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Historical Sites in Mani and Messinia

Fabled archaeological haunts


Kardamili is the ideal base for visiting a host of impressive historical sites where a tour can become an extremely memorable day out with the family or with friends.

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Messène

The magnificent ruins of Ancient Messene, a large classical city-state founded in the Bronze Age, an ancient city originally of Achaean Greeks which eventually came under the hegemony of the military state of Sparta.

Messene
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Kèlefa

Built in 1679 by the Ottomans in order to contain the Mani region, the castle of Kelefa was a slave-trading fortress. It is located about half-way between the village of Kelefa and the Bay of Oitylo.

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Methòni

The Castle of Methoni is a medieval fortification in the port town of Methoni, Messenia, in southwestern Greece. The castle of Methoni occupies the whole area of the cape and the southwestern coast to the small islet that has also been fortified with an octagonal tower and is protected by the sea on its three sides.

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Mystràs

Mystras is a hillside fortress built in 1249 by the Prince of Achaia, William II of Villehardouin, at the top of a 620 m high bluff overlooking Sparta. The Franks surrendered the castle to the Byzantines in 1262, when it became the centre of Byzantine hegemony in Greece.

Mystras