Velanidia, Laconia Velanidia, Laconia Velanidia () is a Byzantine village in Laconia, Greece, within the municipality of Monemvasia. Also, it is situated at the southern edge of Peloponnese and more specifically at the southeast edge of mountain range Parnon. It includes several Byzantine churces, so it is offenly called as Small Agios Oros. This village is near at Cape Maleas. Velanidia is a Byzantine village, which is obvious because of several churches near by. Established in 1718, this settlement was probably a result of a unification of several smaller settlements, because of the need of a more organized community. Due to several
The Laconia Daily Sun Region News Club, Inc., which owns "The Laconia Daily Sun", is a partnership between President Edward J. Engler, Publisher Adam Hirshan and Mark Guerringue, publisher of "The Conway Daily Sun". "The Laconia Daily Sun" was founded June 5, 2000, with Engler as publisher and John Hourihan as editor. The initial press run was 2,000 copies, and the paper was in direct competition with "The (Laconia) Citizen", a paid circulation daily newspaper founded in 1926 and owned at the time by the Robert Foster family of Dover, New Hampshire. The two daily newspapers were head-to-head competitors for more than 16 years,