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
The Laconia Daily Sun "The Citizen", based in Laconia (The Citizen ceased publication in October 2016). The first two News Club dailies are the only daily newspapers in their counties: "The Conway Daily Sun" in Carroll County, and "The Berlin Daily Sun" in Coos County, New Hampshire. In 2009, News Club founded a fourth free daily, "The Portland Daily Sun", in Maine's largest city, which was closed in November 2014, when it acquired the alternative weekly "The Portland Phoenix". "The Conway Daily Sun" also publishes a monthly tourist magazine called "North Conway" with a distribution of 15,000. The Laconia Daily Sun The Laconia Daily