Paloumpa ( el, Παλούμπα, also ''Palouba'') is a town in
Arcadia
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Greece
* Arcadia (region), a region in the central Peloponnese
* Arcadia (regional unit), a modern administrative un ...
, southern
Greece
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. It is situated on a mountain slope overlooking the valley of the river
Alfeios
The Alfeiós or Alpheios ( el, Αλφειός, grc, Ἀλφειός, Latin Alpheus) is the main stream of the Alpheios Valley drainage system, a dendritic type, originating on the north slopes of Mount Taygetus, located in the center of the Pelop ...
. It was the seat of the former
municipality
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The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
of
Iraia
Iraia ( el, Ηραία) is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of Gortynia. The municipal unit has an area of 144.002 km2. It consists of ...
. The town is in a remote area, but contains a post office and a KEP - Centre for Serving Citizens. The inhabitants are mainly concerned with
animal husbandry
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. Paloumpa is 4 km southeast of
Lyssarea
Lyssarea ( el, Λυσσαρέα; before 1927: Μπουγιάτι ''Bougiati'') is a village in Southwestern Arcadia, Greece. It is part of the municipal unit of Iraia. It is built on the slopes of two hills called ''Agios Lias'' and ''Skylaras'' a ...
and 9 km northwest of
Dimitsana
Dimitsana ( el, Δημητσάνα) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The ...
.
Landmarks
The town was almost completely leveled in an earthquake in the 1960s and as a result contains very little architecture from before this period.
Church of
Saint George
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The church was built in the nineteenth century on a basic basilica groundplan in a central location within the town. It is dedicated to Saint George, but celebrates on the Dormition of the Virgin. In 2004 a fire which was most likely caused by an unattended oil-lamp gutted the church destroying the exquisitely worked carved wooden
iconostasis
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which had been granted as a gift by
King Ludwig I of Bavaria
en, Louis Charles Augustus
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, caption = Portrait by Joseph Stieler, 1825
, succession=King of Bavaria
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, coronation ...
, father of
King Otto the first King of the newly established Independent Greek State. Work has commenced under the supervision of the local Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities to repair the damage and re-roof the structure.
Church of
Saint Panteleimon
Saint Pantaleon ( el, Παντελεήμων, russian: Пантелеи́мон, translit=Panteleímon; "all-compassionate"), counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in the East as one of the Holy Unmercenary Hea ...
The church is on the western edge of the town and is used as a cemetery church.
Church of Saint Paraskevi
The church is on the hill overlooking the town near a spring.
House of
Dimitris Plapoutas
)
, birth_place = Paloumpa, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
, death_place = Paloumpa, Kingdom of Greece
, allegiance = * First Hellenic Republic
* Kingdom of Greece
, branch = * Filiki Etaireia
*
, serviceyears = ...
The House of the
Revolutionary
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...
hero is very centrally located in the town. Once known as "ο πύργος" (The Tower) because it was the biggest house in the town, the house used to be a tri-level mansion with stables. The upper two levels were destroyed in a 1960s
earthquake
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.
Famous inhabitants
*
Dimitris Plapoutas
)
, birth_place = Paloumpa, Morea Eyalet, Ottoman Empire (now Greece)
, death_place = Paloumpa, Kingdom of Greece
, allegiance = * First Hellenic Republic
* Kingdom of Greece
, branch = * Filiki Etaireia
*
, serviceyears = ...
(1786-1864) general and politician
*
Liakos Liakopoulos
*
Panourgias Eliopoulos
References
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Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese