Leontari, Arcadia in the context of "Falaisia"

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⭐ Core Definition: Leontari, Arcadia

Leontari (Greek: Λεοντάρι, meaning Lion in English) is a village and a community in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece, seat of the former municipality of Falaisia. It is situated on a hillside, 6 km east of Paradeisia, 9 km northwest of Kamara and 9 km south of Megalopoli. The community consists of the villages Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa and Kotsiridi, with a population of 227 (2021 census). Leontari has several monuments from the Byzantine era, including the richly decorated 14th century Church of the Holy Apostles. The area suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires. It is considered a traditional settlement.

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👉 Leontari, Arcadia in the context of Falaisia

Falaisia (Greek: Φαλαισία, before 1918: Μπούρα - Boura) is a village and a former municipality in southwestern Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 274.926 km. The seat of the municipality was in Leontari, 5 km northwest of the village Falaisia. The municipal unit Falaisia is located in the northern foothills of the Taygetus mountains, south of Megalopoli and north of Kalamata. It borders on Laconia to the southeast, and Messenia to the southwest.

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Leontari, Arcadia in the context of Voutsaras, Arcadia


Voutsaras (Greek: Βουτσαράς, before 1918: Ζαΐμη - Zaimi) is a village in the municipal unit of Falaisia in Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in low hills, 11 km southeast of Megalopoli. It is 3 km southwest of Anavryto, 5 km east of Leontari and 5 km northwest of Skortsinos.

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