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Limni, Euboea
Limni ( meaning "lake") is a town and a community in the northwestern part of the island of Euboea, Greece. It is located northwest of Chalkida, the main city of Euboea, and southeast of the town of Istiaia. Limni is part of the municipal unit of Elymnioi, and it was the seat of the municipality Elymnioi. It is built at the foot of a mountain slope, on a bay of the North Euboean Gulf. It has been suggested as the site of the ancient city of Elymnion. Subdivisions The community Limni consists of the following settlements: *Limni *Chronia *Katounia *Myrtias *Retsinolakkos *Sipias Population People Limni was the home of the independence Independence is a condition of a nation, country, or state, in which residents and population, or some portion thereof, exercise self-government, and usually sovereignty, over its territory. The opposite of independence is the status of ... fighter Angelis Govios, Greek resistance activist Lela Karagianni and the film director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Greece (administrative Region)
Central Greece (, , colloquially known as Ρούμελη (''Roúmeli'')) is one of the thirteen administrative regions of Greece. The region occupies the eastern part of the traditional region of Central Greece, including the island of Euboea. To the south it borders the regions of Attica and the Peloponnese, to the west the region of Western Greece, to the north the region of Thessaly and to the northwest it shares a small border with Epirus Epirus () is a Region#Geographical regions, geographical and historical region, historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay .... Its capital city is Lamia and the largest city is Chalcis. Administration The region was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with Thessaly, it is supervised by the Decentralize ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Angelis Govios
Angelis Govios or Govginas (Greek: ''Αγγελής Γοβιός ή Γοβγίνας'') was a leader of the Greek War of Independence. He is known for the reorganization of the Struggle against the Ottomans in Euboea.Ιστορία Ελληνικού Έθνους, Αθήνα: Εκδοτική Αθηνών, 1977, vol.12 (ΙΒ'), pp. 151–152. A statue in his honour has been erected near the Euboean town of Psachna. Biography Angelis Govios was born in about 1780 in Limni, Euboea. According to the oral tradition of Limni, Angelis real surname was Tzoutzas or Tzotzas. "Govios" was a nickname. Along with Odysseas Androutsos, Athanasios Diakos and other leaders of the Greek Revolution of 1821, he served in the garrison of Ali Pasha. His participation in the battle of Gravia made him famous for his bravery and courage. The reorganization of the military camp in Vrysakia Angelis Govios arrived in Vrysakia in May 1821. There he managed to organize in a short period of time, the mil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nativity Of The Theotokos Church, Limni
The Nativity of the Theotokos Church () is located in Limni, Euboea. It was built in the period 1837-1841 and is a representative monument of modern Greek ecclesiastical architecture. It functions as a parish church, which belongs to the Metropolis of Chalcis, Istiaia and Northern Sporades. It is of particular interest at the level of architecture, painting, sculpture and miniature art. Location The Church of the Nativity of the Theotokos is located in the center of the town of Limni, which belongs to the municipality of Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna in the prefecture of Euboea. It has been designated as a building in need of special state protection, as stated in a relevant marble inscription. The surface of the building is 295 square meters and it is built on a rock, as a result of which it is visible from most parts of the town. On the south and west sides of the temple there is a courtyard area of two levels, which communicate with each other by a stone staircase. The clock tower ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Settlements In The Euboea Regional Unit
This is a list of settlements in the Euboea regional unit, Greece. * Achladeri * Achladi * Aetos * Afrati * Agdines * Agia Anna * Agia Sofia * Agios Athanasios * Agios Dimitrios * Agios Georgios * Agios Ioannis * Agios Loukas * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Vlasios * Agios * Agriovotano * Aktaio * Aliveri * Almyropotamos * Amarynthos * Amelantes * Amfithea * Amygdalia * Andronianoi * Ano Kourouni * Ano Potamia * Ano Vatheia * Argyro * Artemisio * Asmini * Attali * Avgaria * Avlonari * Chalcis * Dafnoussa * Drosia * Dystos * Ellinika * Enoria * Eretria * Farakla * Faros * Fylla * Galatsades * Galatsona * Gavalas * Gerakiou * Gialtra * Giannitsi * Glyfada * Grampia * Gymno * Istiaia * Kadi * Kalimerianoi * Kallianos * Kallithea * Kalochori-Panteichi * Kalyvia * Kamaria * Kamaritsa * Kampia * Karystos * Kastaniotissa * Kastella * Kathenoi * Kato Kourouni * Katsaroni * Kechries * Kerameia * Kerasia * Kipoi * Kirinthos * Kokkinomilea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George M
''George M!'' is a Broadway theatre, Broadway musical based on the life of George M. Cohan, the biggest Broadway star of his day who was known as "The Man Who Owned Broadway." The book for the musical was written by Michael Stewart (playwright), Michael Stewart, John Pascal, and Francine Pascal. Music and lyrics were by George M. Cohan himself, with revisions for the musical by Cohan's daughter, Mary Cohan. The story covers the period from the late 1880s until 1937 and focuses on Cohan's life and show business career from his early days in vaudeville with his parents and sister to his later success as a Broadway singer, dancer, composer, lyricist, theatre director and theatre producer, producer. The show includes such Cohan hit songs as "Give My Regards To Broadway", "You're a Grand Old Flag", and "Yankee Doodle Dandy." Productions The musical opened on Broadway at the Palace Theatre (New York City), Palace Theatre on April 10, 1968, and closed on April 26, 1969, after 433 pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sherrard
Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard (23 September 1922 – 30 May 1995) was a British author and translator. His work includes translations of Modern Greek poets, and books on Modern Greek literature and culture, metaphysics, theology, art and aesthetics. In England he was influential in making major Greek poets of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries known. Sherrard was a practising Eastern Orthodox Christian and was responsible, along with Kallistos Ware and G. E. H. Palmer, for the first full translation of the Philokalia into English. He also wrote prolifically on theological and philosophical themes, describing what he believed to be a social and spiritual crisis occurring in the developed world, specifically modern attitudes towards the biophysical environment from a Christian and perennialist perspective. Biography Philip Owen Arnould Sherrard was born on 23 September 1922 in Oxford. His family had many connections with the literary world of the period: his mother, Brynhil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nikos Tsiforos
Nikos Tsiforos (; 27 August 1912 – 6 August 1970) was a Greek humorist, screenwriter, and film director. He had more than 60 film scripts to his credit between 1948 and 1970. He further directed 17 films between 1948 and 1961. Biography He was born in Alexandria, Egypt Egypt ( , ), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a country spanning the Northeast Africa, northeast corner of Africa and Western Asia, southwest corner of Asia via the Sinai Peninsula. It is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to northe ..., in 1912; two years later, his family was permanently resettled in Athens. From age eleven to his death, Nikos Tsiforos had been writing with gusto. In 1938, he wrote his first play, performed in an outdoors theatre in Freattyda; although his first effort did not quite succeed, young Nikos was not disappointed. He went on to earn a degree in Law, and work, for two years, at the Election Supervision Council. He soon resigned to travel the seas. He c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lela Karagianni
Eleni "Lela" Karagianni ( ; 1898 – 8 September 1944), also written Karayanni, was a Greek resistance leader during World War II who worked to coordinate Greek resistance cells and their activities against the occupying Axis forces. Captured and tortured by the Germans in 1944, Karagianni was sent to Haidari concentration camp, where she continued to organize a resistance against the Germans. She was executed by firing squad on 8 September 1944. Biography Lela Karagianni was born in Limni, Euboea. Prior to World War II, Karagianni was a housewife in Athens. Her husband was a pharmacist, and the couple together had seven children. When the Axis powers invaded and occupied Greece in 1941, the Karagiannis provided medicine to retreating British soldiers, and later helped some stranded soldiers escape the country. As the occupation continued, the family grew increasingly involved in the burgeoning resistance movement against the-then Italian occupiers of Athens; this eventually ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Greek War Of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted by the British Empire, Bourbon Restoration in France, Kingdom of France, and the Russian Empire, while the Ottomans were aided by their vassals, especially by the Eyalet of Egypt. The war led to the formation of modern Greece, which would be expanded to its modern size in later years. The revolution is celebrated by Greek diaspora, Greeks around the world as Greek Independence Day, independence day on 25 March. All Greek territory, except the Ionian Islands, the Mani Peninsula, and mountainous regions in Epirus, came under Ottoman rule in the 15th century. During the following centuries, there were Ottoman Greece#Uprisings before 1821, Greek uprisings against Ottoman rule. Most uprisings began in the independent Greek realm of the Mani Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euboea (regional Unit)
Euboea () is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the administrative region of Central Greece. It consists of the islands of Euboea and Skyros, as well as a 260 km2 area on the Greek mainland. Its land area is 4,167.449 km2, whereas the total land area of the municipalities actually on the island Euboea is 3,684.848 km2, which includes that of numerous small offshore islets ( Petalies Islands) near Euboea's southern tip. Administration The Euboea regional unit is subdivided into 8 municipalities, numbered in the picture in the infobox. These are: *Chalcis (''Chalkida'', 1) * Dirfys-Messapia (2) *Eretria (3) * Istiaia-Aidipsos (4) * Karystos (5) * Kymi-Aliveri (6) * Mantoudi-Limni-Agia Anna (7) *Skyros (8) Prefecture As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the former Euboea Prefecture () was transformed into a regional unit within the Central Greece region, without any change in boundaries. At the same time, the municipalities were reo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elymnion
Elymnion (, ) was an ancient town of Euboea, Greece. It is mentioned in the play ''Peace'' by Aristophanes. The exact location is unknown, and several possible locations have been suggested, including the present town Limni on the coast of the North Euboean Gulf The North Euboean Gulf (, ''Voreios Evvoïkos Kolpos'') is a gulf of the Aegean Sea. It separates the northern part of the island Euboea from the mainland of Central Greece. The narrow Euripus Strait, near Chalcis, connects the gulf to the south .... The modern municipal unit Elymnioi took its name from ancient Elymnion. Cities in ancient Greece Populated places in ancient Euboea Former populated places in Greece {{AncientGreece-archaeology-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
