Mikri Mantineia ( el, Μικρή Μαντίνεια) is a seaside village in the municipality of

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. In 2011, it had a population of 705. It is situated at 20 m above sea level, on the northeastern shore of the

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. Its main industry is tourism. Mikri Mantineia is 2 km northeast of

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, 3 km north of

Megali Mantineia Megali Mantineia ( el, Μεγάλη Μαντίνεια) is a mountain settlement in the municipal unit of Avia, Messenia, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 191. It sits at 200 m above sea level, 2 km southeast of Avia, 3 km south of Mikri M ...

and 6 km southeast of Kalamata.

Population

History

The village was probably founded in the second half of the 17th century in an inland location which is now known as ''Palio Chorio''. It was first mentioned in 1700 as ''Chora Mikri'' ("small village"), as opposed to the older and larger

. It had 35 families (165 people) in 1700 and 31 in 1703 which produced around 3,204 okades of oil (4,178 kg). It became a part of the municipality of

in 1835. In the early 20th century, a small part of the population moved into the nearby beach areas of ''Mourti'', ''Panitsa'' and ''Myloi''. It had 157 inhabitants in 1851, 183 in 1879 and 173 in 1907. From 1914, it ran an independent community and had 177 inhabitants in 1928. A strong earthquake damages most houses of the village in 1944. The inhabitants moved into the coastal areas. The new seaside settlement was named ''Mikri Mantineia'' and the other ''Palio Chorio''. After 1970, many new inhabitants moved into the village, and the new settlement ''Perivola'' was built. Mikri Mantineia became a part of the city of Kalamata in 1988 while Megali Mantineia joined the municipality of Avia. Although the two Mantineies are part of different municipalities, they still form one entity from the geographic, population and economic side and they have a common Olive Production Committee.

Points of interests

*The Kapetanakis Tower *A few monasteries

Sources

Theodoros Belitsos Theodoros or Theodorus ( el, Θεόδωρος) is a masculine given name, from which Theodore is derived. The feminine version is Theodora. It may refer to: Ancient world :''Ordered chronologically'' * Theodorus of Samos, 6th-century BC Greek ...

''Mantineies in 1700, Economic Demographic and Onomatologic Origins'', 1999 *Stavros Kapetanakis ''I Mandinies tis Manis'' (''Οι Μαντίνειες της Μάνης'' - ''Madinies of Mani'')

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