The Serdini () is a small river of western

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 northwest ...

Greece Greece, officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. Located on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, it shares land borders with Albania to the northwest, North Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to th ...

. It is long. It is a left tributary of the

Peiros The Peiros (, formerly also ''Kamenitza'' and ''Achelous'') is a river in the central and the northwestern parts of Achaea, Greece. It is long. Geography The Peiros is the second longest river in Achaea, after Selinountas (river), Selinountas. I ...

near Kato Alissos.

Geography

The Serdini flows through the municipal units of

Olenia Olenia () is a former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Achaea, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 189.534 km2. Population ...

and Dymi, both part of the municipality

West Achaea West Achaea ( – ''Dytiki Achaia'') is a municipal subdivision within greater Achaea – an ancient region of West Greece which forms part of the modern territory of larger Greece. The seat of the municipality is the town Kato Achaia. The municip ...

. It rises near the village of Flokas and flows generally north along the villages Arla, Ano Soudenaiika, Avgeraiika, Agios Nikolaos and

Lousika Lousika (Greek language, Greek: Λουσικά) is a village and a community in Achaea, Greece. It is located 5 km southeast of Kato Achaia, 3 km south of Alissos, and 20 km southwest of Patras. The community includes the villages Y ...

. It empties into the Peiros south of Kato Alissos. In the fertile valley of the Serdini river, several artifacts from the

Mycenaean period Mycenaean Greece (or the Mycenaean civilization) was the last phase of the Bronze Age in ancient Greece, spanning the period from approximately 1750 to 1050 BC.. It represents the first advanced and distinctively Greek civilization in mainla ...

have been excavated, including a cemetery near Spaliaraiika.Michalis Petropoulos,
Mycenean cemetery in Spaliareika, near Lousika
, A.D. Rizakis, Achaean Landscapes, Dyme and its territory. Proceedings of the International Conference Dymaia-Vouprasia, Kato Achaia, 6-8 October 1995, KERA-EIE, Athens, 2000, p. 65-92 "

References

{{Reflist Landforms of Achaea Rivers of Greece Rivers of Western Greece Olenia