Manolada ( el, Μανολάδα) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of

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. It is situated in a vast, rural plain near the

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, 2 km northwest of

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, 3 km west of

Nea Manolada Nea Manolada (Greek: Νέα Μανολάδα) is a community in the municipal unit of Vouprasia, Elis, southwestern Greece. It is located in a vast, rural plain, It is 3 km southwest of Neo Vouprasio, 3 km northeast of Varda and 37 ...

and 40 km southwest of

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. In 2011 Manolada had a population of 844 for the village and 1,184 for the community, which includes the small villages Brinia, Karvounaiika, Loutra Yrminis, Mega Pefko and Samaraiika.

History

The area was the site of the

Battle of Manolada The Battle of Manolada was fought on July 5, 1316, at Manolada, on the plains of Elis in the Peloponnese. The two leaders were Louis of Burgundy and the ''infante'' Ferdinand of Majorca, both of whom claimed the Principality of Achaea in right of ...

in 1316, a battle between the

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and the

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over the hegemony over the

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2013 shooting of migrant workers in strawberry fields

Manolada's economy is based on farming and is home to many strawberry fields, Many migrant workers work on these farms as Greeks are unwilling or unable to do this work. in 2013, after enduring years of unpaid wages and poor living conditions, an incident broke out on Nikos Vangelatos's farm where migrants protesting their conditions were shot and killed by the overseers. The Greek courts later acquitted the 3 overseers and the owner Nikos Vangelatos from all charges without explanation, The migrants were undocumented workers from Bangladesh and the perpetrators were ethnically Greek. The case is cited as an example of the hostile racism faced by minorities in the EU and Greece and the deception of migrant workers by Europeans.

History

2013 shooting of migrant workers in strawberry fields

Population

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