Georgitsi ( el, Γεωργίτσι) is a village in the

Taygetus The Taygetus, Taugetus, Taygetos or Taÿgetus ( el, Ταΰγετος, Taygetos) is a mountain range on the Peloponnese peninsula in Southern Greece. The highest mountain of the range is Mount Taygetus, also known as "Profitis Ilias", or "Prophet ...

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28 km away from the

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Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ...

in southern

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. Georgitsi belongs to the municipal unit of

Pellana Pellana (; Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα, Paus. iii. 20. § 2; τὰ Πέλλανα, Strabo viii. p. 386; Πελλήνη, Xen. ''Hell.'' vii. 5. § 9; Polyb. iv. 81, xvi. 37; Plut. ''Agis'', 8), was a city of ancient Lacedaemonia, on the Eur ...

, situated in the state of

Laconia Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, c ...

, in southeastern

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. It is situated at an altitude of between 900 and 1200m above sea level. The village is very much known for its revolt against the Ottoman Turks in the 18th century. The village is named after a shepherd named Georgitsis who settled in that area, the village had a small bazaar, and from then on it grew on to a town. The painter and sculptor Petros Roumpos was born in Georgitsi. As of 2011, the village has a population of 367 people.

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