Lykissa is a small village on the mountain of Mount Lykodimo in

Messenia Messenia or Messinia ( ; el, Μεσσηνία ) 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, Messenia was a ...

Greece Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...

. The settlement was founded during the Greek revolution by Ioannis Pantazopoulos.Πανταζόπουλος, Πέτρος, Λυκίσσα - Ένα ιστορικό χωριουδάκι του Λυκοδήμου (ανάτυπο, Καλαμάτα 2000), σ. 50. It is part of the municipal unit

Petalidi Petalidi ( el, Πεταλίδι) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Messini, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an are ...

, which is part of the municipality

Messini Messini ( el, Μεσσήνη, before 1867: Νησί ''Nisi'') is a municipal unit (''dimotiki enotita'') and the seat town (''edra'') of the municipality (''dimos'') of Messini within the regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') of Messenia in th ...

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Populated places in Messenia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub