Malvasia

Related Category: Greek Political Geography

(mălvəsē´ə) or Monemvasía(mô´´nĕmväsē´ä), village, S Greece, in the Peloponnesus, on a rocky island joined to the mainland by a mole. In the Middle Ages it was a fortress and an important commercial port, exporting Malvasian or malmsey wine, a type now made in many places. It was (1821) the seat of the first Greek national assembly.