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
RMS Laconia (1921) was built by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd, Wallsend, Northumberland. Launched on 9 April 1921, she was completed in January 1922. Her port of registry was Liverpool. The code letters KLWT and United Kingdom Official Number 145925 were allocated. As a Royal Mail Ship, "Laconia" was entitled to display the Royal Mail "crown" logo as a part of its crest. In January 1923 "Laconia" began the first around-the-world cruise, which lasted 130 days and called at 22 ports. On 8 September 1925, "Laconia" collided with the British schooner "Lucia P. Dow" in the Atlantic Ocean east of Nantucket, Massachusetts,