Gytheio
Query URLs
https://term.museum-digital.de/md-de/place/70279
- Note
- "Gytheio (Greek: Γύθειο, [ˈʝiθio]) or Gythio, also the ancient Gythium or Gytheion (Ancient Greek: Γύθειον), is a town on the eastern shore of the Mani Peninsula, and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality East Mani, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 197.313 km2. It was the seaport of Sparta, some 40 kilometres (25 miles) north. Gytheio is the site of ancient Cranae, a tiny island where according to legend Paris of Troy and Helen from Sparta spent their first night together before departing for Troy, thus igniting the Trojan War." - (en.wikipedia.org 09.05.2021)
- Latitude
- 36.761665344238
- Longitude
- 22.566110610962
- Population
- 4,279
- Time zone
- Europe/Athens
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