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Location: Περιφερειακή Ενότητα Ηλείας, Greece
The Manolada area was the site of the Battle of Manolada in 1316, a battle between the Franks and the Catalans over the hegemony over the Principality of Achaea. Greek Μανολάδα is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Vouprasia, Elis. It is situated in a vast, rural plain near the Ionian Sea, 2 km northwest of Varda, 3 km west of Nea Manolada and 40 km southwest of Patras. In 2011 Manolada had a population of 844 for the village and 1,184 for the community, which includes the small villages Brinia, Karvounaiika, Loutra Yrminis, Mega Pefko and Samaraiika.
April 3, 2020
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