Dyrrachio is a mountain village in Arcadia, built at an elevation of approximately 800 metres, near the borders with Messinia and Laconia, in a rugged landscape of ravines and steep mountain masses. Its strategic location made it an important centre during the pre‑revolutionary and revolutionary period. In 1776, the village became the base of the renowned klepht Zacharias Barbitsiotes, immediately after his victory at the Battle of Rekitsa. Zacharias settled in the wider area of Dyrrachio and Xerovounia for about five years, turning the village into a stronghold of the klephts before relocating his headquarters to Barbitsa on Mount Parnon. In June 1787, Anagnostis Kolokotronis, uncle of Theodoros Kolokotronis, was killed in Dyrrachio in battle against the Ottomans. In 1818, the village became associated with the Filiki Etaireia, serving as a place where new members were initiated and as a base for military preparation ahead of the Revolution. On 20 March 1821, after the liturgy held at the church of Panagia in Litharo, the fighter‑priest Panagiotis Th. Tourtas, known as Papa‑Tourtás, delivered a patriotic address; together with Parthenios, the abbot of the Monastery of Rekitsa, he blessed the weapons of the revolutionaries. Dyrrachio was the birthplace of notable fighters of the Greek Revolution, including General Panagiotis Kefalas, his brother Nikos Kefalas, and the fighter‑priest Papa‑Tourtás. These men, along with other revolutionary forces of the region, played a decisive role in the liberation of Kalamata on 23 March 1821.