Kalamata is built at the foot of Mount Taygetos and in the heart of the Messinian Gulf, it has a mild climate, well designed street planning, wide roads and a…
The Archaeological Museum of Kalamata is located at the junction of Benaki and Papazoglou streets, in a 19th-century building, which was granted to the Archaeological Society by Antonios Benakis, also…
The Kalamata Folklore Museum is located at the city’s historical centre and was created in order to house archive material and heirlooms from the Greek Revolution of 1821. The building…
The Alexandrakio retirement home, which has been providing shelter to the elderly since 1877, is situated east of the Metropolitan Church of the Ipapanti of Christ in Kalamata. It was…
The Municipal Regional Theatre of Kalamata (DIPETHEK) was founded in 1984 and is one of the most important cultural institutions in the broader region. It has two stages, the Central…
In 1888 a small tobacco factory opened in Kalamata, which was to become one of the most lucrative businesses not only in Greece, but in the whole of Europe. It…
The Homeric Fares, the kingdom that Faris, son of Hermis and Danaides of Argos, founded, was once located on an imposing hill overlooking the historic centre of Kalamata. A small…
The church of Aghii Apostoli stands imposingly at the northern side of the historical 23 Martiou square, in Kalamata. It is a Byzantine church, built between the 11th and the…
In antiquity, Anthesteria was a celebration to honour Dionysus, the god of ecstatic inebriation and fertility, celebrated mainly in Athens during month of Anthesterion, which corresponded to the end of…