Kastania, Laconia Kastania, Laconia Kastania is a town in Mesa Mani, in Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit Sminos. In 1770, after the Orlov Revolt failed, the Ottomans wanted to punish the Maniots for their support of it. They attacked the two Maniot pyrgoi which belonged to the Venetsanakis clan. With them was the father of the hero of the Greek War of Independence, Theodoros Kolokotronis, Kostantinos Kolokotronis and his wife who was pregnant with his son. The Ottoman commander Hussan Bey, laid siege to the pyrgoi. After holding out for three days the defenders burst out of the
Country News Club Country News Club Country News Club, Inc., Lakes Region News Club, Inc., and Portland News Club, LLC, and are private companies that publish community newspapers in Maine and New Hampshire, United States. The companies publish four "Daily Sun" free daily newspapers: Country News Club also publishes a weekly newspaper in western Maine, "The Northern Light", in addition to "Valley Fun", a tourist publication. Each of the company's newspapers has a local newsroom in the community it covers, though all Country News Club publications, as well as "The Portland Daily Sun", are printed in the company's Conway press plant. "The Laconia