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Tripoli (, W of Argos and Nafplio , NW of Leonidi , N of Sparta , NNE of Kalamata , 33 km NE of Megalopoli and NE of Kyparissia , E of Stemnitsa and ESE of Dimitsana . Today Tripoli is the seat of the recently founded University Of Peloponnesos {Link without Title} with two departments of the Sciences and Technology School and one department of the Economics and Administration School. HISTORY In the Middle Ages, the place was known as Drobolitsa, Droboltsá, or Dorboglitza, perhaps from the Greek Hydropolitsa 'Water City' or perhaps from the South Slavic for 'Plain of Oaks'.''Transactions of the Philological Society'' 1934, p. 19-20 Modern Tripolis was created in 1770 near the ruins of the ancient cities of Pallantron , Tegea , and Mantinea , hence its name Τρίπολης = τρεις πόλεις 'three cities', presumably chosen to explain the medieval name. Before the Greek Revolution, it had a large Muslim and Jewish population, and served as the central point for the Ottoman occupation of Greece. During the ; when Ibrahim Pasha retook the city on June 22 , 1825, he in turn massacred the Christian population and burned the city. La Grande Encyclopédie , ''s.v.'' Tripolis After it was retaken by the Greeks in 1829, Tripolis became a major centre of the independent Greek state. In 1829 , members of the Greek intelligentsia met in Tripoli. TRANSPORTATION Tripoli is mainly accessed from Athens and the rest of Greece through the Corinth-Tripoli-Kalamata motorway, which is part of the E65 . The motorway bypasses Tripoli from the east and will continue to Kalamata, after construction ends in that part (see List Of Greek Roads ). An alternative route is the GR-7 which used to be the main highway of Tripoli before the construction of the motorway. The city is also accessed by GR-74 and GR-76 from Pyrgos and by GR-39 / E961 from Sparta . NEAREST PLACES
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Elaiohori HISTORICAL POPULATION Its main plazas are aligned with the main street and with a highway linking to Pyrgos and Patras. One of them is named Kennedy, the other is named Georgiou B' ( George II ). The southern part has its main street named Washington. The main section of the city is enclosed around the castle walls that were built during the Ottoman occupation of Greece . The city is surrounded by pine trees in the south and west, mount Mainalo ( Maenalus ) in the west while another mountain is 5 km E and fertile lands elsewhere. The closest mountain ridge of Mainalo is only about 1 km west.Wetlands used to dominate much of the area in the northeast. The industrial area is founded in the eastern part, formerly 100m of the southern terminus of the superhighway, it is now near an interchange? where factories are founded. Tripoli is home to the two largest Armed Forces bootcamp centers of Greece, one for the Hellenic Army and one for the Hellenic Air Force
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SPORTS Asteras Tripolis is the city's Greek soccer club. REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS
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