About Messini - presentation, information, photos and recommendations
Messinia is located at the southwestern part of Peloponnese region.
It borders with Laconia in the east, Arcadia and Elia in the north as well as the Ionian Sea and the Messiniakos gulf.
Capital and chief port of the prefecture is the much sung Kalamata, one of the nicests towns in Greece, the land of the Kalamatianos dance and the silk kerchief.
Kalamata town is dominated by the 13th century castle above it built by Geoffrey de Villehardouin.
On the north side of Kalamata there is a small Byzantine church, dedicated to the Virgin of Kalomata (of the good eye), from which the town may have acquired its name.
Messini | Messinia is located at the southwestern part of Peloponnese region.
It borders with Laconia in the east, Arcadia and Elia in the north as well as the Ionian Sea and the Messiniakos gulf.
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