Sidirokastro (), officially referred to as Sidirokastron, is a semi-mountainous settlement near
Avlonas and is administratively part of the Municipality of
Trifylia
Trifylia () is a municipality in the Messenia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kyparissia. The municipality has an area of 616.019 km2. It was named after the ancient Triphylia region.
Municipality
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, in
Messinia
Messenia or Messinia ( ; ) is a regional units of Greece, regional unit (''perifereiaki enotita'') in the southwestern part of the Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese Administrative regions of Greece, region, in Greece. Until the implementatio ...
, Greece.
Sidirokastro was the seat of the former municipality of
Avlonas, which existed between 1835 and 1912, and between 1997 and 2010.
History
The oldest village of Sidirokastro was located inside and around the homonymous castle, Sidirokastro and was a large settlement, according to its ruins, which still exist today. The history of the old village is directly related to the history of this Castle and its area, which was under the control of the Principality of Achaia and then the Despotate of Mystras.
During the pre-revolutionary period, the Revolution of 1821 and the struggles that followed until the final liberation of the area, several groups of rebels acted in the area of Sidirokastro.
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References
Populated places in Messenia
Trifylia
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