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Messenia or Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/mə-SEE-nee-ə; Greek: Μεσσηνία[mesiˈni.a]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese region, in Greece. Until the implementation of the Kallikratis plan on 1 January 2011,[2] Messenia was a prefecture (nomos) covering the same territory. The capital and largest city of Messenia is Kalamata.
^"Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^"ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
Messenia or Messinia (/məˈsiːniə/ mə-SEE-nee-ə; Greek: Μεσσηνία [mesiˈni.a]) is a regional unit (perifereiaki enotita) in the southwestern part of the...
in several dozen cities within Spartan territories (mostly Laconia and Messenia), which were dependent on Sparta. The perioeci only had political rights...
Anticles of Messenia 9th Olympiad 744 BC - Xenocles of Messenia 10th Olympiad 740 BC - Dotades of Messenia 11th Olympiad 736 BC - Leochares of Messenia 12th...
In Greek mythology, Lynceus (/ˈlɪnsiːəs, -sjuːs/; Ancient Greek: Λυγκεύς "lynx-eyed") was a Messenian prince and one of the Argonauts who served as a lookout...
Lesbos, Greece Eira (Messenia), or Ira, an ancient town of Messenia, Greece Eira, Messenia or Ira, a municipality in northern Messenia, Greece Ira, Mazandaran...
of the Mediterranean known as the Ionian Sea, off the coast of Pylos, Messenia, Greece. The boat, named Adriana, which had a capacity of 400 people carried...
Arene in Messenia, which was named after his wife. When Hippocoon usurped the throne of Sparta, Tyndareus fled to his brother Aphareus in Messenia where...
The First Messenian War was a war between Messenia and Sparta. It began in 743 BC and ended in 724 BC, according to the dates given by Pausanias. The war...
Polychares of Messenia (Ancient Greek: Πολυχάρης) was an athlete from Messenia who won the stadion race in the fourth Ancient Olympic Games in 764 BC....
Chalkidiki, a village in Chalkidiki Kalogria beach, Messenia, a beach in the municipality West Mani, Messenia Kalogria Bay, in the Gulf of Euboea Kalogriana...
historically also known as Navarino, is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it has been...
a king of Messenia and son of Andropompus and Henioche. Melanthus was among the descendants of Neleus (the Neleidae) expelled from Messenia, by the descendants...
to: Koroni, also spelled Corone, a town in Greece Corone (Messenia), a town in ancient Messenia Corone (crow), a character in Greek mythology Coronis (disambiguation)...
Greece Kalami, Laconia, a village in Laconia, Greece Kalami, Messenia, a village in Messenia, Greece Kalami, Paros, a village in Paros, Greece Kalam (disambiguation)...
war which occurred ca. 660–650 BC between the Ancient Greek states of Messenia and Sparta, with localized resistance possibly lasting until the end of...
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