Lepreo ( el, Λέπρεο, before 1916: Στροβίτζι - ''Strovitzi''Name changes of settlements in Greece
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Zacharo Zacharo ( el, Ζαχάρω) is a town and municipality in western Peloponnese, Greece. Administratively, it belongs to the regional unit of Elis in West Greece. Zacharo is situated on the coast of the Gulf of Kyparissia, a part of the Ionian Sea. T ...

Elis Elis or Ilia ( el, Ηλεία, ''Ileia'') is a historic region in the western part of the Peloponnese peninsula of Greece. It is administered as a regional unit of the modern region of Western Greece. Its capital is Pyrgos. Until 2011 it was ...

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. Its population in 2011 was 219 for the village and 366 for the community, which includes the small villages Agrapidia, Drakos, Panagies, Revelaiika and Skoupas. It is situated on a hillside, 2 km southwest of Taxiarches, 5 km west of

Nea Figaleia Nea Figaleia ( el, Νέα Φιγαλεία, before 1927: Zουρτσα - ''Zourtsa'') is an historical town in Elis, that since the 2011 local government reform is a part of the municipality of Zacharo, Elis (regional unit), Elis, Peloponnese, Gre ...

and 8 km southeast of Zacharo. Lepreo was named after the ancient city

Lepreum Lepreum or Lepreon ( grc, Λέπρεον), alternately named Lepreus or Lepreos (Λέπρεος) was an Ancient Greek city-state in Triphylia, a district of Elis (now part of the Elis regional unit). It was located 40 stadia away from the sea at t ...

. The ruins of Lepreum, 500 m north of the present village, have been excavated in 1982.

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Simon Karas Simon Karas (3 June 1905 – 26 January 1999) was a Greek musicologist, who specialized in Byzantine music tradition. Simon Karas studied paleography of Byzantine musical notation, was active in collecting and preserving ancient musical manu ...

(1903–1999), a Greek musicologist

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Lepreo at the GTP Travel Pages
{{Zacharo Populated places in Elis Zacharo

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