Vourvoura
Sign in to saveVourvoura () is a village in the municipal unit of Skiritida, Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Parnon mountains, at 1,000 m above sea level. It is 5 km west of Agios Petros, 5 km north of Karyes (Laconia) and 22 km southeast of Tripoli.
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- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Σκιρίτιδας
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Πελοποννήσου
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
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- human settlement
- Country
- Greece
- Population
- 630
- Elevation
- 1000
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- located in/on physical feature
- Peloponnese
- postal code
- 220 13
- native label
- Βούρβουρα
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Vourvoura () is a village in the municipal unit of Skiritida, Tripoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Parnon mountains, at 1,000 m above sea level. It is 5 km west of Agios Petros, 5 km north of Karyes (Laconia) and 22 km southeast of Tripoli.
==History== In 1822 three families escaped from Chios and fled to Vourvoura due to the Chios massacre.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Vourvoura” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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