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Aroania
Aroania () (also known as "Sopoto") is a village and a former Communities and Municipalities of Greece, municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Kalavryta, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 173.804 km2. The seat of administration was in the town of Psofida. The municipality is named after the village and the Aroania (mountain), mountain. Subdivisions The municipal unit Aroania is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agrampela, Achaea, Agrampela (Agrampela, Platanitsa) *Agridi, Achaea, Agridi *Alestaina *Anastasi, Greece, Anastasi (Anastasi, Moni Agion Theodoron) *Aroania *Desino *Kamenianoi (Kamenianoi, Drovolovo) *Lechouri (Lechouri, Kerasea, Selli) *Livartzi (Livartzi, Livadi, Livartzino) *Plaka, Achaea, Plaka *Psofida (Psofida, Ano Psofida, Ano Tripotama, Kato Tripotama, Tripotama, Vasiliki) *Seires (Seires, Agioi Theodoroi, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aroania (mountain)
Aroania (), also known as Helmos or Chelmos (Χελμός, from South Slavic , "summit"), is a mountain in Achaea, Peloponnese, Greece. At 2,355 m elevation, Aroania is the third highest mountain of the Peloponnese, after Taygetus and Kyllini, and the highest in Achaea. The largest town near the mountain is Kalavryta. The municipal unit Aroania took its name from the mountain. Geography Aroania is situated in southeastern Achaea, near the border with Corinthia. The slightly higher Kyllini mountain is about 15 km to its east, separated from Aroania by the valley of the river Olvios. The mountain Erymanthos is about 30 km to the west, across the valley of the river Vouraikos. The rivers Krios, Krathis and Vouraikos drain the mountain towards the Gulf of Corinth in the north. The river Aroanios drains the mountain towards the southwest, to the Ionian Sea. The mountain is the site of the Aristarchos telescope and of a ski resort. Points of interest on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achaea
Achaea () or Achaia (), sometimes transliterated from Greek language, Greek as Akhaia (, ''Akhaḯa'', ), is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the modern regions of Greece, region of Western Greece and is situated in the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. The capital is Patras which is the third largest city in Greece. Geography Achaea is bordered by Elis (regional unit), Elis to the west and southwest, Arcadia (regional unit), Arcadia to the south, and Corinthia to the east and southeast. The Gulf of Corinth lies to its northeast, and the Gulf of Patras to its northwest. The mountain Panachaiko (1926 m), though not the highest of Achaea, dominates the coastal area near Patras. Higher mountains are found in the south, such as Aroania (mountain), Aroania (2341 m) and Mount Erymanthos, Erymanthos (2224 m). Other mountain ranges in Achaea are Skollis, Omplos, Kombovouni and Movri. Its main rivers ordered from west to east are the Laris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seires
Seires (, before 1928: Βερσίτσι - ''Versitsi'') is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It was named after the ancient town Seirae, that was part of Arcadian Azania. The community includes the villages Agioi Theodoroi, Agios Georgios, Krini and Thomaiika. Seires is situated at 940 m above sea level. Seires is 3 km west of Alestaina, 4 km northwest of Paos, 5 km east of Psofida and 23 km southwest of Kalavryta. Population History According to Pausanias, Seirae was an Arcadian city at the border between Cleitor and Psophis. The city was located near the Soron Forest and near the ruined settlement of Paos. Pausanias ''Description of Greece'' 8.23.9. Seires was an independent community until 1997, when it joined the newly formed municipality of Aroania. See also *List of settlements in Achaea This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * Agia Varvara, Tritaia * Ag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alestaina
Alestaina () is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. It is 2 km south of Agridi, 3 km west of Aroania (village), 2 km north of Paos and 21 km southwest of Kalavryta. Population See also *List of settlements in Achaea This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * Agia Varvara, Tritaia * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Nikolaos Kralis * Agios Nikolaos Spaton * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Stefanos (Peristera) * ... References {{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaka, Achaea
Plaka (, before 1928: Μουρόχοβα - ''Mourochova'') EETAA local government changes is a village in the municipal unit of , , . It is situated in the southern foothills of . It is 2 km southeast of Agram ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livartzi
Livartzi () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the villages Livadi and Livartzino. Livartzi is situated at 850 m above sea level, in the southeastern foothills of Mount Erymanthos. It is 4 km southwest of Lechouri, 6 km north of Psofida and 21 km southwest of Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G .... It is not known when Livartzi was founded, but it existed before the Ottoman rule. In the 19th century, refugees from Mystras settled the area and the population rose to around 3,000 people. Population People * Andreas Papagiannakopoulos (1845–1911), politician See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta Aroania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lechouri
Lechouri () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the villages Kerasia and Selli. The village is situated at about above sea level, near the mountain Kallifoni, which is part of the Erymanthos range. It is northeast of Livartzi, south of Ano Vlasia, northwest of Kamenianoi and southwest of Kalavryta. Population History Historian G. Poretsano has two theories about the origin of the name Lechouri. The first is the Homeric word "ουρέα" which means "mountain peaks" and the second is the Cretan word "λέσκες" which means "ridges".G. Poretsano, ''Erymanthos kai Chelmos'', Athens (1973), p. 118. Roman villas and cemeteries have been found in the region. Lechouri was the crossroads of mountain trails leading to Patras by Vlasia and Chalandritsa. Many fighters in the 1821 Greek War of Independence came from Lechouri. Imvraim Arnaoutoglou, the Turkish commander of Kalavryta, was imprisoned in the vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desino
Desino (, formerly Τεσινόν - ''Tesinon'') is a mountain village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The village is situated in the eastern foothills of Mount Erymanthos. The name is a corruption of the word στενό "narrow". Desino is 2 km east of Kamenianoi, 4 km west of Priolithos and 15 km southwest of Kalavryta Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, G .... Population See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta Aroania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamenianoi
Kamenianoi () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the village Drovolovo. It is situated in the eastern foothills of Mount Erymanthos. Kamenianoi is 2 km west of Desino, 4 km southeast of Lechouri and 17 km southwest of Kalavryta. Population History The name comes from the multitude of furnaces that existed here in the past. According to a myth, Hercules Hercules (, ) is the Roman equivalent of the Greek divine hero Heracles, son of Jupiter and the mortal Alcmena. In classical mythology, Hercules is famous for his strength and for his numerous far-ranging adventures. The Romans adapted the Gr ... caught the Erymanthian Boar in the area called ''Kaprivaina''. See also * List of settlements in Achaea References {{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta Aroania ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agridi, Achaea
Agridi () is a village in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The village is situated in a mountainous area, 2 km northwest of Aroania and 19 km southwest of Kalavryta. Population See also *List of settlements in Achaea This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * Agia Varvara, Tritaia * Agios Konstantinos * Agios Nikolaos Kralis * Agios Nikolaos Spaton * Agios Nikolaos * Agios Stefanos (Peristera) * ... References {{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalavryta
Kalavryta () is a town and a municipality in the mountainous east-central part of the regional unit of Achaea, Greece. The town is located on the right bank of the river Vouraikos, south of Aigio, southeast of Patras and northwest of Tripoli, Greece, Tripoli. Notable mountains in the municipality are Mount Erymanthos in the west and Aroania (mountain), Aroania or Chelmos in the southeast. Kalavryta is the southern terminus of the Diakofto Kalavrita Railway, Diakopto-Kalavryta rack railway, built by Italian engineers between 1885 and 1895. History Kalavryta is built near the ancient city of Cynaetha. During the late Middle Ages, the town was the centre of the Barony of Kalavryta within the Frankokratia, Frankish Principality of Achaea, until it was reconquered by the Byzantine Empire, Byzantines in the 1270s. After that it remained under Byzantine control until the fall of the Despotate of the Morea to the Ottoman Turks in 1460. With the exception of a Kingdom of the Morea, 30-y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agrampela, Achaea
Agrampela (, before 1928: Πορετζού - ''Poretzou'') is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Aroania, Achaea, Greece. The community includes the village Platanitsa. It is situated in the southern foothills of the Mount Erymanthos. It is 2 km northwest of Plaka, Achaea, Plaka, 8 km east of Kalentzi and 26 km southwest of Kalavryta. Population History In the 1700 Venetian census, the village had 29 families. The village was known as Poretzou (Πορετζού) until 1928. Its inhabitants were known as Poretsanos, which became a surname for several people. Together with Platanitsa, it was a municipal district of Lampeia until 1912, when it became an independent community. The community was transferred from the Elis Prefecture to Achaea in 1974. See also *List of settlements in Achaea References {{Aroania Populated places in Achaea Kalavryta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
