Mantineia
Sign in to saveMantinea (; Mantineia; also Koine Greek Antigoneia) was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, which was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history.
Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Mantinea
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Μαντίνεια
- Greek Dimos.type
- municipal unit
- Greek Dimos.image_map
- DE Mandinias.svg
- Greek Dimos.map_caption
- Location within the regional unit
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Peloponnese
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Arcadia
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Tripoli
- Greek Dimos.pop_municunit
- 1693
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.area_municunit
- 205.393
- Greek Dimos.elevation
- 600
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 220 05
- Greek Dimos.area_code
- 2710
- Greek Dimos.licence
- TP
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Article
16 sectionsContents
- History
- Democracy in Mantineia
- Subdivisions
- Province
- Historical population
- Folk music
- Types of folk songs
- Klephtic Songs
- Wedding songs
- Road songs
- Laments or Mirologhia songs
- Folk musical instruments
- Notable people
- See also
- References
- External links
Mantinea (; Mantineia; also Koine Greek Antigoneia) was a city in ancient Arcadia, Greece, which was the site of two significant battles in Classical Greek history.
In modern times it is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. Its seat was the village of Nestani (pop. 486 in 2011). It is located in the northeastern part of Arcadia. The municipal unit has a land area of 205.393 km2 and a population of 1,693 inhabitants (2021). Its largest other towns are Artemisio, Loukas, and Kapsas.