An interesting little town. It seems not a tourist, but, once in it, it seems that time has stopped here somewhere 300-400 years ago. In the city there are no modern buildings, the streets are so narrow that through them with difficulty will drive one car. And only in one direction. We walk through the ancient streets of this town.! Areopoli (Areopolis) (Greek Αρεόπολη.) - A town in Greece, located on the Mani Peninsula. The word "Αρεόπολη" means "city of Ares", the ancient Greek god of war. In Areopolis March 17, 1821 began the Greek revolution led by Petros Mavromichalis. Now Areopolis - a thriving city.
Areopolis is located on the west coast of the Mani Peninsula, 1.5 km from the port of Limeni, and 20 km southwest of Gythio. There is a lively open-air market in the square every Saturday, which sold a large number of local products.
Stylianos Mavromihalos, former prime minister of Greece, was born in Areopolis. Link: Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%BE%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81 Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
Our journey to the south of Europe is approaching the end. Making the move from a small town in Sparta Areopoli, which has all the features of the beautiful medieval town. Along the way, on the road there are mountains, pine trees, and ..kaktusy! On the south side of the road in Greece cacti also grow as we have mugs. The site connects the E961 European route the administrative center of the nome Laconia (Peloponnese periphery) the city of Sparta and the town of Areopoli The road between the two cities passes through the territory of Greece Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
We are Sparta! Near the modern city are the ruins of ancient Sparta, the city-state, who was not afraid to challenge Athens and fought with them for three decades. Finally to subdue and defeat Sparta managed only to Alexander the Great. Sparta (Greek Σπάρτη, Sparta.) - A city in Greece in the area of Laconia, in the south of the Peloponnese, in the valley of the river Eurotas. The population - 19 000 people. The history of ancient Sparta in dates (Chronology) XI century BC. e. - The emergence of the city-state of Sparta. IX century BC. e. - The legislation of Lycurgus of Sparta makes a strong military state, acquired the hegemony over the Peloponnese and even predominance in all of ancient Greece, 743 - 724 years BC. e. - First Messenian War. Sparta exciting part of Messenia. 685 - 668 years BC. e. - Second Messenian War. Sparta captures the entire Messenia. 499 - 449 BC. e. - Greco-Persian Wars. 480 BC. e. - Battle of Thermopylae. 479 BC. e. - Battle of Plataea. 479 - 464 - war on Tegeatidoy, ended in victory for Sparta. 464 - 455 years BC. e. - Third Messenian War 460 - 445 years BC. e. - First Peloponnesian War. Section of spheres of influence between Athens and Sparta. The peace treaty for 25 years. 457 BC. e. - The Battle of Tanagra. The victory of the Spartans and their allies. 431 - 404 years BC. e. - Peloponnesian War. In competition with the Athenians, Spartans win them and become the dominant state in Greece. 427 BC. e. - Taking Spartans dress and the destruction of most of the population. 425 BC. e. - The defeat of the Spartans at Pylos. 422 BC. e. - Battle of Amphipolis. The victory of the Spartans and their allies. 418 BC. e. - The Battle of Mantinea. The victory of the Spartans. 395 - 387 years BC. e. - Corinthian War. The victory of Sparta and Persia. 378 - 362 years BC. e. - Theban hegemony between Boeotian alliance headed by Thebes and the Peloponnesian League led by Sparta. In this war, no one wins, but both sides were significantly weakened. 371 BC. e. - The Battle of Leuctra. Sparta loses its dominance in the war against Thebes. 362 BC. e. - The Battle of Mantinea. The battle ended in victory for the Spartans. 331 BC. e. - War of Sparta and Macedonia. 331 BC. e. - Battle of Megalopolis. The defeat of Sparta and its allies. 279 BC. e. - The invasion of the Gauls in Greece. Second Battle of Thermopylae with Spartan. 245 - 241 years BC. e. - Agis attempted reforms ended in failure. 235 - 221 years BC. e. - Cleomenes attempted reforms, which have been very successful, but were eliminated by the Macedonian king Antigonus III of, after the military defeat of Sparta at the Battle of Sellasii. 229 - 222 years BC. e. - Cleomenean war. The war of Sparta against the Achaean League and Macedonia for hegemony in the Peloponnese. 222 BC. e. - Sparta at the Battle of Sellasii suffers a heavy defeat. Sparta force include Hellenic Union. 220 - 217 years BC. e. - Allied war that Sparta acted as an ally of the Aetolian League against Hellenic Union. 215 - 205 years BC. e. - First Macedonian War. 207 BC. e. - The Battle of Mantinea. The battle ended with the defeat of the Spartans and the death of their king Mahanida. 204 BC. e. - Spartans unsuccessfully trying to capture Megalopolis. 201 BC. e. - Spartans invaded Messenia, but are defeated at Tegea. 195 BC. e. - Lacaune War, Sparta defeated and attaching it to the Achaean League. 147 BC. e. - Sparta out of the Achaean League, and is supported by Rome. Achaean war begins. 146 BC. e. - All Greece falls under the authority of Rome and becomes a Roman province of Achaia. Sparta and Athens at the same time received the right to self-government within their territory in memory of their former glory. Link: https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%BF%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%82%D0%B0 Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
And forward again! Now, under the wheels of the car is running the new European road - E961. It does not apply to highways skrostnym. This is the road of class B (non-motorway). We're going to another Greek city-legend - Sparta. City where the hardiest people lived in ancient Greece. The site connects the E961 European route the administrative center of the periphery of the Peloponnese town of Tripoli and the administrative center of the nome Laconia (Peloponnese periphery) city Sparta The road between the two cities passes through the territory of Greece Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
Tripoli - is the administrative center of the periphery of the Greek Peloponnese, the southern center of the Greek periphery. For those who are poorly versed in geography, asking not to be confused with the Greek Tripolis Lebanese city of Tripoli. Tripoli - the capital of Lebanon, and Tripoli (sometimes it is also spoken of Tripoli) - a Greek city. In English his name sounds as well as the name of the capital of Lebanon - Tripoli. The city is very beautiful. Here, to the best of southern Greece there - there is no snow. Tripolic (Greek Τρίπολη or Τρίπολις; previously - Tripolitsa (Greek Τριπολιτσά from Italian Tripolitza or Tripolizza)...) - A town in Greece, the center Peloponnesa, the capital and largest city of Nome Arcadia. Located near the ruins of ancient cities Tegea and Mantinea. Population: about 35 000 inhabitants (2013). In ancient times, near the modern developed Tripolis antic city tag and Mantineia. In the days of the early Middle Ages, according to the findings of Philology community in 1934. [citation needed 120 days Unknown], central Morea (Peloponnese) was overrun by the South Slavs. For a long time there existed a Slavic settlement Drobolitsa. Official Greek sources dispute the etymology of the word root. In the late Byzantine period and the settlement is in decline, the countryside in the area is flooded with semi-nomadic tribes Arnautov-Albanians. Modern Tripolis was founded by the Ottoman Turks in 1770, who built a castle with a well-fortified center of the city, which became the foundation of the Turkish authorities in the Morea, for complete control over which had unsuccessfully fought medieval Byzantium, Venice and the Latin Empire. After the construction of the fortress began intensive Islamization of the region. The main population of the city were the Turks, Turkified Muslims and Sephardic Jews. The city and its surroundings became a place of three of the massacre. In 1820, the massacre of Christians perpetrated Muslims, fearing the start of the Greek independence movement, in 1821 the forces of the Greek siege of tripolitsa rebels ended the mass massacre of Turks and Jews: 8000-10 at least 000 men, women and children were killed. In 1825 he collaborated with the Turks Egyptian General Ibrahim Pasha, at the birth of the Greek Orthodox, the newly captured city by causing a new massacre of Christians, the last conflict in the history of the city. In the early twentieth century, the city's population of about 15 thousand people. Link: Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BB%D0%B8%D1%81_(%D0%93% D1% 80% D0% B5% D1% 86% D0% B8% D1% 8F) Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
We leave the last transfer on good motorway. Direction as always keeping to the south of the center of the Peloponnese - the city of Tripoli. For Tripolis we povernёm at Sparta, express roads will not be until the end of the journey. The Mediterranean Sea and the end point of the route is getting closer .... Plot European route E65 connects the administrative center of the nome Corinthia (Peloponnese periphery) the city of Corinth and the administrative center of the periphery of the Peloponnese city of Tripolis The road between the two cities passes through the territory of Greece Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
On our way there was a small, but with the glorious past of a small town - Corinth. It administra porate Center nome Corinthia (Peloponnese periphery). Corinth was once powerful ancient Greek city-states, which feared Athens and Sparta even. City famous for the whole dynasties Corinthians tyrants who ruled Corinth and constantly caused concern among its neighbors. Corinth constantly waged war with Athens and Sparta. The city's population - 39 000 people. Located near the road Athens - Kalamata. Corinth (.. Ancient Greek Ϙόρινθος, Greek Κόρινθος, Korinthos) - Greek polis and modern city on the Isthmus of Corinth, which connects mainland Greece and the Peloponnese; isthmus from the west is washed by the waters of the Gulf of Corinth, to the east - Saronic Gulf. The city is located 78 kilometers south-west of Athens; It is the administrative center of the prefecture of Corinthia. Modern Corinth rebuilt after the earthquake of 1858 in the three kilometers to the northeast of the ruined city; north-east of the modern city laid Corinth Canal (built 1881-1893, length - 6.3 km, width - 22 m, depth - 8 m), leaving in the Saronic Gulf near the town of Isthmia. The settlement appeared in the Neolithic Age, about 6000 years BC. e. According to mythology, the city was founded by Corinth, a descendant of the sun god Helios, or esters, titanium daughter of the Ocean, because in ancient times the city was, and her name. In the VII century BC. E., During the reign of the tyrant Kypseli (.. 657-627 BC) and his son Periander (.. 627-585 BC), founded the colony of Corinth: Epidamn (modern Durres in Albania), Syracuse, Ambras (modern gesso), Kirk (modern Corfu) and Anaktora (Shares). Periander also laid Apollonia (modern day Fier, Albania) and Potidaea in Chalkidiki. In 243 BC. e. Corinth became a member of the Achaean League, expelling the Macedonians, but in 223 BC. e. again I had to make a Macedonian guard detachment. In the IV century BC. e. in Corinth lived Cynic Diogenes of Sinope. The military commander of the Roman Republic Lucius Mummius destroyed the Achaean city after a siege in 146 BC. e Corinth was destroyed by the earthquakes of 375 and 551 years. Alaric I during the invasion of Greece 395-396 sacked the city, and many of the inhabitants sold into slavery. When Justinian I from the Saronic to the Corinthian Gulf stretches stone wall that protects the city and the entire Peloponnese from invasions from the north. In 1458, five years after the fall of Constantinople, the city with its powerful castle was conquered by the Ottoman Empire. During the Greek War of Independence (1821-1830) the city is completely destroyed the Turkish troops. In 1832, the city of Corinth, according to the London Agreement, resigned from the Ottoman Empire. In 1833, the city was considered as one of the candidates for membership of the Greek capital of the kingdom than he is obliged to its historical value and strategic location. Nevertheless, it became the capital of a small settlement at the time - Athens. Link: Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%84 Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
Leaving the capital of Greece and again in a way! Is heading to the periphery (area) Peloponnese, the southernmost part of Greece. We head to the small town of Corinth, which is located about 90 km from Athens. We pass through the Piraeus and exit to the motorway E65, which leads to the south of Greece. Near Corinth motorway move out. Plot European route E65 connects the Greek capital city of Athens and the administrative center of the nome Corinthia (Peloponnese periphery) the city of Corinth The road between the two cities passes through the territory of Greece Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
Finally we got to the city, which is considered the cradle of world democracy! Athens we were greeted by bright sunshine, warmth and fresh breeze blowing from the sea Athenian port of Piraeus. No one knows the exact date of the founding of Athens. In written sources the town was first mentioned in the 16th century BC. In Athens, at various times lived philosophers, Socrates, Plato, Epicurus, generals Themistocles and Miltiades. who became famous for his victories against the Persians at Marathon and Solamine, Greek king Theseus, a public figure and one of the main ideologists of democracy Pericles Greek philosopher Plutarch. Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited places in the world. Athens - the largest city in the Balkan region. The population of Athens, together with the suburbs is more than 3 million people. Athens (Greek: Αθήνα, IPA: [aθina].) - The capital of Greece, Attica and the nome nomarhov (prefectures) of Athens. Located in central Greece, and is the economic, cultural and administrative center of the country. Named after the goddess of wisdom Athena, who was the patron of the ancient polis. Athens has a rich history; in the classical period (V century BC. e.) the city-state has reached the peak of its development, identifying many trends in the development of later European cultures. So the city associated names philosophers Socrates, Plato and Aristotle laid the foundations of European philosophy, tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, who stood at the origins of the drama; political system of ancient Athens was a democracy. The territory of the Athens metropolitan area - 412 square meters. km. This area is surrounded by mountains: Egaleo (Αιγάλεω), Parnitha (Πάρνηθα), Pendeli (Πεντέλη) and Hymettus (Υμηττός). The total population amounts to 1/3 of the total population of Greece and is, according to the 2001 census, 3,361,806 people. Athens was the largest and most powerful city, a cradle of Greek culture. During the golden age of Greece (around 500 BC. E. To 300 BC. E.) The city became an important cultural center. After the golden age of Athens have not lost their importance until the rise of the Roman Empire. Philosophical schools were closed in 529 by Emperor Justinian I. Byzantine Empire 200 years before Christianity was assigned the official religion of the Byzantine Empire. Athens lost its former greatness and become a provincial town. Between the XIII and XV century the city claimed by the Byzantine, French and Italian knights of the Latin Empire. The latest at the beginning of the XIII century was established Athenian duchy. In 1458 the Turks captured the city and it became part of the Ottoman Empire. The city's population has decreased due to the deterioration of living conditions after the fall of the empire. Many areas of the city (including the old buildings) were destroyed during the XVII-XIX centuries, a city controlled by several groups. Adversely affected Athens and frequent wars between Turkey and the Republic of Venice in this period. So, during the storming of the city by troops of the Venetian general Francesco Morosini September 22, 1687 was destroyed by artillery Venetians Parthenon. In 1833, Athens declared capital of the newly established Kingdom of Greece In London and Bukharestskaya peace treaties of 1913 concluded as a result of the Balkan Wars of 1912-1913, Greece almost doubled its territory and population, and Athens soon took its rightful place among European capitals. During World War II, German forces occupied Athens. However, after the war, in Athens, in Greece as a whole, it began a period of rapid development, which lasted until 1980, when he first made themselves felt the problem of overpopulation of the capital and transport problem. Modern Athens - metropolis with ancient monuments, world-famous "night life" and shopping centers of the highest level. In 2004, there were held 28 summer Olympic sports. Link: Wikipedia https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%90%D1%84%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8B Who cares - subscribe to interesting channel! https://www.youtube.com/user/zzz82166able
