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Dryopida
Dryopida ( el, Δρυοπίδα) is a village in Kythnos island, Greece. It most likely got its name from the first residents of the island, the Dryopes. It is declared as a traditional settlement because of its architecture. The village has an estimated 325 inhabitants, according to the 2011 census poll. General Information Dryopida is located on the Southern part of the island, at an approximate distance of 7 kilometers from Chora. It is built between two hills at an elevation of 190 meters. The main characteristic of this community are the tiled ceramic roofs, which can be mainly traced back to the occupation of its inhabitants, tilers and roofers in Athens who brought back the custom of roofing to their place of birth. Administratively Dryopida was part of the province of Kea but in 1997, as part of the Kapodistrias Plan administrative reform it became part of the municipality of Kythnos and remained there even after the implementation of the Kallikratis Plan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kythnos
Kythnos ( el, Κύθνος), commonly called Thermia ( el, Θερμιά), is a Greek island and municipality in the Western Cyclades between Kea and Serifos. It is from the Athenian harbor of Piraeus. The municipality Kythnos is in area and has a coastline of about . Mount Kakovolo is island's highest peak (365m). Settlements The island has two significant settlements, the village of Messaria or Chora of Kythnos (pop. 561 in 2011 census), known locally as ''Chora'', and the village of Dryopis or Dryopida (pop. 325), also known as ''Chorio''. Both villages are notable for their winding and often stepped streets, too narrow for vehicular traffic. The villages are very picturesque but in different architectural styles. Chora has the more-typical flat roofs of the Cyclades, while Dryopida's rooftops are slanted and tiled. Chora is also notable for its large Greek Orthodox Church. There is also a growing coastal settlement called Kanala on the east side of the island with the ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Church Of Saint Minas (Dryopida, Kythnos)
Saint Minas or Agios Minas ( el, Άγιος Μηνάς) is a Greek Orthodox church and a protected monument in Greece. It is located in the village of Dryopida in Kythnos, Cyclades and it is dedicated to Saint Menas. Location and description Saint Minas is located in the neighbourhood of Galatas. It is a single-aisled, tile-roofed church with a two-pitched roof. It has a wooden carved altarpiece, whose largest part is intricate and of old construction and is supplemented with newer additions at the extremities. It is thought to have been transferred to Saint Minas from another smaller church and is in good condition. The interior of the church still contains an ornate epitaphios and despotic throne. In 1987 Saint Minas church has been classified by the Greek Ministry of Culture as a monument of the Byzantine/ post-Byzantine period. The feast of the church is held on November 11 Events Pre-1600 * 308 – At Carnuntum, Emperor ''emeritus'' Diocletian confers with G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dryopes
Dryopes (; grc, Δρύοπες) or Dryopians () were one of the aboriginal tribes of ancient Greece. According to Herodotus, their earliest abode is said to have been on Mount Oeta and its adjacent valleys, in the district called after them, Dryopis (Δρυοπίς). The Dorians settled in that part of their country which lay between Oeta and Parnassus, and which was afterwards called Doris; but Dryopis originally extended as far north as the river Spercheius. The name of Dryopis was still applied to the latter district in the time of Strabo, who calls it a tetrapolis, like Doris. Heracles, in conjunction with the Malians, is said to have driven the Dryopes out of their country, and to have given it to the Dorians; whereupon the expelled Dryopes settled at Hermione and Asine in the Argolic peninsula, at Styrus and Carystus in Euboea, and in the islands of Cythnus and Cyprus. These are the six chief places in which we find the Dryopes in historical times. Later, Thucydides identif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
