ...
Pelagos (Greek: Πέλαγος) is a village in the municipality of Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the plain of Tripoli, at 670 m above sea level. As of 2011, it had a population of 151. It is 2 km northwest of Zevgolateio and 4 km northeast of Tripoli city centre. The A7 motorway (Corinth–Tripoli–Kalamata) passes west of the ...