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	Station Information - Peloponnesos
		Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth.
		Of the name, Peloponnesos, 'Pelop' refers to this hero and 'nesos' refers to island, therefore the name means the Island of Pelops.
		Peloponnesos is a Periphery of Greece, consisting of 7 prefectures (Greek: νομοι):
	www.stationinformation.com /encyclopedia/p/pe/peloponnesos.html (104 words)

	Encyclopedia: Peloponnesos
		Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, "Pelops' Island", sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth.
		Though "Peloponnesos" is used to refer to the entire peninsula, the periphery with that name includes only part of that landmass.
		Peloponnesos is a periphery of Greece, consisting of 5 prefectures (Greek: νομοι): The peripheries (περιφέρειε&sigmaf;) are the subnational subdivisions of Greece.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Peloponnesos (757 words)

	Greek Mythology: POTAMI / POTAMOI Gods of Rivers & Streams ( also Potamus Potamos Amnes Flumina ) w/ Pictures
		ALPHEIOS A River-God of Arkadia and Elis, in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.
		ANIGROS A River-God of Elis in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.
		KLADEOS A River-God of Elis in the Peloponnesos, southern Greece.
	www.theoi.com /Potamos/Potamoi.html (3663 words)

	Peloponnesos -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		However, Peloponnesos only became a true island with the creation of the (Click link for more info and facts about Corinthian Canal) Corinthian Canal in 1893.
		In 2004 Peloponnesos gained a second connection to the mainland, with the completion of the (Click link for more info and facts about Rio-Antirio bridge) Rio-Antirio bridge.
		Peloponnesos is a (The outside boundary or surface of something) periphery of Greece, consisting of 5 (The district administered by a prefect (as in France or Japan or the Roman Empire)) prefectures ((A native or inhabitant of Greece) Greek: νομοι):
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pe/Peloponnesos.htm (290 words)

	Arcadian Wines - www.arcadians.gr
		Peloponnesos is one of the most important and traditional greek areas from the point of view of wine quality, variety and production.
		It is nevertheless illusory to conceive of the Peloponnesos as trailing along in the wake of Central Greece.
		For example, the varietal influence of the Ionian islands is discernible in the western and north-western Morea, while the varieties of Crete and the Cyclades are met with in the south.
	arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr /arkadia/wines (2330 words)

	Astrom Editions - Books
		All wares (whether painted or unpainted) produced in this part of the Peloponnesos during LH I are considered; particular emphasis is put on the examination of the fine decorated ware; imports, wherever identifiable, are also dealt with.
		Chapter I is a detailed account of the Late Helladic I pottery from deposits excavated at settlement-sites in the SW part of the Peloponnesos, among them Voroulia-Tragana (where an important closed LH I group of domestic material was found) and Nichoria (where evidence for a stratigraphic distinction between LH I and LH IIA was produced).
		The rich local repertoire of LH I motifs is fully analyzed and compared to the decoration-repertoire of the contemporary pottery from Kythera, Crete, the Cyclades, eastern Peloponnesos and eastern central Greece.
	www.astromeditions.com /library/Bookresp.asp?Book=PB50 (518 words)

	pelbyzhis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Slavic penetration in the Peloponnesos is indicated by the evidence of toponyms -M.Vsmer (Slaven) counted 429 place names of Slavic origin in the Peloponnesos, although some dozens could be disputed.
		Beginning in 1205 the leaders of the Fourth Crusade, notably William I of Champlitte and Geoffrey I Villehardouin captured most of the Peloponnesos without serious struggle, and the land was divided into baronies, loosely under the authority of the principality of Achaia.
		The bishop of Corinth, originally metropolitan of Hellas and of the Peloponnesos, was challenged, especially by the metropolitan of Patras.
	www.ucc.ie /staff/jprodr/macedonia/pelbyzhis.html (361 words)

	Peloponnese - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Peloponnese (Greek Πελοπόννησος, Peloponnesos "Island of Pelops"; Latinized as Peloponnesus) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth.
		However, Peloponnesos only became a true island with the creation of the Corinth Canal in 1893.
		In 2004 the Peloponnese gained a second connection to the mainland, with the completion of the Rio-Antirio bridge.
	www.americancanyon.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Peloponnesos (289 words)

	Peloponnesos Definition / Peloponnesos Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsulaA peninsula is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body that is surrounded by water on three sides.
		[click for more] in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of CorinthThe Isthmus of Corinth—; which is the isthmus, the original neck of land so called— is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth.
		Peloponnesos is the most southern part of the mainland of Greece.
	www.elresearch.com /Peloponnesos (176 words)

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		Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in
		2004 Peloponnesos gained a second connection to the mainland, with the completion of the
		Peloponnesos is a periphery of Greece, consisting of 5 prefectures (
	en-cyclopedia.com /wiki/Peloponnese (144 words)

	Peloponnesos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peloponnesos (Griego:, alguna vez Latinized como Peloponnesus o inglesado como el Peloponnese) es una península grande en Grecia, formando la parte del sur del país del istmo de Corinth.
		Del nombre, Peloponnesos, ' Pelop ' refiere a este héroe y los ' nesos refieren a la isla, por lo tanto el nombre significa la isla de Pelops.
		Sin embargo, Peloponnesos se convirtió en solamente una isla verdadera con la creación del canal corinthian en 1893.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/pe/Peloponnesos.htm (183 words)

	Travel report Greece
		Due to immense geological alterations in the area it was separated and reunited with the mainland twice.
		The Peloponnesos is rough and has compact rock masses.
		The Temple of Hera is where the Olympic flame is lit from the sun and then taken by runners to light the torch wherever the games are being held, a tradition which dates all the way back to 1936AD.
	www.xs4all.nl /~hansmiv/reizen/Greece/greece.htm (1115 words)

	Greek Revolution 1821
		He returned to Peloponnesos on the eve of the revolution and due to his military experience and knowledge he soon became the leading figure in organising the Greek fighters.
		After the success of the revolution in Peloponnesos and Sterea Ellada, the uprising spread in the islands.
		Spetse was the first of the islands to join the revolution and this was mainly due to Boumboulina's leadership and courage.
	www.nostos.com /greekrev (1150 words)

	Peloponnesos: Heart and Soul of Greece
		At the time the Peloponessos was all there was of Greece since it was the first part of the country to be liberated from the Turks in 1821 and in fact nearly went back to the Turks when the heroes of the revolution began fighting amongst themselves.
		For many, the Peloponnesos is the true Greece and to them the narrow isthmus of Corinth is all that separates them from a world of Albanians, Vlachs, Bulgarians and Macedonians, who are all Greeks to us.
		But the Peloponessos can be said to be the heart and soul of Greece and though it has been left off the tourist map that was especially painted for Americans, it is as worth a place to visit as any ten islands combined.
	greecetravel.com /peloponessos (297 words)

	Mechanics of large-scale gravity sliding in the Greek Peloponnesos -- Temple 79 (6): 687 -- GSA Bulletin
		Mechanics of large-scale gravity sliding in the Greek Peloponnesos -- Temple 79 (6): 687 -- GSA Bulletin
		A phenomenon which is becoming increasingly apparent in areas around the eastern Mediterranean is the movement of huge volumes of highly incompetent rock for great distances.
		In the Greek Peloponnesos, thousands of square miles are covered by an allochthonous mass of Mesozoic and lower Tertiary pelagic sedimentary rocks.
	bulletin.geoscienceworld.org /cgi/content/abstract/79/6/687 (268 words)

	Lecture 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Preparations lagged in the Peloponnesos and Ypsilantis was forced to delay his plans.
		Demetrios Ypsilantis, brother of Alexander, had been given the military command of the Etaireia in the Peloponnesos.
		The Greeks quickly took many of the fortresses of the Peloponnesos, since they were not well defended.
	isthmia.osu.edu /teg/hist517/lec04.htm (812 words)

	:: Camperpagina Peloponnesos ::
		De Peloponnesos is tegenwoordig met het vaste land van het westen van Griekenland verbonden door de prachtige Rion-Antirion brug.
		De brug is 2.860 meter lang en het dek komt 160 meter boven de zeespiegel.
		De Peloponnesos is het meest zuidelijk gelegen stukje vasteland van het Balkan schiereiland.
	home.planet.nl /%7Ebloot015 (987 words)

	clar49.geogr (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		An important center of the Late Bronze Age in Greece; located in Argolis at the northern end of the Argive plain.
		In the northwestern Peloponnesos, the principal sanctuary of Zeus in the Greek world.
		Important Dorian city of the southern Peloponnesos; principal city of the regions of Lakonia and Messenia.
	www.unc.edu /courses/pre2000fall/clar049/geogr.html (795 words)

	Isthmus of Corinth - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Isthmus of Corinth is the narrow landbridge which connects the Peloponnesos peninsula with the mainland of Greece, near the city of Corinth.
		Since 1893 the Corinthian Canal has through the 6.3 km Isthmus, effectively making the Peloponnesos an island.
		This page was last modified 03:32, 16 October 2005.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Isthmus_of_Corinth (106 words)

	Loganikos is picturesque village outside of Sparta in the Peloponnesos situated on the Tagetos mountainside.
		Trace your family immigration history to America with a visit to Ellis island
		Loganikos is a picturesque village outside of Sparta in the Peloponnesos situated on the mountainside of the Tagetos.
		The birthplace of the "Golden Greek" Harry Agganis.
	loganikos.tripod.com (64 words)

	Peloponnesos - Encyclopedia, History and Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Peloponnesos (Greek: Πελοπόννησος, "Pelops' Island", sometime Latinized as Peloponnesus or Anglicized as The Peloponnese) is a large peninsula in Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Isthmus of Corinth.
		This page was last modified 21:25, 30 Apr 2005.
		The article about Peloponnesos contains information related to Peloponnesos.
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Peloponnesia (248 words)

	Fly and Drive in the Peloponnesos
		Peloponnesos (Peloponnese) for a Fly and Drive vacation.
		The first week we did the tour around the island as shown on the map below.
		They are specialised only in trips to Epiros, Corfu, Krete, Lefkas, Samos and the Peloponnesos in Greece.
	www.members.tripod.com /~Rene_de_Hoop/pelopon/fly_driv.html (244 words)

	peloponnesos
		Originally it was an island, but intense geological upheavals in the region united and separated it from the mainland twice.
		De gids biedt veel en rijk geschakeerde informatie, die in dubbele kolommen is afgedrukt; daardoor maakt het boek een zeer compacte indruk [Biblion recensie, Redactie].
		Ahaia has two sides to visit: the coast side villages with the exceptional beaches and the verdurous mountainous hinterland, with forests full of chestnut trees and pine trees where you will find Kalavrita.
	www.reiswijs.nl /landeninfo/europa/griekenland/peloponnesos/peloponnesos.html (1308 words)

	International Travel News: Traveling the Peloponnesos - Greece (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		We finally succumbed and ordered a frape, made from coffee, its taste enhanced by the intoxicating views of the Aegean Sea.
		We were in Monemvassia, in the Peloponnesos of Greece.
		As we are avid hikers and there are few marked trails on the peninsula, we stopped wherever we saw an enticing path going off into the distance.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m3648/is_4_24/ai_54773236 (1507 words)

	Cycling in the Peloponnesos, September 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The roads are becoming crowded when we get closer to Pirgos where we stop for a (late) lunch.
		Here we find the first bicycle lane of the Peloponnesos, but it sure could use some maintenance.
		A big boring road brings us to Katakolo, which is quite a change after those mountain villages.
	vons.free.fr /peloponnesos/andrenitsa-planos.html (378 words)

	Vakantie Peloponnesos, Griekenland - reisinformatie & reistips - Anders Reizen
		Vakantie Peloponnesos, Griekenland - reisinformatie and reistips - Anders Reizen
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		De kaart is gemaakt in samenwerking met het Griekse leger en is heel nauwkeurig.
	www.andersreizen.nl /info/gr02c01i.html (385 words)

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