Peloponnese
Sign in to saveThe 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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23 sectionsContents
- 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 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.
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.