Stoupa (Greece)
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Stoupa Στούπα |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| 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 | ||
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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 Beach
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.