Drosia (, before 1955: Προστοβίτσα - ''Prostovitsa'') is a village and a community in southern
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwest ...
,
Greece
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. Drosia is located at the foot of the
Erymanthos mountains, 6 km east of
Stavrodromi, and 37 km south of
Patras
Patras (; ; Katharevousa and ; ) is Greece's List of cities in Greece, third-largest city and the regional capital and largest city of Western Greece, in the northern Peloponnese, west of Athens. The city is built at the foot of Mount Panachaiko ...
. The community includes the villages Kato Drosia, Koumperi and Pteri.
Population
History
The ancient city
Eupagion (Ευπάγιον) was located in the area of present Drosia. The revolutionary leaders
Konstantinos Giannias and
Giorgos Giannias
Giorgos Giannias (Greek: Γιώργος Γιαννιάς, d. June 13, 1821 near Koumani) was a Greek revolutionary leader born in Prostovitsa, a village now known as Drosia in Achaia. He was the brother of Konstantinos Giannias.
In March ...
, who fought against the
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire (), also called the Turkish Empire, was an empire, imperial realm that controlled much of Southeast Europe, West Asia, and North Africa from the 14th to early 20th centuries; it also controlled parts of southeastern Centr ...
, were born in Drosia. Drosia became a part of the municipality of
Erymanthia in 1836. It was part of the municipality of
Tritaia
Tritaia () is a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos (municipality), Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal ...
between 1841 and 1912. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1998, and again part of Tritaia between 1998 and 2011. Since 2011, it is part of the municipality of
Erymanthos.
See also
*
List of settlements in Achaea
This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece:
* Achaiko
* Agia Marina
* Agia Varvara, Akrata
* Agia Varvara, Tritaia
* Agios Konstantinos
* Agios Nikolaos Kralis
* Agios Nikolaos Spaton
* Agios Nikolaos
* Agios Stefanos (Peristera)
* ...
References
{{Tritaia
Populated places in Achaea
Erymanthos (municipality)