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Tripoli (Greek: Τρίπολη) is a city in Greece. It is in the center of the Peloponnese. It is built at an altitude of about 600 meters, at the bottom of Mainalo mountain. It had 28,876 people according to the 2001 census. Tripoli is the capital of Arcadia prefecture.

Transportation

Tripoli is connected to the capital city Athens by a motorway between Corinth-Tripoli-Kalamata, which is a part of the E65.

Known people from Tripoli

  • Kostas Karyotakis (1896–1928)
  • Semni Karusou (1900–1994)
  • Yiannis Kouros (1956–)


Images for kids

  • Panagiotis Kefalas by Hess

    "Commander Panagiotis Kefalas plants the flag of Liberty upon the walls of Tripolizza, after the Siege of Tripolitsa" by Peter von Hess

  • Hotoussa-Polje Arkadia Peloponnes

    Another basin in Tripolis municipal unit Levidi (basin of the communities “Vlacherna/Hotoussa/Kandila”), ca. 25 km north of Tripoli

  • TripoliGreece7

    Areos Square with the Court House, designed by Ernst Ziller

  • OSE dmu 4508 at Tripolis Station

    Tripoli's railway station.

  • AlexandrosPapanastasiu

    Alexandros Papanastasiou

  • Douai chartreuse serrur soldat grec

    "Death of a Greek soldier during the siege of Tripolizza" by Henri Serrur

  • TripoliGreece1

    Agios Vasilios (St Basil), Tripoli's cathedral. Facade built with Doliana marble.

  • Kostas Karyotakis house

    House of Kostas Karyotakis

  • Tripolis Archaeological Museum

    The archaeological museum

See also

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