Glykorrizi ( el, Γλυκορρίζι, before 1927: Μουρτάτο - ''Mourtato''Name changes of settlements in Greece
/ref>) is a small village situated in the

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, southern

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. It is located in the north-western part of

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, and is part of the municipal unit of Aetos. The population of the community has been estimated at 60 people but during the summer this number may more than double. Glykorrizi is situated on a hillside, at 260 m elevation. It is surrounded by farmlands and small forests. It is 1 km west of Kamari, 4 km south of

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, 5 km northwest of

Kopanaki Kopanaki ( el, Κοπανάκι) is a town in northwestern Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. It was the seat of the former municipality of Aetos and now it belongs to the municipality of Trifylia. Agriculture, specifically olive farming, is the ma ...

, the former seat of Aetos, 7 km east of

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and 11 km northeast of

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Population

History

The area in which the village is found has been continuously populated for at least the past 400 years, according to both Venetian and

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records, but had never numbered more than a handful of families. The village experienced a steady increase in inhabitants prior to and after the

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. Since the end of the Second World War and the

Greek Civil War The Greek Civil War ( el, ο Eμφύλιος �όλεμος ''o Emfýlios'' 'Pólemos'' "the Civil War") took place from 1946 to 1949. It was mainly fought against the established Kingdom of Greece, which was supported by the United Kingdom ...

a significant portion of the local population resettled in Athens or immigrated to Australia, the United States and Canada.

Today

The community currently has two small cafes, or kafeneia as they are known in Greek, a church dedicated to the Virgin Mary and a smaller chapel of St. John which served as a krifo scholio ("secret school") during Ottoman rule. There are two churches and a big square. The former public school has been converted into a meeting place for its inhabitants. At the entrance of the village, the Avaros spring is situated.

References

External links

Glykorrizi at the GTP Travel Pages
{{coord, 37.305, 21.772, display=title Populated places in Messenia Trifylia

Population

History

Today

See also

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