Koroni 's a town and municipality in Messenia, Greece. Known as Corone by the Venetians and Ottomans, the town of Koroni (pop. 1,668) sits on the southwest peninsula of the Peloponnese on the Gulf of Messinia in southern Greece 45 minutes southwest of Kalamata. The town's nestled on a hill below an impressive Venetian castle and reaches to the edge of the gulf. The town's the municipal seat of the surrounding Municipality of Koróni, which has a land area of 105.163 km² and a populatio… (More on Koroni)