Megalopolis
Megalopolis, or Megalopoli is a town famous
for its ancient theatre. Megalopolis is a Greek word for
Great city. It is in the western part of the
prefecture of
Arcadia.
The population in
2001
reached over 5,000. It is the only growing community in
western Arcadia. Other villages towns reported a loss in
population in 2001. Distance from
Tripoli, Greece
is 30 km from 33, SE of
Andritsaina
and from
Kalamata
is 55 km NE on
Interstate 7,
and
E65.
The city has a square in the heart of the city. Its
area code
is 27410 with 5 digits. The mountains surrounding
Megalopolis are
Taygetus,
and
Tsiberou.
Its nearest television and communications tower are on
top of mount
Tsiberou.
Much of the area is isolated, and the forested valley
contains about 10,000. It is one of the most
underpopulated areas in the
Peloponnese.
It is
famous for its ancient ruins founded northwest which
features and
ancient theatre.
Megalopoli has three schools, lyceums, gymnasia,
churches, banks, hotels, a post office and squares (plateia).
It also has a train station which is also has a freight
yard 1 km from downtown. The track is not through to
Tripoli, the line for Kalamata - Tripoli -
Argos
-
Corinth
is 4 km S.
It was
known as Sinanou until the
19th century.
A wider
highway southwest first opened in around the 1980s.
Megalopolis is now bypassed by a new freeway connecting
from
Kalamata
and
Athens.
Construction began in 1999 in the southwest and headad
northeast in 2001 and was opened to traffic in 2002. The
freeway now runs between the little villages Perivolia
and Routsi, and there lies the
Alpheus
River.
In
1993,
a brush fire burned much of eastern
Megalopolis
and the
Tsiberou
area. It burnt approximately 5000-6000 ha (50 to 60 kmē)
of land.
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