The Greek revolt against the Ottomans was supposed to start on March 25, 1821, but the Maniots had different ideas.
The Mani is the middle finger of land that extends out from the southern Peloponnese, terminating at Cape Tainaron, the southernmost point of mainland Europe. It looks like the surface of the moon, and even today many of its inhabitants dwell in their traditional castle-houses, forbidding piles of rock which rise from the rock of the landscape like geological formations....
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