Iraia ( el, Ηραία) is a former municipality in
Arcadia,
Peloponnese
The Peloponnese (), Peloponnesus (; el, Πελοπόννησος, Pelopónnēsos,(), or Morea is a peninsula and geographic region in southern Greece. It is connected to the central part of the country by the Isthmus of Corinth land bridge which ...
,
Greece
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. Since the 2011 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of
Gortynia
Gortynia ( el, Γορτυνία) is a municipality in the Arcadia regional unit, Peloponnese, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Dimitsana. The municipality has an area of 1,050.882 km2.
Municipality
The municipality Gortynia ...
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The municipal unit has an area of 144.002 km
2.
It consists of 27 villages. Population 1,552 (2011). The seat of the municipality was in
Paloumpa. The municipality is named after the ancient Arcadian city of
Heraia. The region was known in recent times for the construction workers (''mastori'') who came from the villages of Servos and
Lyssarea.
Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
*Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
* Pausanias of Sicily, physician of t ...
describes the ancient cities of
Heraia and
Melaineai and their buildings.
Pausanias Pausanias ( el, Παυσανίας) may refer to:
*Pausanias of Athens, lover of the poet Agathon and a character in Plato's ''Symposium''
*Pausanias the Regent, Spartan general and regent of the 5th century BC
* Pausanias of Sicily, physician of t ...
''Description of Greece'' 8.26 An excavation near Lyssarea uncovered buildings, mosaics, as well as gold and silver coins.
Notable people
The village of Loutra Iraias is the birthplace of the film-maker Constantinos Gavras (
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; el, Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director, screenwriter, and producer who lives and works in France. He is known for films with political and s ...
).
References
External links
History of Irea (in Greek)N. I. Kostaras's talk about the history of Irea (in Greek)
Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese
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