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Municipality in Greece
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Monemvasia is one of Greece’s most dramatic and atmospheric destinations — a medieval fortress town carved into a huge rock rising from the sea off the coast of Laconia in the southeastern Peloponnese. Often called the “Gibraltar of the East,” it is connected to the mainland by a narrow causeway, hiding a remarkably preserved Byzantine and Venetian town within its walls.
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Monemvasia is reached via the modern mainland town of Gefyra, connected to the rock by a short causeway.
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