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The Mani Peninsula (Greek: Μάνη, translit. Mánē), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (Greek: Μαΐνη), is a geographical and cultural region in the Peloponnese of Southern Greece and home to the Maniots (Greek: Mανιάτες, romanized: Maniátes), who claim descent from the ancient Spartans. The capital city of ...
Oinoi ( Greek: Οινόη) is a village and a former community in the northern part of West Attica, Greece. The village was named Mazi ( Greek: Μάζι) until 1919. [ 2] Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Mandra-Eidyllia, of which it is a municipal unit. [ 3] The municipal unit has an area of 14.431 km 2.
Neapoli Voion or Neapolis Voion (Greek: Νεάπολη Βοιών) also named Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα) is a small town in Laconia regional unit, southern Greece. It is built near the south end of Malea peninsula, close to the Cape Maleas. It is 335 km southeast of Athens and 115 km south of Sparta. Its port is the gateway for the island of ...
Website. www.chios.gr. Chios (/ ˈkaɪ.ɒs, ˈkaɪ.oʊs, ˈkiː -/; Greek: Χίος, romanized: Chíos [ˈçi.os] ⓘ, traditionally known as Scio in English) is the fifth largest Greek island, situated in the northern Aegean Sea, and the tenth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. The island is separated from Turkey by the Chios Strait.
Volos. Volos (Greek: Βόλος [ˈvolos]) is a coastal port city in Thessaly situated midway on the Greek mainland, about 330 kilometres (205 miles) north of Athens and 220 kilometres (137 miles) south of Thessaloniki. It is the capital of the Magnesia regional unit of the Thessaly Region. Volos is also the only outlet to the sea from Thessaly ...
Santorini (Greek: Σαντορίνη, romanized: Santoríni, pronounced [sa (n)doˈrini]), officially Thira (Greek: Θήρα, romanized: Thíra, pronounced [ˈθira]) or Thera, [a] is a Greek island in the southern Aegean Sea, about 200 km (120 mi) southeast from its mainland. It is the largest island of a small, circular archipelago formed by ...
Greece portal. v. t. e. The Ionian Islands were an overseas possession of the Republic of Venice from the mid-14th century until the late 18th century. The conquest of the islands took place gradually. The first to be acquired was Cythera and the neighboring islet of Anticythera, indirectly in 1238 and directly after 1363.
For the town of ancient Attica, see Oia (Attica). Oia or Ia (Greek: Οία, romanized:Oía, pronounced [ˈia] [ 2 ]) is a small village and former community in the South Aegean on the islands of Thira (Santorini) and Therasia, in the Cyclades, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality of Santorini, of ...