Skoutari

Skoutari (Greek: Σκουτάρι, in classical antiquity Asine) is a village in Laconia, Greece, part of the municipal unit Gytheio. According to legend it was founded by refugees from the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Skoutari was built on a hill around 50 metres above the sea level. Skoutari is linked by a road linking Cape Tenaro and Gythio encircling the eastern half of the peninsula. Farmlands are in the valleys, the mountains dominate most of the area and forests covers the valley areas especially around the village, the rest of the land are made up of rocks, bushes and grasslands. The Skoutari Bay lies directly to the east and are surrounded by bluffs, rocks and treacherous landscapes. In Mycenaean period of Greece, there was thought...