Porto Kagio is a village in Mani

Mani Peninsula

The Mani Peninsula , also long known as Maina or Maïna, is a geographical and cultural region in Greece. Mani is the central peninsula of the three which extend southwards from the Peloponnese in southern Greece. To the east is the Laconian Gulf, to the west the Messenian Gulf...

, Greece

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History writes that the year 1570, the Ottomans tried to build a castle there to block the sea route for the Venetians

Republic of Venice

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 to their colonies in Crete

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 and Cyprus

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. As soon as the Maniots heard of this, they besieged the castle. They also sent messengers to the Venetians for naval help. The Venetians arrived and the Turks surrendered. In 1670 the Ottomans returned and they built a new castle there. They were driven out of it by 1770 during the Orlov Revolt

Orlov Revolt

The Orlov Revolt was a precursor to the Greek War of Independence , which saw a Greek uprising in the Peloponnese at the instigation of Count Orlov, commander of the Russian Naval Forces of the Russo-Turkish War...

. Lambros Katsonis

Lambros Katsonis

Lambros Katsonis was a Greek naval admiral of the 18th century. Born in Levadia, he joined the Orlov Revolt in 1770, but not pleased by the result he built up a small fleet and began harassing the Ottomans in the Aegean Sea...

 had his hideout in the bay. In World War II

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, Porto Kagio was a place where many British

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 soldiers escaped to Egypt

Egypt

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Now Porto Kagio is a peaceful village whose main economy is tourism.It has 35 hotel rooms distributed on 4 different businesses.