Peloponnese
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The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus, or Morea, is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the
The Corinth Canal
Landscape in Arcadia
View of the Argolic gulf, with Nafplio visible
The Lion Gate in Mycenae
Patras
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Patras is the capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, 215 km west of Athens. It is Greece's third-largest city. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaikon, ove
Peloponnese
…east), Arcadia (center), Laconia (southeast), Messenia (southwest), and Elis (west). Each of these regions is headed by a city, with the largest being Patras (pop. 170,000) in Achaia, followed by Kalamata (pop. 55,000) in Messenia. The Peloponnese for the most part enjoys a hot-summer Mediterranean climate…
View of the recently restored Roman Odeon (2015)
Night view
Patras at sunset from a hill NE of Dasyllio
Ruins of the Roman stadium