Petrovouni is a small village on the escarpment above
Kardamyli
Kardamili ( el, Καρδαμύλη, variously transliterated as ''Kardamyle'', ''Cardamyle'', ''Kardhamili'', and ''Kardamyli'', and sometimes called "Skardamoula", especially on old maps) is a town by the sea thirty-five kilometers southeast of ...
on the
Mani Peninsula 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 ...
on the southern
Peloponnese peninsula of
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 ...
. It is the home to the Karaveli Monastery and the Faneromeni Monastery of Mani.
Faneromeni Monastery
Most of the monastery buildings are in ruins or have been scavenged for building stone, but the main church, the
katholikon, is still whole and is used on occasion. The church is set back from the road and is in a locked compound. The murals inside date from the 1780s.
External links
Chapman, John (2007) "Gournitsa and Petrovouni" ''Mani: a guide and history''accessed 29 December 2007
Populated places in Messenia
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