Sapientza
Sign in to saveSapientza or Sapienza () is a Greek island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, near the city of Methóni. It is administratively part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, in Messenia. The 2011 census reported a population of two inhabitants. Sapientza is the second largest island of the Messenian Oinousses, a small group island which consists of three small islands (Schiza, Sapientza and Agia Marina). Its name is of Italian origin and means wisdom. The Calypso Deep, the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea at , is located south-west of Sapientza.
Key facts
- Islands.name
- Sapientza
- Islands.native_name
- Σαπιέντζα
- Islands.native_name_lang
- el
- Islands.map_image
- Sapientza.JPG
- Islands.archipelago
- Messenian Oinousses
- Islands.area_km2
- 9
- Islands.country
- Greece
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title
- Region
- Islands.country_admin_divisions
- Peloponnese
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- Regional unit
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_1
- Messenia
- Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_2
- Municipality
- Islands.population
- 2
- Islands.population_as_of
- 2011
- Islands.density_km2
- 0
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- Population
- 2
- Area
- 9.018
- Image
- Νήσοι Σαπιέντζα (πανοραμική 2).jpg
- Width
- 2.5
- Length
- 6.5
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- Sapientza
- postal code
- 240 06
- native label
- Σαπιέντζα
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Sapientza or Sapienza () is a Greek island off the southern coast of the Peloponnese, near the city of Methóni. It is administratively part of the municipality of Pylos-Nestor, in Messenia. The 2011 census reported a population of two inhabitants. Sapientza is the second largest island of the Messenian Oinousses, a small group island which consists of three small islands (Schiza, Sapientza and Agia Marina). Its name is of Italian origin and means wisdom. The Calypso Deep, the deepest point of the Mediterranean Sea at , is located south-west of Sapientza.
==Description== The island has seen many shipwrecks because it is located over the main sea route between Italy and the Middle East. Some of the wrecks carried important cargo, such as a Toman wreck that carried granite columns from the peristyle of Herod's temple in Caesarea Maritima. In the south of the island there is an important lighthouse built in 1885. Its height is 8 meters.
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