Paloumpa (, also ''Palouba'') is a town in Arcadia, southern

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. It is situated on a mountain slope overlooking the valley of the river

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. It was the seat of the former

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Iraia Iraia () is a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it became a municipal unit of the municipality of Gortynia. The municipal unit has an area of 144.002 km2. Its population is 960, accord ...

. The town is in a remote area, but contains a post office and a KEP - Centre for Serving Citizens. The inhabitants are mainly concerned with

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. Paloumpa is 4 km southeast of Lyssarea and 9 km northwest of

Dimitsana Dimitsana () is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit ...

Landmarks

The town was almost completely leveled in an earthquake in the 1960s and as a result contains very little architecture from before this period.

Church of
Saint George Saint George (;Geʽez: ጊዮርጊስ, , ka, გიორგი, , , died 23 April 303), also George of Lydda, was an early Christian martyr who is venerated as a saint in Christianity. According to holy tradition, he was a soldier in the ...

The church was built in the nineteenth century on a basic basilica groundplan in a central location within the town. It is dedicated to Saint George, but celebrates on the Dormition of the Virgin. In 2004 a fire which was most likely caused by an unattended oil-lamp gutted the church destroying the exquisitely worked carved wooden

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which had been granted as a gift by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, father of King Otto the first King of the newly established Independent Greek State. Work has commenced under the supervision of the local Ephorate of Byzantine Antiquities to repair the damage and re-roof the structure.

Church of
Saint Panteleimon Saint Pantaleon (), counted in Western Christianity as among the Fourteen Holy Helpers of the Late Middle Ages, and in Eastern Christianity as one of the Holy Unmercenary Healers, was a martyr of Nicomedia in Bithynia during the Diocletianic ...

The church is on the western edge of the town and is used as a cemetery church.

Church of Saint Paraskevi

The church is on the hill overlooking the town near a spring.

House of
Dimitris Plapoutas Dimitris 'Koliopoulos' Plapoutas () (1786 – 1865) was a Greek general who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Plapoutas was born on in Paloumba in the Arcadia region of the Pelo ...

The House of the

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hero

Dimitris Plapoutas Dimitris 'Koliopoulos' Plapoutas () (1786 – 1865) was a Greek general who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire. Biography Plapoutas was born on in Paloumba in the Arcadia region of the Pelo ...

is very centrally located in the town. Once known as "ο πύργος" (The Tower) because it was the biggest house in the town, the house used to be a tri-level mansion with stables. The upper two levels were destroyed in a 1960s

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Famous inhabitants

(1786-1864) general and politician * Liakos Liakopoulos *

Panourgias Eliopoulos Dimitrios Panourgias (; 1754-1834), a Greek military commander during the Greek War of Independence. Early life According to his family's tradition, they ultimately originated from Constantinople and escaped to Central Greece after the city f ...

References

{{Gortynia div Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese Gortynia