The European Schools Newspaper April issue | Page 23

THE RAILWAY PARK by Costas, Spyros, Lucas and
Nick K.

KALAMATA BEACH and other BEACHES
by Aphrodite and Stevia

It is a big park with old trains, lots of swings and
slides for the little children, basketball and volleyball
courts, a pond with ducks, a lot of trees and flowers
and a cafeteria. People like walking in the park and
children like running and playing there.

Kalamata beach is long and perfect for swimming. It has
a lot of tourists. Some other beautiful beaches are
Almiros beach, Mantineia beach, Kalogria beach, Agios
Nikolaos beach, Velika beach and Makrinamos beach.
THE PORT – THE MARINA by Spyros, Costas , Lucas and Nick K.
Mt. TAYGETOS by Athena, John and Georgia

Kalamata has got a big port for boats, ferries and cruise
boats. It has also got a modern marina for yachts.

If you prefer the mountain to the sea, Taygetos is
close to Kalamata, with its forests, caves, gorges, trees
and animals. It is perfect for hiking and relaxing, doing
sports or camping. In the winter it often snows there
and if you drive for about an hour, you can enjoy the
snow!!
A BIT OF HISTORY
by Nick K., Spyros, Evi and Jenny
Kalamata was occupied by the Turks for hundreds of years like the rest of
Greece. But Kalamata was the first Greek city to be liberated. On 23rd
March 1821 it was taken over by the Greek revolutionary forces under the
command of the generals Theodore Kolokotronis, Petros Mavromichalis
and Papaflessas. In 1825, the invading Ibrahim Pasha destroyed the city.
On 13th September 1986 a very strong earthquake (6,6 on the Richter
scale) caused heavy damage and killed 20 people in Kalamata.

the start of the Greek revolution