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Kourounios
Kourounios ( el, Κουρουνιός) is a mountain village in the municipal unit Gortyna, southwestern Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the eastern foothills of mount Lykaion, overlooking the Alfeios valley. It is 2 km west of Mavria, 3 km north of Isoma Karyon, 4 km south of Karytaina and 11 km northwest of Megalopoli. In 2011 Kourounios had a population of 33. History The village is first mentioned in 1302, and the remains of the Frankish castle of Saint George in Skorta are located nearby. On 27/28 March 1821, during the first days of the Greek War of Independence, Greeks under Theodoros Kolokotronis Theodoros Kolokotronis ( el, Θεόδωρος Κολοκοτρώνης; 3 April 1770 – 4 February 1843) was a Greek general and the pre-eminent leader of the Greek War of Independence (1821–1829) against the Ottoman Empire. Kolokotronis's g ... ambushed and defeated a Turkish force in the gorge west of the village. Among the historical buildings of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gortyna, Arcadia
Gortyna ( el, Γόρτυνα), is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Megalopoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 116.205 km2. Its seat was in the village Karytaina. The name of the municipality was taken from the ancient city of Gortys. Subdivisions The municipal unit Gortyna is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Atsicholos *Karytaina (Karytaina, Kalyvakia, Karvounari) *Katsimpalis * Kotili (Kotili, Palatos, Strongylo) * Kourounios *Kyparissia *Mavria * Sarakini (Sarakini, Kryonero, Palaiokastro) *Vlachorraptis * Zoni Population Ancient Gortys The ancient city Gortys was located in the valley of the river Lousios. It reputedly was founded by Gortys, son of Stymphalus, a legendary king of Arcadia. When Megalopolis was founded in the 4th century BC, many inhabitants moved to the new city, but Gortys was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karytaina
Karytaina or Karitaina ( el, Καρύταινα or Καρίταινα) is a village and a community in Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, Greece. Karytaina is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Alpheios, near its confluence with the Lousios. The village dates back to the Middle Ages, but its history is unknown before the Fourth Crusade, Crusader conquest ca. 1205. Karytaina became the seat of a Barony of Karytaina, barony under the Frankokratia, Frankish Principality of Achaea, and the Castle of Karytaina was built in the mid-13th century on a steep rocky outcrop by Baron Geoffrey of Briel. The area returned to Byzantine Empire, Byzantine control in 1320, and came under Ottoman Empire, Ottoman control in 1460. After a brief period of Republic of Venice, Venetian rule (1687–1715), Karytaina returned to Ottoman control, and prospered as an administrative and commercial centre. Karytaina and its inhabitants were among the first to rise up during the Greek War of Independ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In Arcadia
This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece. * Aetorrachi * Agia Sofia * Agia Varvara * Agiorgitika * Agios Andreas * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Petros * Agios Vasileios, Leonidio * Agios Vasileios, Tripoli * Agriakona * Agridi * Akovos * Alea * Alepochori * Alonistaina * Ampelaki * Anavryto * Anemodouri * Ano Doliana * Ano Karyes * Anthochori * Arachamites * Arachova * Artemisio * Asea * Astros * Athinaio * Atsicholos * Charadros * Chirades * Chora * Choremis * Chotoussa * Chranoi * Chrysochori * Chrysovitsi * Dafni * Dara * Dimitra * Dimitsana * Dorizas * Doxa * Drakovouni * Dyrrachio * Elaiochori * Elati * Elatos * Elliniko * Ellinitsa * Episkopi * Evandro * Falaisia * Garea * Gefyra * Giannaioi * Graikos * Isaris * Isoma Karyon * Kakouraiika * Kalliani * Kaltezes * Kamara * Kamari * Kamenitsa * Kandalos * Kandila * Kapsas * Tou Karatoula * Karatoulas * Kardaras * Kardaritsi * Karytaina * Kastani ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic regions of Greece, geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge which separates the Gulf of Corinth from the Saronic Gulf. From the late Middle Ages until the 19th century the peninsula was known as the Morea ( grc-x-byzant, Μωρέας), (Morèas) a name still in colloquial use in its demotic Greek, demotic form ( el, Μωριάς, links=no), (Moriàs). The peninsula is divided among three administrative regions of Greece, administrative regions: most belongs to the Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese region, with smaller parts belonging to the West Greece and Attica (region), Attica regions. Geography The Peloponnese is a peninsula located at the southern tip of the mainland, in area, and constitutes the southernmost part of mainland Greece. It is connected to the mainlan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arcadia (regional Unit)
Arcadia ( el, Αρκαδία, ''Arkadía'' ) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Peloponnese. It is in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological figure Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness. Geography Arcadia is a rural, mountainous regional unit comprising about 18% of the land area of the Peloponnese peninsula. It is the peninsula's largest regional unit. According to the 2011 census, it has about 86,000 inhabitants; its capital, Tripoli, has about 30,000 residents in the city proper, and about 47,500 total in the greater metropolitan area. Arcadia consists partly of farmland, and to a larger extent grassland and degenerated shrubland. It also has three mountain ranges, with forestation mainly at altitudes above 1000 meters: Mainalo, a winter ski resort, situat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalopolis, Greece
Megalopoli ( el, Μεγαλόπολη) is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( grc, Μεγαλόπολις, literally ''large/great city''). When it was founded in 371 BC, it was the first large urbanization in rustic Arcadia. Its theater had a capacity of 20,000 visitors, making it one of the largest ancient Greek theaters. Today Megalopoli has several schools, shops, churches, hotels and other services. The population of Megalopoli in 2011 was 5,779 residents. Geography Megalopoli is situated in a wide valley, surrounded by mountains: the Taygetus to the south, the Mainalo to the north, the Tsemperou to the southeast and the Lykaion to the west. Its elevation is 430 m above sea level. The river Alfeios flows through this valley, coming from the east and flowing to the north, passing south and west of the town. Its tributary Elissonas passes north of the town. The large ligni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the northeast. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of the Geography of Greece, mainland, the Ionian Sea to the west, and the Sea of Crete and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. Greece has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin, featuring List of islands of Greece, thousands of islands. The country consists of nine Geographic regions of Greece, traditional geographic regions, and has a population of approximately 10.4 million. Athens is the nation's capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city, followed by Thessaloniki and Patras. Greece is considered the cradle of Western culture, Western civilization, being the birthplace of Athenian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lykaion
Mount Lykaion ( grc, Λύκαιον ὄρος, ''Lýkaion Óros''; la, Mons Lycaeus) is a mountain in Arcadia, Greece. Lykaion has two peaks: ''Stefani'' to the north and St. Ilias (, ''Agios Īlías'') to the south where the altar of Zeus is located.Cook, A.B. ''Zeus'', 81. 1914. The northern peak is higher, 1,421 m, than the southern, 1,382 m (). Mount Lykaion was sacred to Zeus Lykaios, who was said to have been born and brought up on it, and was the home of Pelasgus and his son Lycaon, who were said to have founded the ritual of Zeus practiced on its summit. This seems to have involved a human sacrifice and a feast in which the man who received the portion of a human victim was changed to a wolf, as Lycaon had been after sacrificing a child. The altar of Zeus consists of a great mound of ashes with a retaining wall. It was said that no shadows fell within the precincts and that any who entered it died within the year. The sanctuary of Zeus played host to athletic games h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfeios
The Alfeiós or Alpheios ( el, Αλφειός, grc, Ἀλφειός, Latin Alpheus) is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Peloponnesus of Greece, and flowing to the northwest to the vicinity of Olympia, where it turns to the west and, after being impounded by the Flokas Dam, a hydroelectric facility, empties into the Gulf of Kyparissia of the Ionian Sea south of Pyrgos. The entrance into the gulf through agricultural land and across an unpopulated, sandy beach partially blocked by a spit is hydrologically unspectacular, with the water too shallow to be navigable by any but the smallest craft. The concept of a single source has little meaning for most of the rivers of Greece, which begin as a confluence of multiple springs in the mountain valleys. There is almost never just one, although most may be unreported or neglected. Thus it is appropriate to speak "a sourc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mavria
Mavria ( el, Μαυριά) is a village in the municipal unit of Gortyna, Arcadia, Greece. It is located near the left bank of the river Alfeios, 1 km north of Kyparissia, 4 km southeast of Karytaina and 9 km northwest of Megalopoli. Mavria had a population of 31 in 2011. There is a lignite mine east of the village. The ancient city of Trapezus was situated near the village. Population See also *List of settlements in Arcadia This is a list of settlements in Arcadia, Greece. * Aetorrachi * Agia Sofia * Agia Varvara * Agiorgitika * Agios Andreas * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Petros * Agios Vasileios, Leonidio * Agios Vasileio ... References External linksHistory and information about MavriaMavria on GTP Travel Pages {{Gortyna Gortyna, Arcadia Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isoma Karyon
Isoma Karyon ( el, Ίσωμα Καρυών) is a village in the municipality of Megalopoli, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the eastern foothills of mount Lykaion, at 470 m elevation. It is 2 km northwest of Kato Karyes, 6 km south of Karytaina Karytaina or Karitaina ( el, Καρύταινα or Καρίταινα) is a village and a community in Arcadia, Greece. Karytaina is situated on a hill on the right bank of the river Alpheios, near its confluence with the Lousios. The village da ... and 8 km northwest of Megalopoli. Population See also * List of settlements in Arcadia References External links Isoma Karyon on GTP Travel Pages {{Megalopoli Megalopolis, Greece Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Megalopoli
Megalopoli ( el, Μεγαλόπολη) is a town in the southwestern part of the regional unit of Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia, southern Greece. It is located in the same site as ancient Megalopolis ( grc, Μεγαλόπολις, literally ''large/great city''). When it was founded in 371 BC, it was the first large urbanization in rustic Arcadia. Its theater had a capacity of 20,000 visitors, making it one of the largest ancient Greek theaters. Today Megalopoli has several schools, shops, churches, hotels and other services. The population of Megalopoli in 2011 was 5,779 residents. Geography Megalopoli is situated in a wide valley, surrounded by mountains: the Taygetus to the south, the Mainalo to the north, the Tsemperou to the southeast and the Lykaion to the west. Its elevation is 430 m above sea level. The river Alfeios flows through this valley, coming from the east and flowing to the north, passing south and west of the town. Its tributary Elissonas (Alfeios), Elisso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
