page_title: Kalamata
section_title: Sights
hierarchical_section_title: Kalamata / Sights
caption_attribution_description: The old city of Kalamata, Greece
context_page_description: Kalamata is the second most populous city of the Peloponnese peninsula, after Patras, in southern Greece and the largest city of the homonymous administrative region. As the capital and chief port of the Messenia regional unit, it lies along the Nedon River at the head of the Messenian Gulf.
  The 2011 census recorded 69,849 inhabitants for the wider Kalamata Municipality, of which, 62,409 resided in the municipal unit of Kalamata, and 54,567 in the city proper. Kalamata is renowned as the land of the Kalamatianos dance and Kalamata olives.
context_section_description: Maria Callas Alumni Association of the Music School of Kalamata  / "Maria Callas Museum" www.mariacallas.gr
  There are numerous historical and cultural sights in Kalamata, such as the Villehardouin castle, the Ypapanti Byzantine church, the Kalograion monastery with its silk-weaving workshop where the Kalamata scarves are made, and the municipal railway park. The Church of the Holy Apostles is where Mavromichalis declared the revolt against Ottoman rule in 1821. Art collections are housed at the Municipal Gallery, the Archaeological Museum of Messenia and the Folk Art Museum.
  Benakeion Archaeological Museum of Kalamata, located in the heart of the historical centre of Kalamata.
  Cultural events, such as the Kalamata International Dance Festival
  Kalamata Drama International Summer School (www.kalamatadrama.com)
  Kalamata Castle from the 13th century AD.
  The marina and the Port of Kalamata, located SW of the city centre, is the main and largest port in Messenia and the southern part of the Peloponnese.
  Kalamata Municipal Stadium, home of Messiniakos, seats 5,400 spectators
  The Railway Museum of the Municipality of Kalamata, a railway museum which first opened since 1986
  Ancient Messene, some 15 to 20 km (12 mi) north-west of modern Messini
  The Temple of Apollo Epicurius is about two-hour drive north from Kalamata.
  The Maria Callas Alumni Association of the Music School of Kalamata (www.mariacallas.gr) with the exhibition of the personal letters of the legendary Maria Callas.
caption: View of the old town
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