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- Famed for its occupants' shipbuilding and naval skills, this territory, especially the islands of Hydra and Spetses, played a crucial role in overcoming nearly 400 years of Ottoman rule, and there are reminders everywhere of the Revolution of 1821 along this eastern rim of the Peloponnese.
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The Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of the mainland, 21,549.6 square kilometres (8,320.3 sq mi) in area, and constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece. It is connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth, where the Corinth Canal was constructed in 1893.
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During the medieval era, the region was known as the Morea, and its inhabitants were termed either Peloponnesians or Moraites. Dominated by a landscape of forested mountains, the Peloponnese is intersected by its longest river, the Alfeios, spanning approximately 68 miles.
Jul 18, 2019 · Separated from mainland Greece by the Corinth canal, the Peloponnese has for centuries been a crossroads of the eastern Mediterranean, its landscape littered with the remains of ancient...
Jan 7, 2016 · The Peloponnese is a large peninsula linked to the northern territory of Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth. To the west of the Peloponnese is the Ionian sea while to the east is the Aegean Sea. The terrain is typified by high limestone mountains, narrow coastal plains, and natural rocky harbours.
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May 8, 2024 · On an epic, sun-soaked journey across southern Greece, Antonia Quirke revels in the history and myths that swirl around the rugged shores of the Peloponnese.
Jun 21, 2024 · Peloponnese, peninsula of 8,278 square miles (21,439 square km), a large, mountainous body of land jutting southward into the Mediterranean that since antiquity has been a major region of Greece, joined to the rest of mainland Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth.
Mar 2, 2020 · The Peloponnese is a beautiful peninsular by the seaside in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge which separates the Gulf of Corinth from the Saronic Gulf.
