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Arcadia is a rural, mountainous regional unit comprising about 18% of the land area of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is the peninsula's largest regional unit. According to the 2021 census, it has 77,592 inhabitants; its capital, Tripoli, has about 30,400 residents in the city proper, and about 44,000 total in the greater metropolitan area.
Arcadia ( Greek: Ἀρκαδία, romanized : Arkadía) is a region in the central Peloponnese. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas, and in Greek mythology it was the home of the gods Hermes and Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness; as such, it was referenced in ...
In Greece, all universities are publicly owned and funded having state-accredited university title and authorization of university degree awarding powers at level 6 (first cycle qualification, bachelor's level) under the Bologna Process and the National Qualification Framework of Greece which is officially named Hellenic Qualification Framework ...
Arcadia (Greek: Αρκαδία) refers to a vision of pastoralism and harmony with nature. The term is derived from the Greek province of the same name which dates to antiquity ; the province's mountainous topography and sparse population of pastoralists later caused the word Arcadia to develop into a poetic byword for an idyllic vision of ...
Vehicle registration. TP. Megalopoli ( Greek: Μεγαλόπολη) is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( Ancient Greek: Μεγαλόπολις, literally large/great city ). When it was founded in 371 BC, it was the first large urbanization ...
ΕΛ.ΜΕ.ΠΑ.) is a public higher education institution in Greece, with headquarters in Heraklion, Crete, and branches in Chania, Rethymno, Agios Nikolaos, and Sitia. [1] The Hellenic Mediterranean University was founded on 25/04/2019. [2] As of February 2024 it consists of six Faculties, with more than 12,000 undergraduate and postgraduate ...
Heraea or Heraia ( Ancient Greek: Ἡραία) was the most important town of ancient Arcadia on the Lower Alpheius. It was situated near the frontiers of Elis, and on the high road from Arcadia to Olympia. Its territory was called the Heraeatis or Heraiatis (Ἡραιᾶτις). According to Greek mythology it was said to have been founded by ...
Arcas was the son of Zeus and Callisto. [1] He was married to either Laodamia ( Leaneira ), daughter of Amyclas of Sparta; Meganeira, daughter of Crocon; [2] the nymph Chrysopeleia; or the Dryad Erato. He also left a number of children, including the sons Azan, Apheidas, Elatus, and Triphylus, [3] an illegitimate son Autolaus [4] and at least ...