Methoni, Messenia
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Methoni, formerly Methone or Modon, is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, of w
Methoni Castle
Bay and town of Methoni today
Depiction of Methoni Castle by Conrad Grünenberg, 1487
View of the castle from the sea in the 19th century
Koroni
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Koroni or Corone is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pylos-Nestor, of which it is a municipal un
Methoni, Messenia
…1206 or 1207 that a Venetian fleet under Premarini and the son of the Doge Enrico Dandolo arrived in the Peloponnese, and captured Methoni, along with Koroni. Venice and the Principality of Achaea quickly came to terms, recognizing each other's possessions in the Treaty of Sapienza (1209). Koroni was fortified…
Koroni
View of the castle
Capture of Koroni during the Morea expedition by General Sebastiani (Hippolyte Lecomte).