Kalliopi () is a settlement in the municipal unit of

Moudros Moudros () is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lemnos, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the entire eastern peninsula of t ...

, on the

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island of

Lemnos Lemnos ( ) or Limnos ( ) is a Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos (regional unit), Lemnos regional unit, which is part of the North Aegean modern regions of Greece ...

. It is situated in the eastern part of the island, 1 km southeast of

Kontopouli Kontopouli () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Moudros in the northeastern part of the island of Lemnos, Greece. The community includes the small villages Agios Alexandros and Agios Theodoros. Its total area is 37.04 km2. ...

and 1.5 km north of the lagoon

Chortarolimni Chortarolimni ( meaning "weed lake") is a lagoon located in the East of the island Lemnos, Greece. Nearby villages includes Kalliopi to the north, Roussopouli to the southwest and Romano Romano may refer to: Food * Pecorino Romano, a hard, sal ...

. The village's 3 km long beach is on the Keros Gulf. The gulf is east of the village and was an important port until the late Middle Ages. The name "Keros" meaning "horn" refers to its shape.

Population

History

The village was established around 1200. This may have coincided with the decline of the town

Hephaistia Hephaestia and Hephaistia (), or Hephaestias or Hephaistias (Ἡφαιστίας), was a town of Ancient Greece, now an archeological site on the northern shore of Lemnos, Greek island in the northern Aegean Sea. It was named in the honor of Heph ...

. According to local folklore, the first settler was Kalliopi or Kalli, a rich resident of Hephaistia, who was expelled due to improper conduct. The settlement was formerly closer to the sea, near the present locality Ariones. The naval general Georgios Kapetanakis, active in the

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 ...

, came from Kalliopi.

Sources

*''Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou Vassiliki, ''Voyages and Geographical Sources From Lemnos Island (15th-20th Centuries)'' (''Ταξιδιωτικά και γεωγραφικά κείμενα για τη νήσο Λήμνο (15ος-20ος αιώνας)'' = ''Taxidiotika ke geografika kimena yia ti niso Limno'' (15os-20os eonas)'') * Belitsos, Theodoros, ''Lemnos and its villages'' by Th. Belitsos 1994. *''Lemnos Province CD Rom'' (''Cdrom Επαρχείου Λήμνου'' = ''CD Rom Eparcheiou Limnou''): ''Lovable Lemnos'' *Belitsos, Theodoros: ''Historic route in Lemnos: Livadochori'', Lemnos Newspapers, p 531 (June 10, 2008).

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{{Lemnos div Populated places in Lemnos

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