Kalavryta

Kalavryta (Greek: Καλάβρυτα) is a town and a municipality in the mountainous eastcentral part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, 24 km south of Aigio, 40 km southeast of Patras and 62 km northwest of Tripoli. Notable mountains in the municipality are Mount Erymanthos in the west and Aroania or Chelmos in the southeast. Kalavryta is the southern terminus of the Diakopto-Kalavryta Railway, built by Italian engineers between 1885 and 1895. Kalavryta is famous for developments that occurred on the 21 March 1821, which ignited the Greek War of Independence. On this day the Greek flag was raised at the monastery of Agia Lavra. On 13 December 1943, in what is commemorated as...