Wednesday, December 08, 2004

P�ros

Island of the Saronic group, lying close to the Argolis peninsula of the Peloponnese, part of the nom�s (department) of Attik�, Greece. It actually comprises two islands totaling 9 square miles (23 square km), the larger of which is the wooded, limestone island of Kal�vria, separated from the village of Galat�s on the mainland by a narrow channel, or poros, whence the collective