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English: Map of Peloponnese, Greece, with the sites of major importance during the Middle Ages. Français : Carte du Péloponnèse , Grèce, avec principaux sites du Moyen Âge. UTM projection; WGS84 datum
The Peloponnese (/ ˌ p ɛ l ə p ə ˈ n iː z,-ˈ n iː s / PEL-ə-pə-NEEZ, - NEESS), Peloponnesus (/ ˌ p ɛ l ə p ə ˈ n iː s ə s / PEL-ə-pə-NEE-səs; Greek: Πελοπόννησος, romanized: Pelopónnēsos, IPA: [peloˈponisos]) or Morea (Medieval Greek: Μωρέας, romanized: Mōrèas; Greek: Μωριάς, romanized: Mōriàs) is a peninsula and geographic region in ...
English: Blank map with shaded relief of the Peloponnese peninsula, Greece Note : The limit of the Peloponnesian peninsula shown follows the Corinth Canal. Français : Carte vierge avec relief ombré de la péninsule du Péloponnèse , Grèce ;
Ancient Regions of Peloponnese (southern mainland Greece). The Peloponnese or Peloponnesos, is a large peninsula at the southern tip of the Balkans, and part of the traditional heartland of Greece. It is joined to the Greek 'mainland' by the Isthmus of Corinth. The Peloponnese is conventionally divided into seven regions, which remain in use as ...
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English: Blank map of the relief of Peloponnese, Greece. Français : Carte vierge du relief du Péloponnèse , Grèce. UTM projection; WGS84 datum; shaded relief (composite image of N-W, W and N lightning positions)
Map from William R. Shepherd's Historical Atlas (1911) After the conquest of Constantinople by the forces of the Fourth Crusade (1204), two groups of Franks undertook the occupation of the Morea. They created the Principality of Achaea, a largely Greek-inhabited statelet ruled by a Latin (Western) autocrat. In referring to the Peloponnese, they ...
Arcadia (Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized: Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese.It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan.