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Peloponnese

Also known as Peloponnesus

The Peloponnese, Peloponnesus, or Morea, is a peninsula and geographic region in Southern Greece, and the southernmost region of the Balkans. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge, which separates the Gulf of Corinth from the Saronic Gulf. From the late Middle Ages until the 19th century, the peninsula was known as the Morea, a name still in colloquial use in its demotic form.

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The Peloponnese is a peninsula in Southern Greece connected to the mainland by the Isthmus of Corinth, making it the southernmost region of the Balkans. It has been an important geographic and cultural area throughout history, particularly during the Medieval period when it was widely known as the Morea, a name still used colloquially today.

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Key facts

Settlement.name: Peloponnese
Settlement.type: Geographic region of Greece
Settlement.image_map: Location map of Peloponnese (Greece).svg
Settlement.map_caption: Peloponnese (blue) within Greece
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Administrative regions
Settlement.leader_title: Regional governor
Settlement.parts_type: Regional units
Settlement.parts_style: list
Settlement.seat_type: Traditional capitals
Settlement.seat: Tripoli and Nafplio
Settlement.seat1_type: Largest city
Settlement.seat1: Patra
Settlement.population_demonym: Peloponnesian
Settlement.population_total: 1,155,019
Settlement.population_as_of: 2011
Settlement.area_total_km2: 21,549.6
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: traditional geographic divisions of Greece
Country: Greece
Located in: Greece
Area: 22200
Elevation: 994
Body of water: Aegean Sea
Shares border with: Attica Region
Image: Peloponnese modis.jpg
Said to be same as: Morea

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described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
Commons category: Peloponnese
topic's main category: Category:Peloponnese
different from: Peloponnese Region
native label: Πελοπόννησος

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Encyclopedic overview

23 sections

Contents

Geography
Climate
History
Mythology and early history
Classical antiquity
Middle Ages
Byzantine rule
Slavic migration, settlement, and decline
Frankish rule and Byzantine reconquest
Despotate of Morea and Ottoman incursions
Albanian migration, settlement and relocations to Italy
Ottoman conquest, Venetian interlude and Ottoman reconquest
Modern Greece
Regional units
Cities
Archaeological sites
Cuisine
See also
Notes
Footnotes
References
Further reading
External links

The peninsula is divided among three administrative regions: most belong to the Peloponnese region, with smaller parts belonging to the West Greece and Attica regions.

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