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The history contents is just temporary, I'll add more info soon and possibly re-write it. Feel free to contribute. Aggelophoros 07:15, 31 Dec 2003 (UTC)

Anyone have a better pic of the actual island/peninusla where Monemvassia stands on? I have one showing the full image of the peninsula (not like the one already on the page which shows it but from far away), but it was taken in a moving car and it is extremely bad quality.Aggelophoros 06:49, 11 Feb 2004 (UTC)

I didn't want to do too much rewriting since I'm not an expert, but here are some suggestions on how this article could be improved...

  • I think it's more accurate to call it an island than a peninsula, since its only connection to the mainland is man-made.
  • If I remember correctly from my visit there, there are really three areas to note--the fortress atop the island, the small village near the entrance to the island, and the town on the mainland, where most of the tourists stay. The opening paragraphs could be rewritten to clarify this.
  • Also, the first paragraph could make it clearer that the most striking feature of the island is the sheer cliffs leading straight up from the coast--the comparison to Gibraltar implies this, but you don't really get a sense of it from the initial paragraph.

--Rictus 29 June 2005 05:05 (UTC)

[edit] Malmsey wine

I removed this sentence:

The main industry and export of Monemvasia is the production of Malmsey, a kind of red wine.

Malvasia (or Malmsey) grapes, which get their name from this place, have not been grown there in any great quantity in many centuries. The wine produced in the region is now made from different varieties. I'm also not sure whether wine production of any kind is the chief industry of this area. (I suspect the main industry may be tourism.)

--Peter G Werner 04:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Malmsey wine

I removed this sentence:

The main industry and export of Monemvasia is the production of Malmsey, a kind of red wine.

Malvasia (or Malmsey) grapes, which get their name from this place, have not been grown there in any great quantity in many centuries. The wine produced in the region is now made from different varieties. I'm also not sure whether wine production of any kind is the chief industry of this area. (I suspect the main industry may be tourism.)

--Peter G Werner 04:51, 25 July 2005 (UTC)


[edit] "until 1471, when it was sold to the Pope by the Despot of Morea Thomas Palaeologos"

Morea fell in 1460. How could it have sold anything eleven years later? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.102.211.73 (talk) 03:51, 9 December 2007 (UTC)