Vytina ( el, Βυτίνα, ''Vytína'') is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia,

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. It is considered a traditional settlement. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality

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 ...

, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 139.309 km². The seat of the municipality was the village Vytina. The village is located at the foot of the mountain range Mainalo. The area produces marble, a variation called the Black of Vytina. Vytina is 10 km east of Levidi, 15 km northeast of Dimitsana and 24 km northwest of Tripoli. The Greek National Road 74 (Tripoli - Pyrgos) passes through Vytina. The ancient Arcadian city

Methydrio Methydrio ( el, Μεθύδριο, before 1927: Νεμνίτσα - ''Nemnitsa'') is a village in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 11. It sits at 1,060 m above sea level, at the foot of the Mainalo moun ...

n was located near Vytina.

Subdivisions

The municipal unit Vytina is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Elati * Kamenitsa (Kamenitsa, Karvouni) * Lasta (Lasta, Agridaki) *

Magouliana Magouliana ( el, Μαγούλιανα) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 117 for the village and 119 for the community, which includes the small village Pan. It ...

(Magouliana, Pan) *

Nymfasia Nymfasia ( el, Νυμφασία, before 1927: Γρανίτσα - ''Granitsa'') is a village in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 114. It sits at 1,000 m above sea level, at the foot of the Mainalo moun ...

* Pyrgaki (Pyrgaki,

) *Vytina (Vytina, Moni Panagias Kernitsis)

Population history

Climate

Due to its altitude and inland location, Vytina has a temperate climate with cold and snowy winters and warm summers with pleasant nights. Precipitation is abundant year round.

People

The father of the historian

Constantine Paparrigopoulos Constantine Paparrigopoulos ( el, Κωνσταντίνος Παπαρρηγόπουλος; 1815 – 14 April 1891) was a Greek historian, who is considered the founder of modern Greek historiography. He is the founder of the concept of historica ...

, Dimitrios Paparrigopoulos was born in Vytina. Other important Vytiniots include the explorer

Panayotis Potagos Panayotis Potagos ( Greek: Παναγιώτης Ποταγός; 1838 – 1903) was a Greek physician and explorer born in Vytina. Potagos began his travels in 1867, visiting Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Gobi Desert, and India. He arrived in Egypt ...

, the jurist

Vasileios Oikonomidis Vasileios Oikonomidis ( el, Βασίλειος Οικονομίδης; Vytina Vytina ( el, Βυτίνα, ''Vytína'') is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. It is considered a traditional settlement ...

, the provost marshal

Ioannis Dimakopoulos Ioannis Dimakopoulos ( el, Ιωάννης Δημακόπουλος, 1833/35–1866) was an officer of the Hellenic Army from Arcadia. He participated as a volunteer in the Cretan Revolution of 1866 and he was killed during the holocaust of Arka ...

, the iconographer Othon Giavopoulos and Kollias Vytiniotis.

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