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Paxos

Greece > Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian > Corfu Regional Unit > Bogdanatika

Paxos lies some 15 km from the southern tip of Corfu, and at about the same distance from the town of Parga on the mainland. It is connected by ferry lines from Igoumenitsa and Corfu with Gaios. The island is hilly, the highest point having an elevation of 230 m.

Average elevation: 35 m

Corfu

Greece > Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian > Corfu Regional Unit

Two high and well-defined ranges divide the island into three districts, of which the northern is mountainous, the central undulating, and the southern low-lying. The more important of the two ranges, that of Pantokrator (Παντοκράτωρ – the Almighty) stretches east and west from Cape Falacro to…

Average elevation: 41 m

Ancient Olympia

Greece > Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian > Elis Regional Unit

Another location that has a special interest to both ancients and moderns is the stadium. It is basically a field with start and end lines marked off by transverse curbing. The athletes entered under an archway of a vaulted corridor at the start. Spectators sat mainly on the field's sloping flanks. The length…

Average elevation: 99 m

Pylos

Greece > Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian > Messenia Regional Unit

The erection of this fort led to one of the most memorable events in the Peloponnesian War. Thucydides has given a minute account of the topography of the district, which, though clear and consistent with itself, does not coincide, in all points, with the existing locality, Thucydides describes the harbour, of…

Average elevation: 79 m

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