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Tripoli
On the highest part of the mountain on 1981 m altitude is the ski
resort of Ostrakina.
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Tripoli
is a place of natural contrasts. Because of its situation, it can
satisfy the desires of the most demanding visitor, offering him
enchanting landscapes and resorts, winter and summer, with
combinations of mountain and sea. It appears in history at about the
middle of the 15th. Century. Built in a harsh, rocky environment in
the plain of Mantineia, which is the most advantageous location in
the center of the Morea, it holds countless surprises for the
visitor. It is the capital of Arkadia.
At
the heart of the town is Areos Square with the bust of Kolokotronis.
It is surrounded by the Courts of justice, the old Hotel Mainalon
and the lovely park with its hospitable Chalets. The splendid
Cultural Center of the Municipality of Tripoli stands in the West
Park. Prominent monuments include the Malliaropouleio Theatre, the
Church of Ag. Vasileios, which is unusual in having shops on the
groundfloor, the Archaeological Museum, one of the finest in Greece,
housed in a building designed by Ziller, the houses of the poet K.
Kariotakis and of Th. Synodinou and numerous neo-classical
buildings. In the surroundings of the town the visitor will find
lovely little churches (Ay. Georgios, Mai Thanasakos, Ai Yannis,
Kartsova, etc.), clinging to the green hillsides, and the
picturesque monasteries of Epano Chrepa, Varsoi and Gorgoepikoos.
Ancient Mantineia with its theatre and singular Sacred Church of
Ayia Fotini is another attraction, like Alea and Episcopi at Tegea.
Tripoli,
situated in the centre of the Prefecture of Arkadia and the
Peloponnese, is well placed for nearby excursions (Vytina,
Dimitsana, Stemnitsa, Langadia, Astros-Herodes' Villa, Karytaina,
Megalopoli, etc.) and more distant ones (Nafplio, Mycenae,
Epidavros, Sparta, Mystras, Olympia, Kalamata, etc.). The sea at
Astros with its fine, clean beaches can be reached in less than an
hour.
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