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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 ...
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 about 77,551 inhabitants; its capital, Tripoli, has about 30,500 residents in the city proper, and about 45,000 total in the greater metropolitan area ...
Welcome to the Greece portal. Greece / ˈɡriːs / ⓘ ( Greek: Ελλάδα, Ellada ), officially the Hellenic Republic (Ελληνική Δημοκρατία, Elliniki Dimokratia ), and historically Hellas ( Ancient Greek: Ἑλλάς, Hellas; Modern Greek: Ελλάς, Ellas ), is a country in the southeast of Europe on the southern tip of ...
Greece. The Arcadian League ( Ancient Greek: Κοινὸν τῶν Ἀρκάδων) was a league of city-states in ancient Greece. It combined the various cities of Arcadia, in the Peloponnese, into a single state. The league was founded in 370 BC, taking advantage of the decreased power of Sparta, which had previously dominated and controlled ...
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 ...
UTC+3 ( EEST) Vehicle registration. TP. Kandila ( Greek: Κανδήλα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Levidi, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on the southern slope of the Oligyrtos mountain, at about 800 m elevation. The community includes the village Diakopi. Kandila is near the tripoint of Arcadia, Corinthia and Argolis.
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 ...
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 ...