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Oinountas
Oinountas ( el, Οινούντας) is a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparti, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 301.812 km2. The name originates from the Oinountas, a small river that traverses the municipality. Subdivisions The municipal unit Oinountas is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Koniditsa (Koniditsa, Kopelia, Kouremenos) *Sellasia * Theologos (Agios Ioannis, Theologos, Kalyvia Theologou) * Vamvakou (Vamvakou, Megali Vrysi) * Varvitsa *Vasaras (Vasaras, Veria) * Voutianoi *Vresthena Geography The municipal unit Oinountas covers the area between the northeastern part of the Evrotas valley up to the ridge of Parnon Mountain. The river Oinountas flows through the southeastern part of the municipal unit. History The municipality Oinountas was first established in 1835, the seat of administration b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oenus (river)
The Oenus (Ancient Greek: , el, Οινούντας - ''Oinountas'', also called ''Kelefina'') is a river in the Peloponnese peninsula, southern Greece. It rises in the watershed of Mt. Parnon, and, after flowing in a general southwesterly direction, falls into the Eurotas, at the distance of little more than a mile from Sparta. ( Polyb. ii. 65, 66; Liv. xxxiv. 28.) The principal tributary of the Oenus was the Gorgylus (Greek: Γόργυλος, Polyb. ii. 66), probably the river of Vrestená. (Leake, ''Peloponnesiaca'', p. 347.) The municipal unit Oinountas, part of the municipality Sparta Sparta ( Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referre ..., was named after the river Oenus. References * Landforms of Laconia Rivers of Greece Rivers of Peloponnese (region) 1Oenus {{Gre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vresthena
Vresthena ( el, Βρέσθενα) is a small village in the Parnon mountains, Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipality of Sparta. See also *List of settlements in Laconia This is a list of settlements in Laconia, Greece. * Afisi * Agia Eirini * Agioi Anargyroi * Agioi Apostoloi * Agios Dimitrios, Evrotas * Agios Dimitrios, Monemvasia * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis, Evrotas * Agios Ioannis, Monemvasia * ... References Populated places in Laconia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sellasia
Sellasia ( el, Σελλασία, before 1929: Βρουλιά - ''Vroulia'') is a village in Laconia, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality Oinountas. Since 2011, it is part of the municipality of Sparta. Sellasia is situated on the edge of the Eurotas valley, 10 km north of Sparta. The Greek National Road 39 (Sparta - Tripoli) passes east of the village. Sellasia is known for the cultivation of olives. History Sellasia was named after the ancient town ''Vroulia'', which controlled the entrance to Sparta from the north. It was the site of the 222 BC Battle of Sellasia between the Spartans under Cleomenes III and the Macedonian/ Achaean coalition under Antigonus III Doson. Afterwards, Sellasia was destroyed and the population was sold as slaves. People Sellasia is the birthplace of Pavlos and Thanasis Giannakopoulos, owners of pharmaceutical company Vianex and former owners of Panathinaikos A.O. sports club. It is the ancestral place of origin for both the families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laconia
Laconia or Lakonia ( el, Λακωνία, , ) is a historical and administrative region of Greece located on the southeastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. Its administrative capital is Sparta. The word ''laconic''—to speak in a blunt, concise way—is derived from the name of this region, a reference to the ancient Spartans who were renowned for their verbal austerity and blunt, often pithy remarks. Geography Laconia is bordered by Messenia to the west and Arcadia to the north and is surrounded by the Myrtoan Sea to the east and by the Laconian Gulf and the Mediterranean Sea to the south. It encompasses Cape Malea and Cape Tainaron and a large part of the Mani Peninsula. The Mani Peninsula is in the west region of Laconia. The islands of Kythira and Antikythera lie to the south, but they administratively belong to the Attica regional unit of islands. The island, Elafonisos, situated between the Laconian mainland and Kythira, is part of Laconia. The Eurotas is the lon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sparti (municipality)
Sparta ( el, Σπάρτη ) is a city and municipality in Laconia, Greece. It lies at the site of ancient Sparta. The municipality was merged with six nearby municipalities in 2011, for a total population (as of 2011) of 35,259, of whom 17,408 lived in the city. History Beginning in the 13th century, the political and cultural center of Laconia shifted to Mystras, some 4 km to the west. The settlement at ancient Sparta, named Lacedaemonia, continued to exist, although greatly depopulated, until modern times as a town of a few thousand people who lived among the ruins, in the shadow of Mystras. The Palaiologos family (the last Byzantine Greek imperial dynasty) also lived in Mystras. The Despotate of the Morea was captured by the Ottomans under Mehmed II in 1460. In 1834, after the Greek War of Independence, King Otto of Greece decreed the town should be expanded into a city. Modern day Sparta, the capital of the prefecture of Lakonia, lies on the eastern foothills of Moun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mystras
Mystras or Mistras ( el, Μυστρᾶς/Μιστρᾶς), also known in the ''Chronicle of the Morea'' as Myzithras (Μυζηθρᾶς), is a fortified town and a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Situated on Mt. Taygetus, near ancient Sparta, it served as the capital of the Byzantine Despotate of the Morea in the 14th and 15th centuries, experiencing a period of prosperity and cultural flowering during the Palaeologan Renaissance, including the teachings of Gemistos Plethon. The city also attracted artists and architects of the highest quality. The site remained inhabited throughout the Ottoman period, when Western travellers mistook it for ancient Sparta. In the 1830s, it was abandoned and the new town of Sparti was built, approximately eight kilometres to the east. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the Sparti municipality. As an exceptionally well-preserved example of a Byzantine city and because of its testimony to the development of Late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vasaras
Vasaras ( el, Βασσαράς) is a village in Laconia, Greece. It is part of the municipality Sparti, municipal unit Oinountas Oinountas ( el, Οινούντας) is a former municipality in Laconia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Sparti, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 301.81 .... Populated places in Laconia {{Peloponnese-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karyes
Karyes (Greek: Καρυές, before 1930: Αράχωβα - ''Arachova'') is a village of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is located in the southern part of Greece. The Peloponnese is made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state of Laconia in which Sparta is the capital. Karyes gets its official name from the word ‘walnut’ due to the village having many walnut trees and has been spelled a number of ways such as Karyes, Karyai, Karya, Caryes, Caryai and Caryae. It should not be confused with some other villages in Greece which go by the same name such as Caria of Asia Minor, Karyes, Mount Athos, Karyes, Pieria, Karya of Argos, and Karyes of Chios. Karyes also goes by the name of Arahova (not to be confused with Arahova of Boetia, Greece) which was thought to have originated from the Slavic word for walnut. The village of Karyes is the birthplace of the six caryatid maidens which are featured in architecture in the place of columns on the ancient and world famo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dissolved Municipalities And Communes In Greece
Dissolution may refer to: Arts and entertainment Books * ''Dissolution'' (''Forgotten Realms'' novel), a 2002 fantasy novel by Richard Lee Byers * ''Dissolution'' (Sansom novel), a 2003 historical novel by C. J. Sansom Music * Dissolution, in music, is a specific type of section (music). * ''Dissolution'' (Olivia Block album), 2016 * ''Dissolution'' (The Pineapple Thief album), 2018 Politics and law * Dissolution (politics) is when a state, institution, nation, or administrative region ceases to exist, usually separating into two or more entities. * Dissolution (law), in law, means to end a legal entity or agreement such as a marriage, adoption, or corporation, or unions. * Dissolution of parliament, in politics, the dismissal of a legislature so that elections can be held. ** Dissolution of the Parliament of the United Kingdom * Dissolution of the Monasteries, in British history, the formal process during the English Reformation by which Henry VIII confiscated the propert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skiritida
Skiritida ( el, Σκιρίτιδα, before 2001: Σκυρίτιδα - ''Skyritida'') is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It was formed at the 1997 Kapodistrias reform; the seat of the municipality was in Vlachokerasia. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 186.164 km2. It had a population of 1,265 at the 2011 census. Subdivisions The municipal unit Skiritida is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agia Varvara * Alepochori * Kerasia * Kollines (Kollines, Achouri, Voutouchos) * Pigadakia * Vlachokerasia *Vourvoura Vourvoura ( el, Βούρβουρα) is a village in the municipal unit of Skiritida, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated in the northwestern part of the Parnon mountains, at 1,000 m above sea level. In 2011, it had a population of 252. It is 5 km ... References Populated places in Arcadia, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pellana
Pellana (; Greek: ἡ Πέλλανα, Paus. iii. 20. § 2; τὰ Πέλλανα, Strabo viii. p. 386; Πελλήνη, Xen. ''Hell.'' vii. 5. § 9; Polyb. iv. 81, xvi. 37; Plut. ''Agis'', 8), was a city of ancient Lacedaemonia, on the Eurotas river, and on the road from Sparta to Arcadia. Pellana is now a village and a municipal unit of the municipality of Sparti, Greece. It was a municipality until the 2011 local government reform. The municipal unit has an area of 153.763 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Kastoreio. It was called Καλύβια Γεωργίτσι Kalivia Georgitsi (lit. the huts of Georgitsi) until 1932. Though the site of modern Pellana was clearly occupied in antiquity, it is probably not the site of the ancient Pellana mentioned by Pausanias and other ancient authors. The ancient Pellana was more likely near the modern Sellasia. History According to archaeologist Theodore Spyropoulos, Pellana was the Mycenaean capital of Laconia. Tod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Therapnes
Therapnes ( el, Θεράπνες) is a municipal unit (''dimotiki enotita'') of the municipality (''dimos'') of Sparti within the regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') of Laconia in the region (''perifereia'') of Peloponnese, one of 13 regions into which Greece has been divided. The municipal unit has an area of 261.711 km2. Before 2011 Therapnes was a Demos of Lakonia according to Law 2539 of 1997, the Kapodistria Plan. Its seat was Gkoritsa, which now has no such status. Within its borders lies the ancient town of Therapne. Both before the Kallikratis law and after it, Therapnes was composed of the same eight Local Communities (''topiki koinotita''), the lowest level of the hierarchy: Agioi Anargyroi (formerly Zouraina), Agrianoi, Gkoritsa, Kalloni, Kefalas, Platana, Skoura and Chrysafa. The population of Therapnes in the 2011 census, conducted by the Ministry of the Interior, was 2,304. Villages *Goritsa or Gortsoupolis, as it is called by the Athenian residents of Gor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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