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Monemvasía (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 41 08 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.6856 decimal degrees |
| Long: 023 02 54 E degrees minutes |
Long: 23.0484 decimal degrees |
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Note: Located on rocky promontory off the coast of Peloponnesus; was a refuge for Laconian Greeks; flourished as leading commercial port & fortress under Byzantine Empire; changed hands between Venice & Turks several times from 15th-19th cen.; noted for wine. |
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| Monemvasía (preferred,C,V,Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Monemvasia (C,V)
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| Monembasia (C,V)
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| Malvasia (C,O,Italian,U)
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| Malvesie (C,O)
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| Malmsey (C,O,English,U)
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............ | English name, rarely used now |
| Malvoisie (C,O)
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| Napoli de Malvasia (C,O)
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| Malmasia (C,O)
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| Benefşe (NA,V,Turkmen,U)
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| Epidaurus Limera (NA,V,Ancient Greek (transliterated),U)
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| Μονεμβασία (NA,V,Greek,U)
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| Minoa (H,V)
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............ | ancient name |
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Peloponnese (region (administrative division)) (P) |
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Laconia (regional division) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was ancient center |
| village (C) |
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| port (C) |
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