Davleia (Greek: Δαύλεια) is a village and a former municipality in

Boeotia Boeotia ( ), sometimes Latinized as Boiotia or Beotia ( el, Βοιωτία; modern: ; ancient: ), formerly known as Cadmeis, is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Central Greece. Its capital is Livadeia, and it ...

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Livadeia, of which it is a municipal unit. Its name comes from the ancient settlement

Daulis Daulis ( grc, Δαυλίς), at a later time Daulia (Δαυλία), and also Daulium or Daulion (Δαύλιον), was a town of ancient Phocis, near the frontiers of Boeotia, and on the road from Orchomenus and Chaeroneia to Delphi. Overview It ...

. The municipal unit has an area of 94.985 km², the community 61.725 km². The municipality includes the eastern portion of Mount Parnassos.

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lies to the north. Davleia is located ESE of

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, SW of

Kamena Vourla Kamena Vourla ( el, Καμένα Βούρλα, lit=Burnt Rushes, ) is a town and a municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. At the 2011 local government reform it became part of the municipality ''Molos-Agios Konstantinos'' (of which it became the sea ...

, W of Livadeia and

Thiva Thebes (; ell, Θήβα, ''Thíva'' ; grc, Θῆβαι, ''Thêbai'' .) is a city in Boeotia, Central Greece. It played an important role in Greek myths, as the site of the stories of Cadmus, Oedipus, Dionysus, Heracles and others. Archaeologi ...

, NE of Itea and E of

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Modern population

History

Ancient

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, this city in

Phocis Phocis ( el, Φωκίδα ; grc, Φωκίς) is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It stretches from the western mountainsides of Parnassus on the east to the mountain range of Vardo ...

was called Daulis (Δαυλίς) and at a later stage Daulia (Δαυλία) and Daulion (Δαύλιον). Mentioned by

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, it was said to be named either in reference to the woody character of the area or after a

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, a daughter of the river-god Cephissus. In

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, Daulis was the hometown of

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. Daulis was the city at the end of the road not taken by Oedipus. During the

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, Daulis was destroyed for the first time in 480 BC. In 395 BC, the city was attacked by Thebes. In 346 BC, Daulis was destroyed again during the so-called

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. In 220 BC, the city was attacked by the Aetolians. In 198 BC, the

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occupied Daulis by a stratagem. In

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, Daulia was a seat of a

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and is now a titular see of the Catholic Church. Remains of the walls of the city's acropolis can be seen today above the modern town.

Modern

The settlement is mentioned by Frankish documents of the last years of Latin rule in Central Greece as Daulia while a few years later, specifically in 1466, it is recorded in an Ottoman settlement as Tavla, having a population of 150 families. A few decades later (1506) another Ottoman census records 220 families in Davlia. The fighter of the Greek Revolution, Panagiotis Antonopoulos, was born in Davlia. The inhabitants of Davlia took an active part in the revolution of 1821, while the place became several times a field of conflict between the Greek revolutionaries and the Ottoman troops. In 1856, gunmen from Davlia took part in the operation to exterminate the gang of the robber Davelis. During the period of the National Divide , on January 29, 1918, a clash took place between a gendarmerie detachment and a force of local anti-Venezuelan armed forces consisting of Epistratos and soldiers who had lost their lives. Five Cretan gendarmes and an officer were killed during the battle. On February 12 of the same year, following a military court ruling, six people (two soldiers and four civilians) were executed at the scene of the conflict and found guilty of killing gendarmes. On 5 May 1943, the settlement was set on fire by a detachment of the Italian Occupation forces, while on 21 October 1948, the DSE captain Pantelis Laskas (Pelopidas) was killed in an ambush by the National Guard and the gendarmerie. Dionysis Charitopoulos, Aris the leader of the rioters , Greek Letters, Athens 2003, p. 778.

Sights

The fortifications of the ancient city and some other buildings are preserved in good condition. Sights of the area are the nunnery "Holy Monastery of Jerusalem" located a little north of Davlia and the ruins of the church of Agios Theodoros in the castle. Near Davlia, Greek mythology places the point where Oedipus , on his way to Delphi , killed his father Laius.

Sport

In the settlement is located the football club A.P.O. Pandavliakos, which was founded in 1936.

Transport

Road

National Road 3 passes near the village connecting it with Livadia, Lamia and other cities of mainland Greece.

Rail

The Village is served by Davleia railway station, situated north of the settlement on the Athens-Leianokladi with infrequent regional services to Athens and

Leianokladi Leianokladi ( el, Λειανοκλάδι) is a village and a former municipality in Phthiotis, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lamia, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 8 ...

with frequent service in both directions.

References

External links

Local website
{{Livadeia div Populated places in Boeotia Cities in ancient Greece Former populated places in Greece Daulia