Levidi ( el, Λεβίδι) is a small town and a former municipality in Arcadia,

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. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 312.641 km².Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation), see External links The town is situated on the northeastern slope of the

Mainalo Mainalo ( el, Μαίναλο, grc, Μαίναλος or Μαίναλον, Mainalos or Mainalon; la, Maenalus) is the tallest mountain in the Menalon highlands of the Peloponnese, and is located in Arcadia, Greece. In antiquity, the mountain w ...

mountains, at about 850 m elevation. Levidi is 9 km northwest of Kapsas, 10 km east of

Vytina Vytina ( el, Βυτίνα, ''Vytína'') is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia ...

, 12 km southwest of Kandila and 20 km northwest of Tripoli. It is at the junction of the Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli– Pyrgos) and the

Greek National Road 66 Greek National Road 66 is a national highway in southern Greece. It connects Nemea with Levidi, via Skoteini Skoteini ( el, Σκοτεινή) is a small village 57 kilometres northwest of the town of Argos in the Peloponnese, southern Greece. It ...

(Levidi -

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). Levidi was the site of several battles during 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. The Greeks were later assisted by ...

from the

Ottoman Empire The Ottoman Empire, * ; is an archaic version. The definite article forms and were synonymous * and el, Оθωμανική Αυτοκρατορία, Othōmanikē Avtokratoria, label=none * info page on book at Martin Luther University ...

, and in ancient times was thought to have been the site of a sanctuary to Artemis Hymnia. The great Greek-Australian rugby league footballer George Peponis has ancestral ties to this town.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Levidi is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Chotoussa * Daras * Kandila (Kandila, Diakopi, Moni Kandilas) * Kardaras * Komi *Levidi * Limni * Orchomenos (Orchomenos, Roussis) * Palaiopyrgos * Panagitsa * Vlacherna

Historical population

Environment

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From the town’s center The square overlooks

, Ascension Hill, Mount Artemisio and Helmos. and the huge plain ( Οropedio) below. At the other end of the plain below there are abruptly rising mountain ranges. The plain is a closed geological basin of karstic origin. The Mainalo’s slopes are forested. But the landscape of the plain below is grassy and rural. Hills and mountains frame the plain on all sides, they are covered by rock debris (in geology) and shrubs.

References

External links

Arcadia - Levidi, page University of Patraa

Hellenic Statistical Authority
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National Statistical Service of Greece, Population & housing census 2001 (incl. area and average elevation)
{{Tripoli div Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese

Subdivisions

Historical population

Environment

See also

References

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