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    The Peloponnese (/ˌpɛləpəˈniːz, -ˈniːs/ PEL-ə-pə-NEEZ, -⁠NEESS), Peloponnesus (/ˌpɛləpəˈniːsəs/ PEL-ə-pə-NEE-səs; Greek: Πελοπόννησος, romanized: Pelopónnēsos...
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    Katharevousa: Ἄργος [árɡos]) is a city and former municipality in Argolis, Peloponnese, Greece and is one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the...
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    The Peloponnese Region (Greek: Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου, romanized: Periféria Peloponnísou, [periˈferia pelopoˈnisu]) is a region in southern Greece. It...
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    Theme of the Peloponnese (Greek: θέμα Πελοποννήσου) was a Byzantine military-civilian province (thema, theme) encompassing the Peloponnese peninsula in...
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    the war were felt all across Greece: poverty became widespread in the Peloponnese, while Athens was completely devastated and never regained its pre-war...
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  • Araxos Kalamata Porto Cheli Andravida Sparti Tripoli Triodos Peloponnese Airport may refer to one of the airports listed below. Araxos Airport, serving...
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    The Peloponnese slowworm (Anguis cephalonnica) is a species of lizard in the family Anguidae endemic to Greece. Its natural habitats are temperate forests...
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  • The University of Peloponnese (UoP; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Πελοποννήσου) is a Greek tertiary educational institution, composed of campuses in Tripoli, Corinth...
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    The Pineiós (Greek: Πηνειός, Latin: Peneus) is a river in Peloponnese, Greece. It is probably not named after the god Peneus. It is 70 km (43 mi) long...
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    Principalities, but was put down by the Ottomans. This spurred the Greeks of the Peloponnese and on 17 March the Maniots declared war on the Ottomans. By October...
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  • Music of the Peloponnese is the music of the geographic and historical region of Peloponnese. Folk dances from Peloponnese, include the basic form of...
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    Mani Peninsula (category Landforms of Peloponnese (region))
    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)...
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    smooth, meaty texture, named after the city of Kalamata in the southern Peloponnese, Greece.[failed verification] Often used as table olives, they are usually...
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  • sank around 50 miles (80 km) off the coast of Pylos, Messenia, in the Peloponnese, in an area around 13,000 to 17,000 feet (4,000 to 5,200 m) deep, which...
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    The Peloponnese wall lizard (Podarcis peloponnesiacus) is a species of lizard in the family Lacertidae. It is endemic to the Peloponnese region of southern...
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    Tripoli, Greece (category Municipalities of Peloponnese (region))
    Trípolis) is a city in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the Peloponnese region as well as of the regional unit of Arcadia...
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    with the aim of liberating Greece. It planned to launch revolts in the Peloponnese, the Danubian Principalities, and Constantinople. The insurrection was...
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    The Peloponnese Railway Station (Greek: Σταθμός Πελοποννήσου, romanized: Stathmos Peloponnisou) was a station on the Piraeus, Athens and Peloponnese Railways...
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    (Greek: Σπάρτη, Spárti [ˈsparti]) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta within the Evrotas Valley...
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  • Demetrius the Neomartyr (Peloponnese) Neomartyr Born Floka Died Tripoli Venerated in Eastern Orthodoxy Major shrine Saint Demetrius Church, Tripoli Feast...
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    Arcadia (region) (category Arcadia, Peloponnese)
    Arcadia (Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized: Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek...
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    Isthmus of Corinth (category Landforms of Peloponnese (region))
    (Greek: Ισθμός της Κορίνθου) is the narrow land bridge which connects the Peloponnese peninsula with the rest of the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth...
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    centers of power that emerged included Pylos, Tiryns, and Midea in the Peloponnese, Orchomenos, Thebes, and Athens in Central Greece, and Iolcos in Thessaly...
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    Kifissou Avenue or European route E75. There are a lot of routes to Peloponnese, Epirus, Macedonia and Ionian Islands. For Thessaly and Central Greece...
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    George's grape") is a variety native to Nemea that grows mainly in the Peloponnese area, producing a soft, fruity red in many styles. Its sensory attributes...
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    and two smaller peninsulas projecting from it: the Chalkidiki and the Peloponnese, which is joined to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth. Greece also...
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    Pyrrhus' invasion of the Peloponnese in 272 BC was an invasion of south Greece by Pyrrhus, King of Epirus. He was opposed by Macedon and a coalition of...
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    Laconia (category Regional units of Peloponnese (region))
    administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word laconic—to...
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  • resulting in the capture of the Venetian strongholds in the Morea (Peloponnese) by the Ottomans The Third Ottoman–Venetian War (1537–1540), resulting...
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    clear theme to the structure of these regions. Some, particularly in the Peloponnese, can be seen primarily as distinct geo-physical units, defined by physical...
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