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Diakofto Kalavrita Railway
Diakopto ( el, Διακοπτό) is a coastal town municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reforms it is a municipal unit of the Aigialeia municipality. The municipal unit has an area of 103.932 km2. Population 6,429 (2011). The town of Diakopto is situated on the Gulf of Corinth, near the mouth of the Vouraikos river and at the lower end of the Vouraikos Gorge. The gauge Diakofto–Kalavryta Railway built in 1885 leads up to the town of Kalavryta passing the Mega Spilaio Monastery at about halfway. Diakopto is on the old Greek National Road 8 (Athens - Corinth - Patras); the new Greek National Road 8A (also Athens - Corinth - Patras) passes 1 km to the south. Diakopto is located about 40 km east of Patras, and 15 km southeast of Aigio. Subdivisions The municipal unit Diakopto is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Ano Diakopto (Ano Diakopto, Pounta) *Diakopto (Diakopto, Kalyv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diakopto Railway Station
Diakopto railway station ( el, Σιδηροδρομικός Σταθμός Διακοπτού, Sidirodromikós Stathmós Diakoptoú) is located just north of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Originally opened on 10 March 1896, it was reopened on 22 June 2020 as part of the Hellenic Railways Organisation's €848-million project extension of the Athens Airport–Patras railway to Aigio, co-financed by the European Union's Cohesion Fund 2000–2006. The station is currently served by both the unique rack railway to Kalavryta and the Athens Suburban Railway between and . History The Station opened on 10 March 1896, on what was a branch line of the Piraeus, Athens & Peloponnese Railways (SPAP) when the gauge line was completed in 1895. The line opened under the government of Theodoros Diligiannis however, work had been begun by the Charilaos Trikoupis government, under the grand project of connecting all of Greece by rail. The French company ATON with Italian craftsmen's assistant, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ano Diakopto
Ano Diakopto ( el, Άνω Διακοπτό, before 1940: Πέρα Μαχαλάς - ''Pera Machalas'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is 6 km southeast of Diakopto. The 2011 census showed a population of 304 for the village and 317 for the community, which includes the village of Pounta. Ano Diakopto suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged out of con .... Population External links Ano Diakopto GTP Travel Pages See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University) // CITED: p. 36 (PDF p. 38/338) also known as the Turkish Empire, was an empire that controlled much of Southeast Europe, Western Asia, and Northern Africa between the 14th and early 20th centuries. It was founded at the end of the 13th century in northwestern Anatolia in the town of Söğüt (modern-day Bilecik Province) by the Turkoman tribal leader Osman I. After 1354, the Ottomans crossed into Europe and, with the conquest of the Balkans, the Ottoman beylik was transformed into a transcontinental empire. The Ottomans ended the Byzantine Empire with the conquest of Constantinople in 1453 by Mehmed the Conqueror. Under the reign of Suleiman the Magnificent, the Ottoman Empire marked the peak of its power and prosperity, as well a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helike
Helike (; el, , pronounced , modern ) was an ancient Greek polis (city-state) that was submerged by a tsunami in the winter of 373 BC. It was located in the regional unit of Achaea, northern Peloponnesos, two kilometres (12 stadia) from the Corinthian Gulf and near the city of Boura, which, like Helike, was a member of the Achaean League. Modern research attributes the catastrophe to an earthquake and accompanying tsunami which destroyed and submerged the city. In an effort to protect the site from destruction, the World Monuments Fund included Helike in its 2004 and 2006 ''List of 100 Most Endangered Sites''. History Helike was founded in the Bronze Age, becoming the principal city of Achaea. The poet Homer states that the city of Helike participated in the Trojan War as a part of Agamemnon's forces. Later, following its fall to the Achaeans, Helike led the Achaean League, an association that joined twelve neighboring cities in an area including today's town of Aigio. Helik ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Boura (Achaea)
Bura (also Boura, Bira; grc, Βοῦρα) was an ancient polis (city-state) of Achaea, Greece, one of the 12 cities of the Achaean League. It is said to have derived its name from Bura, a daughter of Ion and Helice. The city was situated on a height 40 stadia from the sea, and southeast of Helike. Its name occurs in a line of Aeschylus, preserved by Strabo. It was swallowed up by the earthquake which destroyed Helike in 373 BCE, and all its inhabitants perished except those who were absent at the time. On their return they rebuilt the city, which was visited by Pausanias, who mentions its temples dedicated to Demeter, Aphrodite, Eileithyia and Isis. Strabo relates that there was a fountain at Bura called "Sybaris", from which the river and city in Magna Graecia, Italy derived its name. On the revival of the Achaean League in 280 BCE, Bura was governed by a tyrant, whom the inhabitants slew in 275 BCE, and then joined the confederacy. A little to the east of Bura was the rive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zachloritika
Zachloritika (Greek: Ζαχλωρίτικα) is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located on the left bank of the river Vouraikos, 1 km west of Diakopto. The Greek National Road 8A ( Patras - Aigio - Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...) passes south of the village. In 2011 Zachloritika had a population of 339. Population See also * List of settlements in Achaea References External links Zachloritika GTP Travel Pages {{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Trapeza, Achaea
Trapeza ( el, Τράπεζα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located 4 km southeast of Diakopto and 8 km west of Akrata. In 2001 Trapeza had a population of 274 for the village and 314 for the community, which includes the village Paralia Trapezis. Between 1892 and 1940, its name was ''Nea Voura'' (Νέα Βούρα). Trapeza is located on a cliff, about 130 m above the Gulf of Corinth. The Greek National Road 8A (Patras - Corinth) and the railway Patras - Corinth run along the shore below the village. Trapeza has a well known beach called ''Pounta''. The ancient city of Boura may have been located near present Trapeza. Climate Trapeza has a hot-summer Mediterranean climate (Köppen climate classification The Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by German-Russian climatologist Wladimir Köppen (1846–1940) in 1884, with several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rodia, Achaea
Rodia (Greek: Ροδιά) is a town in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located in the coastal plains near the Gulf of Corinth, 4 km northwest of Diakopto and 8 km southeast of Aigio Aigio, also written as ''Aeghion, Aegion, Aegio, Egio'' ( el, Αίγιο, Aígio, ; la, Aegium), is a town and a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, on the Peloponnese. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipal .... Rodia has a football/soccer team known as ''Floga'' (''Φλόγα'' meaning flame) and it has a communal soccer field. Population External links Rodia on GTP Travel PagesRodia in www.ediakopto.gr See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rizomylos, Achaea
Rizomylos (Greek: Ριζόμυλος meaning rice mill) is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. Its beach on the Gulf of Corinth, 2 km northeast of the village, is well known. Aigio is 6 km to the northwest, and the village Nea Keryneia is adjacent to the west. The Greek National Road 8A ( Patras - Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...) passes south of the village. In 2011, Rizomylos had a population of 366 inhabitants. Population External links Rizomylos GTP Travel PagesRizomylos on www.ediakopto.gr See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikoleika
Nikolaiika (Greek: Νικολαίικα) is a village in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is located near the Gulf of Corinth coast, 1 km east of Rizomylos, 5 km west of Diakopto and 7 km southeast of Aigio. The Greek National Road 8A ( Patras - Aigio - Corinth Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...) passes south of the village. In 2011, Nikolaiika had a population of 438. Population External links Nikoleika GTP Travel PagesNikoleika in www.ediakopto.gr See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Diakopto Aigialeia Diakopto Populated places in Achaea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mamousia
Mamousia (Greek: Μαμουσιά) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Diakopto, Achaea, Greece. It is 6 km southwest of Diakopto, on the west side of the Vouraikos gorge. In 2011 the population was 214 for the village and 355 for the community, which includes the villages Derveni and Stavria. Population History The ancient city Boura was located near present Mamousia. The city had an ancient theatre most of which has yet to be excavated; several artifacts are on display at the Aigio Archeological Museum. Boura was destroyed in an earthquake in 373 BC. Mamousia suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires The 2007 Greek forest fires were a series of massive forest fires that broke out in several areas across Greece throughout the summer of 2007. The most destructive and lethal infernos broke out on 23 August, expanded rapidly and raged out of con .... External links Mamousia GTP Travel Pages See also * List of settlements in Achaea References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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