Las (Ancient Greek ὁ Λᾶς; ἡ Λᾶ; in Homer: Λάας) was a Lacedaemonian perioecic town which later belonged to the Eleutherolaconians. Las was an important port of Sparta. Its inhabitants are called Laoi (Ancient Greek Λᾶοι). On the site of the ancient acropolis stood the medieval Passavas Castle.
Machine-translated from “Las (Lakedaimon)” on the German Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Passavas Castle ranks #8,287 of 9,035 worldwide in the atlas's castle fame ranking, and #97 of the 133 mapped in Greece. 1 more atlas landmarks stand within 25 km. The nearest day-trip guide is Kalamata, 49 km away. It is one of the 34 landmarks on the atlas's regional map of the Peloponnese. See how Greece compares in the castle statistics.
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