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KALAMATA (Town) MESSINIA
Neoclassical building with three floors. In form it is pedimental
at roof height, with pilasters with capitals at the corners.
It was built in 1833 and served as the 1st Hellenic Gymnasion. In
1960, by decision of the Ministry of Education, it was decreed a historical monument
to be preserved. In 1990, it became the Town-hall.
KALAMATA (Town) MESSINIA
It is situated behind the north part of the church of the Candlemas of our Saviour and it is believed that it's where the Acropolis of the homeric (1580-1120 B.C) and classical Faron (palace of Ortilohos and later Diokles) was. The medieval castle was built by Godefredo Villeardouino in 1205 A.D. and underwent many alterations inconstruction and additions by its subsequent lords; the Byzantines of Mystras, the Turks and the Eneti of Morozini. The entrance is dominated by the lion of St. Mark, a sample of the Eneti era, while in and around the castle have been found ostraka (fragments) and remains of the Mycaenean and Roman years as well as tombs of the hellenistic and roman era. On the north side there is a small byzantine temple and it has been speculated that it was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary the Kalomata, after which, according to some, Kalamata was named.
This text is cited March 2003 from the Messenia Prefecture Tourism Promotion Commission URL below, which contains image.
AGIOS DIMITRIOS (Settlement) LEFKTRA
KALIANEIKA (Settlement) AVIA
MEGALI MADINIA (Village) AVIA
EXOCHORI (Village) LEFKTRA
The forest of Vasiliki is in a natural «fortress» of Taygetos in the
west of the Messinia-Lakonia boundary and 6 km south of its highest peak, Prophet
Elias. Administratively, it belongs to the municipality of Exochorio and it is
controlled by the Forest Inspectorate of Kalamata while it covers an area of 10900
stremmata and it lies at altitudes from 950m to 2000m.
It has an oval shape and the Stream of Vasiliki or Stream of Vyros
flows through it. It passes through Vyros and flows into the Messinian Gulf, close
to Kardamyli. The climate of the forest is «continental» with harsh winters and
cool summers and the hot days of summer are followed by cold nights. Snowfall
is present from December to February and the snow which reaches heights of 2m,
is kept for weeks. Fog is also common and the winds are north-westerly.
The rock of the ground is calcareous (of limestone) on the highlands
and crystalline slate at lower altitudes which form clay-marmarygium grounds with
good natural qualities for forest vegetation.
The forest is on the thermal boundaries of the cold zone of vegetation
that thrives on water. The main forest products are PINUS NIGRA (black pine) and
ABIES CEPHALONIGA (cephallenean fir). It belongs to the botanic-social formation
of the less heat-thriving Mediterranean conifers. In the slate part of the ground
the forest is covered by black pine while at higher altitudes there are clusters
of firs.
Access to the forest from Messinia is only feasible by car via Kardamyli-Proastio-Exochorio
or Neochorio Lefktrou-Saedona, while from Lakonia via Gythio-Kokkina Louria-St.Nikolao-Kastania.
This text is cited March 2003 from the Messenia Prefecture Tourism Promotion Commission URL below, which contains image.
RINTOMO (Settlement) AVIA
The Ridomo Gorge is one of nature’s wonders of exceptional beauty
with wonderful geological and morphological formations and a great diversity of
fauna and flora. It is ideal for recreation, physical exercise and walking and
is of particular aesthetic and tourist importance.
The gorge is situated at the beginning of the Messinian part of Mani,
at 15 km from Kalamata, originates at the mouth of the Sadova stream and stretches
up to the Prophet Elias top of the Taygetos mountain at a distance of 21 km. It
was first mentioned by Pausanias (160 BC), who crossed this gorge that was the
natural boundary between the Messinians and the Spartans, and refers to it as
the Choerios Nape (=gorge of the pigs).
The inhabitants of the area used it as a way of communication with
the Taygetos and Lakonia and, therefore, many cultural elements have survived
to this day, such as the well preserved, stone paved footpaths of Sotirianika
- Altomyra - Pigadia - Vorio and Sotirianika - Tubia, as well as the arched bridges
at Koskaraga and Tubia.
The itinerary, is characterized by particularly beautiful geological
formations, rocky slopes, rare formations, areas of layers with typical chromatographic
areas and slopes with caves the stalactites of which are visible from the stream
bed.
The most impressive part of the gorge is the point where its bed becomes
very narrow, an area 100m long, about 2m wide and 60m high, at the footpath leading
from Kedro (Gaitses) to Pigadia. The double, stone bridge linking the vertical,
solid slopes of the aforementioned especially beautiful formation is a traditional
art monument of great significance.
Having a narrow bridge of the gorge at the Kalamata-Kabos road and
at a length of 12km, as a reference point, the gorge splits into two streams,
the Ridomo stream and the Kareas stream. This is the location of the «Panagia
Kapsodematousa» Monastery (=Blessed Virgin Mary who burnt the haystacks), celebrated
on July 2nd with a traditional feast. Similarly, on the opposite side and on the
Ridomo stream, one finds the Aghia Marina church, celebrated by the stock breeders
of the area on July 17.
Moving up along the gorge, towards the alpine zone of the Taygetos
mountain, from Kitries to the mouth of the Sadova river, in the Mediterranean
zone there are lentisks, a type of chickpea plants, bushy oaks, white beamstrees,
sage leafed pear trees, different types of arbutus etc., while in the semi-mountainous
area there are hornbeams, commences and cedars and in the mountainous area there
are oak trees, fir trees, maple trees, hawthorns and wild plum trees.
This text is cited March 2003 from the Messenia Prefecture Tourism Promotion Commission URL below, which contains images.
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