Leontari

Leontari (Greek, Modern: Λεοντάρι, Ancient/Katharevousa: -on), older form Leotnario, Leontarion, rarely Liontari is a town and is the seat of the municipality of Falaisia. of in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. It is south of GR-7/E55, both the old and the new highways. . It is located about 6 km S of Megalopoli, about 175 km (old 230 km) from Athens, about 30 km (old 39 km) SW of Tripoli, W of Anavryto, NW of Sparta, NE of Kalamata and ENE of Kyparissia. It is located south of the Alpheus river.

Nearest places

  • Veligotsi (west)
  • Megalopoli (north)
  • Vrysoules (northeast)
  • Falaisia south
  • Kalyvia, southwest
  • Kotsiridi, west

Subdivisions

  • Gavria
  • Kalyvia
  • Kamaritsa
  • Kotsiridi

Geography and Information

Location:

  • Longitude: 22.14 (22°8'27") E
  • Latitude: 37.318 (37°19'10") N

Postal code: 220 21

Elevation: sea level to around 514 m

Dialing code: +11+30-27910 (030-27910)-61

Woman from Leontari, 1879

Drawing of a church in Leontari, 1879, probably the Agioi Apostoloi church of Leontari from the 14th century

Other

The village has a small school, a church, a small post office, a train station in the northeast (Kalamata - Tripoli - Argos - Corinth) and a square (plateia). A castle is founded not far from the centre. It also has a church. In the Byzantine times, it was the cultural and the administrative centre of the region.

Much of the area are forested while the south as partially rural.

The northern boundary with Megalopoli is with the Alpheus river.

Persons

Links

Mapquest - Leontari, street map not yet available
Coordinates: 37°19′10″ N 22°8′27″ E
Church of the Holy Apostles
History of Leontari
http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/liont.htm

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