Stoupa (Greece)
Stoupa Στούπα |
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Basic data | ||
Country | Greece | |
region | Peloponnese | |
Regional district | Laconia | |
local community | Dytiki Mani | |
Parish | Lefktro | |
Local community | Neochori | |
status | settlement | |
Geographic coordinates | 36 ° 51 ′ N , 22 ° 16 ′ E | |
Residents | 628 (2011) | |
LAU-1 code no. | 4402011005 | |
Website: | www.stoupa-greece.com | |
Stoupa ( Greek Στούπα ( f. Sg. )) Is a village in the local community Neochori in the municipality of Lefktro in the municipality of Dytiki elS in the Greek region of Peloponnese .
The former fishing village has become a place mainly focused on tourism (with a slightly "alternative" touch) in the last few decades . In the district of Kalogria there is one of the relatively rare fine sandy beaches in Greece. A bust of the poet commemorates Kazantzakis' stay in Stoupa.
The village served the poet Nikos Kazantzakis as a template for the novel Alexis Zorbas . Kazantzakis tried to start coal mining here in 1917, his foreman was called Zorbas, but in the literary adaptation of this failed experiment, Kazantzakis moved the action to Crete.
Kalogria: Preparations for a concert by Mikis Theodorakis
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ Peter Bien (ed.): Nikos Kazantzakis. The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis. Princeton University Press, 2012, ISBN 978-0-691-14702-4 , pp. 71, pp. 130.