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    The Mani Peninsula (‹See Tfd›Greek: Μάνη, translit. Mánē), also long known by its medieval name Maina or Maïna (Greek: Μαΐνη), is a geographical and cultural...
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    Maniots (redirect from Mani Greek Dialect)
    Μανιάτες) are an ethnic Greek subgroup that traditionally inhabit the Mani Peninsula; located in western Laconia and eastern Messenia, in the southern Peloponnese...
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  • Look up mani, maní, or mâni in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mani may refer to: Mani (name), (Persian: مانی), a given name and surname (including a...
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    encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani Peninsula. The Mani Peninsula is in the west region of Laconia. The islands of Kythira and...
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    Gytheio (category Populated places in the Mani Peninsula)
    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...
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    and in the Argolid Peninsula in the northeast. The Peloponnese possesses four south-pointing peninsulas, the Messenian, the Mani, the Cape Malea (also...
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    miˈxa.lis], lit. 'black Michael') is a prominent noble family from Mani Peninsula, which played a major role in modern Greek history. According to the...
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    day on 25 March. All Greek territory, except the Ionian Islands, the Mani Peninsula, and mountainous regions in Epirus, came under Ottoman rule in the 15th...
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    Maní is a small city in Maní Municipality in the central region of the Yucatán Peninsula, in the Mexican state of Yucatán. It is about 100 km to the south...
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  • and the European part of Turkey. Chalkidiki, Greece Kassandra, Greece Mani Peninsula, Greece Mount Athos, Greece Peloponnese, Greece (now an island because...
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    Cape Matapan (category Mani Peninsula)
    Ακρωτήριον Ταίναρον), or Cape Tenaro, is situated at the end of the Mani Peninsula, Greece. Cape Matapan is the southernmost point of mainland Greece,...
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  • on the Mani Peninsula in southern Greece, Lefktro municipality Agios Nikolaos, village in the community Kounoupitsa in the Methana peninsula, Peloponnese...
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  • Bey of Mani (Greek: Μπέης της Μάνης), in Greek often referred to as the Prince of Mani (Ηγεμόνας της Μάνης), was the ruler of the Mani Peninsula, an autonomous...
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  • Angitis – Maara, Prefecture of Drama Apidima Cave – western shore of Mani Peninsula Archantropon of the Red Stone Cave – near Petralona, Prefecture of Chalkidiki...
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  • Xan Fielding around the Mani peninsula in southern Greece. The book chronicles Leigh Fermor's travels around the Mani peninsula in southern mainland Greece...
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    Stoupa (category West Mani)
    Peloponnese peninsula in Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Lefktro within the municipality of West Mani, in Messenia and the historic region of Mani Peninsula...
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  • Apidima) is a complex of five caves located on the western shore of Mani Peninsula in southern Greece. A systematic investigation of the cave has yielded...
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  • studied at the Athens Conservatoire. He has family origins from the Mani Peninsula. He emerged in the Greek music scene around 1963, composing music for...
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    Kardamyli (category Populated places in the Mani Peninsula)
    It is the seat of the municipality of West Mani in the regional unit of Messenia on the Mani Peninsula. In the Iliad (Book 9), Homer cites Kardamyli...
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    bounded to the west by the Mani peninsula, which separates it from the Messenian Gulf, and to the east by the Cape Maleas peninsula (also known as the Epidavros...
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    Areopoli (category Populated places in the Mani Peninsula)
    Areopoli (Greek: Αρεόπολη; before 1912 Τσίμοβα, Tsimova) is a town on the Mani Peninsula, Laconia, Greece. The word Areopoli, which means "city of Ares", the...
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    of the Stato da Mar were not incorporated in the Ottoman Empire. The Mani Peninsula in Peloponnese was not fully integrated into the Ottoman Empire, but...
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    victory, which allowed the Venetians to complete the conquest of the Mani Peninsula, solidifying their foothold in the southern Morea. Kalamata is attested...
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    decorated with marble columns and sculptures, which used marble from the Mani Peninsula in the southern Peloponnese. Its artwork has been suggested to have...
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  • commune near Acri, Calabria Ákra Paganiá, a cape in the east of the Mani Peninsula, Laconian Gulf, Greece This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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  • Kokkinogeia (category Populated places in the Mani Peninsula)
    Kokkinogeia (Greek: Κοκκινόγεια) is a village in the municipality of East Mani, Laconia, Greece. It is the southernmost village in mainland Greece. It is...
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    needed] East Mani comprises the southeastern part of the geographic and historical region of the Mani Peninsula, also known as Laconian Mani (Λακωνική Μάνη)...
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    forty-five men escape. It has been identified with Mezapo, located on the Mani Peninsula. Iman Jacob Wilkens makes a less likely identification: the harbour...
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    took place on 19 July 1717 off the Cape Matapan, on the coast of the Mani Peninsula, now in southern Greece. The naval battle was between the Armada Grossa...
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    Μεσσηνίας), Agios Nikolaos or Saint Nicholas, is a fishing village in the Mani Peninsula in southern Greece about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south-east of Kalamata...
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