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page 1Geography of ancient Laconia
Cranae
Cranae or Kranai ( ) (also called Marathonisi) is a Greek island on the Mani Peninsula in the southern Peloponnese. Located just off the coast of the port town Gytheio (ancient Gythium), the island is linked to the mainland by a causeway built in 1898.
Sellasia
Sellasia (, before 1929: Βρουλιά - Vroulia) is a village in Laconia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Oinountas. Since 2011, it is part of the municipality of Sparta. Sellasia is situated on the edge of the Eurotas valley, 10 km north of Sparta. The Greek National Road 39 (Sparta - Tripoli) passes east of the village. Sellasia is known for the cultivation of olives.
Amykles
Amykles () is a village in Laconia, southern Greece. It lies in the plain by the Eurotas river, 6 km south of Sparta, east of the Taygetus mountains, along the Greek National Road 39 from Sparta to Gytheio. It was named after the ancient town Amyclae, the ruins of which are situated 2 km northeast of the village.