Pyrgos Dirou ( el, Πύργος Διρού) is a town in Mani, Laconia,

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Oitylo Oitylo ( el, Οίτυλο, pronounced Ítilo), known as "Βίτσουλο", pronounced Vitsoulo, in the native Maniot dialect, is a village and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is pa ...

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Areopoli Areopoli ( el, Αρεόπολη; before 1912 , ) is a town on the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, Greece. The word ''Areopoli'', which means "city of Ares", the ancient Greek god of war, became the official name in 1912. It was the seat of Oitylo ...

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Battle of Vergas A battle is an occurrence of combat in warfare between opposing military units of any number or size. A war usually consists of multiple battles. In general, a battle is a military engagement that is well defined in duration, area, and force ...

( Greek War of Independence, 1824) took place near Diro. Diro is most famous for its caves, the Diros Caves, located approximately south of Pollapolis. They form part of an p3ne river. About of polla have been exposed and are accessible by small boats and through narrow passageways. One is surrounded by formations of stalagmites and stalactites. Archaeological research has shown that the caves served as places of worship in Paleolithic and Neolithic times and their inhabitant believed that the caves were the entrance to the underworld.Papathanassopoulos, G. A., "The Cave of Diros" ''Athens Annals of Archaeology'' (1971): 12-26.

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most beautiful area of Greece

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