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Tritaia
Tritaia () is 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 Erymanthos (municipality), Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 244.798 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Stavrodromi. Tritaia was named after the ancient Achaean city Tritaea (Achaea), Tritaea, which was located near the present village Agia Marina. Tritaia is situated in mountainous southern Achaea, on the border with Elis (regional unit), Elis. It nearly surrounds the municipal unit Kalentzi. Mount Erymanthos is located in the eastern part of Tritaia. The Greek National Road 33 (Patras - Tripoli, Greece, Tripoli) runs through Tritaia. Subdivisions The municipal unit Tritaia is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agia Varvara, Tritaia, Agia Varvara (Agia Varvara, Galaros) *Agia Marina, Achaea, Agia Marina ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alpochori, Achaea
Alepochori () is a village and a community in southern Achaea, Greece. Alepochori is located on the northern slope of Mount Erymanthos, about 35 km south of Patras. The community includes the village Agios Dimitrios. Population History The area followed the fate of the rest of Achaea. Between 1460 and 1821 the area was ruled by the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Turkey, Turks, except a brief period of Venetian Republic, Venetian rule between 1687 and 1715. In the Venetian censuses of 1697 and 1699 the village was called Alpochori Trano (Αλποχώρι Τρανό) and had 111 inhabitants, in 1700, it had 38 families. Alepochori became Greek after the Greek War of Independence of 1821. Alepochori was part of the municipality of Erymanthia between 1835 and 1841, and of the municipality of Tritaia between 1841 and 1912. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1998, and became part of Tritaia again in 1998. At the 2010 Kallikratis reform, it became part of the new municipa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drosia, Achaea
Drosia (, before 1955: Προστοβίτσα - ''Prostovitsa'') is a village and a community in southern Achaea, Greece. Drosia is located at the foot of the Erymanthos mountains, 6 km east of Stavrodromi, and 37 km south of Patras. The community includes the villages Kato Drosia, Koumperi and Pteri. Population History The ancient city Eupagion (Ευπάγιον) was located in the area of present Drosia. The revolutionary leaders Konstantinos Giannias and Giorgos Giannias, who fought against the Ottoman Empire, were born in Drosia. Drosia became a part of the municipality of Erymanthia in 1836. It was part of the municipality of Tritaia between 1841 and 1912. It was an independent community between 1912 and 1998, and again part of Tritaia between 1998 and 2011. Since 2011, it is part of the municipality of Erymanthos. See also *List of settlements in Achaea This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalfas
Kalfas () is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Tritaia, southern Achaea, Greece. It is located in a mountainous area, 5 km southeast of Portes and 7 km southwest of Stavrodromi. The community consists of the villages Kalfas and Masouraiika. It suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires. General information It is surrounded by mountains and hills full of pine trees and is located on the border between Achaea and Elis, about 45 km southwest of Patras. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in livestock husbandry and to a lesser extent in agriculture. In the village there are 2 to 3 cafes. A particular sight is the Chapel of the Prophet Elijah especially, especially during the feast of the Holy Spirit. Population Photos File:Kalfa village in Pelopponisos (Achaia).jpg, View of the village See also *List of settlements in Achaea This is a list of settlements in Achaea, Greece: * Achaiko * Agia Marina * Agia Varvara, Akrata * Agia Varvar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stavrodromi
Stavrodromi ( meaning crossroads) is a village and a community in Achaea, Greece. The community consists of the villages Stavrodromi, Panousaiika, Rachi and Xirochori. It is located in a hilly area northwest of Mount Erymanthos, south of Patras. The Greek National Road 33 (Patras - Tripoli) runs through the village. Stavrodromi was the seat of the municipality of Tritaia. 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 {{Tritaia Populated places in Achaea Erymanthos (municipality) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Erymanthos (municipality)
Erymanthos () is a municipality in Achaea, Western Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Chalandritsa. The municipality has an area of 582.139 km2. It was named after Mount Erymanthos. Municipality The municipality Erymanthos was formed at the 1/1/2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities and communities, that became municipal units: *Farres * Kalentzi * Leontio *Tritaia Tritaia () is 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 Erymanthos (municipality), Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal ... References External links Municipalities of Western Greece Populated places in Achaea {{WGreece-geo-stub ... [...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] |
Melanippus
:''The name Melanippus is the masculine counterpart of Melanippe.'' In Greek mythology, there were several people named Melanippus (): *Melanippus, one of the sons of Agrius and possibly Dia, daughter of King Porthaon of Calydon. Along with his brothers, except Thersites, he was killed by Diomedes. *Melanippus or Menalippus, brother of Tydeus and thus possible son of Oeneus, king of Calydon and Periboea. He was accidentally slain by Tydeus during a hunt. In some accounts, the murdered brother of Tydeus was called Olenias. *Melanippus, son of Perigune and Theseus, the father of Ioxus who, together with Ornytus, led a colony to Caria and became the ancestor of the family Ioxides. *Melanippus, sometimes misspelled "Menalippus", son of Astacus (hence referred to by the patronymic ''Astacides'' in Ovid), defender of Thebes in Aeschylus' play ''Seven Against Thebes''. In the play, he defended the Proitid gate against Tydeus. He killed two of the seven attacking champions, Mecisteus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tritaea (Achaea)
Tritaea or Tritaia () was a polis (city-state) of Achaea, and the most inland of the 12 Achaean cities, was distant 120 stadia from Pharae. According Pausanias, Tritaea's foundation was said to be due to either: Celbidas, who came from Cumae; or Melanippus, a son of Ares and Triteia, herself a daughter of Triton and priestess of Athena, and that Melanippus named the town after his mother. It was one of the four cities that took the lead in reviving the Achaean League during the 124th Olympiad (). In the Social War it suffered from the attacks of the Aetolians and Eleians. Its territory was annexed to Patrae by Augustus, when he made the latter city a colony after the Battle of Actium. ''et seq.'' Tritaea was home to Agesarchus of Tritaea, an Olympic victor around 120 BCE, whose statue graced Olympia. Highlights of Pausanias's visit in the 2nd century included a white marble tomb with paintings by Nicias in the vicinity of the city. Also in the city there was a sanctu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West Greece
Western Greece Region (, ) is one of the thirteen Modern regions of Greece, administrative regions of Greece. It comprises the western part of Central Greece (geographic region), continental Greece and the northwestern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It occupies an area of and its population is, according to the 2011 census, at 679,796 inhabitants. The capital of the Western Greece is Patras, the third-largest-city in the country with a population of about 280,000 inhabitants. The NUTS statistical regions of Greece, NUTS 2 code for the region of Western Greece is EL63. Administration The region of Western Greece was established in the 1987 administrative reform. With the 2010 Kallikratis plan, its powers and authority were redefined and extended. Along with Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese and the Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands regions, it is supervised by the Decentralized Administration of Peloponnese, Western Greece and the Ionian Islands based at Patras. The re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
