Astros

Astros (Greek: Άστρος or Μεσόγειο Άστρος, "Inland Astros") is a town near the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese in eastern Arcadia. Astros is the seat of North Kynouria municipality (Greek: Βόρεια Κυνουρία). The name of the town, built during the Greek War of Independence, is supposed to be taken from the ancient settlement Astron, mentioned in Ptolemy's Geography. Astros is accessible by the road connecting Tripoli and Argos and Tyros and Leonidio and Monemvasia to the south. Its port, Paralio Astros lies 4 km to the northeast of the inland town. Astros was the site of the Second National Assembly of the Hellenes during the Greek War of Independence, under the presidency of Petros Mavromichalis. This assembly produced the first...