KORONI - A beautiful, stone, traditional village of Messinia, amphitheatrically built, near the fairest beaches of the district, 56 klm south of Kalamata. http://www.arokaria.gr/index_uk.htm  Altitude: 10m/35ft Population: 2,300 The little port of Koróni, 42km/26mi southwest of Kalamáta on the west side of the Gulf of Messenia, is particularly noted for its castle. It occupies the site of ancient Asine, but in late antiquity it was re-settled by the inhabitants of Korone (25km/16mi north; now called Petalídi) and took over the name of that town. After the fourth Crusade the town was taken by Geoffroy de Villehardouin, but was made over by him in 1206, together with Methóni to the Venetians, who enlarged and strengthened the old Byzantine fortress on the peninsula. From 1560 to 1686 and again from 1715 to 1828 Koróni was held by the Turks, who built further fortifications. Outside the walls on the east side of the town is a monastery dedicated to St John the Baptist. http://www.planetware.com/greece/koroni-gr-pel-koro.htm