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Kalamata was liberated on 9 September 1944, after a battle between ELAS and the local Nazi collaborators. Kalamata was again in the news on 13 September 1986, when it was hit by an earthquake that measured 6.2 on the surface wave magnitude scale. It was described as "moderately strong" but caused heavy damage throughout the city, killed 20 ...
The Castle of Kalamata (Greek: Κάστρο της Καλαμάτας) is a ruined medieval fortress in Kalamata, the capital of Messenia in southern Greece. The present structure dates to the 13th century, being built by the Crusaders who founded the Principality of Achaea .
The Church of St. Spyridon in Old Kardamyli. Kardamyli (Greek: Καρδαμύλη, variously transliterated as Kardamyle, Cardamyle, Kardhamili, and Kardamili, and sometimes called "Skardamoula", especially on old maps) is a town by the sea thirty-five kilometers southeast of Kalamata, Greece.
The Archaeological Museum of Messenia is located in Kalamata, the capital of Messenia in southern Greece.It is in located in 3, Agiou Ioanni street. The museum is built on the site of the city's old market hall. Among else its collection includes the finds which were formerly kept in the Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata, a remarkable 1742 building of Venetian architecture wh
BRETT STEVENS/Getty Images. Kalamata olives are a widely recognized and much-loved type of Greek olive that grow on the Kalamon tree and hail from the Peloponnese region in southern Greece.(Note ...
Kalamata railway station (Greek: Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Καλαμάτας, romanized: Sidirodromikos Stathmos Kalamata) is a disused railway station in Kalamata, Greece. located within the city itself. Opened 1892 by the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways (now part of OSE).
The town centre is 3 km (1.9 mi) from the Messinian Gulf coast, near the right bank of the river Pamisos. The major city of Messinia, Kalamata, is 10 km (6.2 mi) to the east of Messini and has almost 9 times its population. The town is accessed by Greek National Road 82 (Pylos - Kalamata - Sparta).
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