Like today, on September 25, 1849, the most glorious and noble of all the fighters of 1821, Nikitas Stamatelopoulos, the legendary Nikitaras, dies blind and very poor in Piraeus.
For the Greeks he was the famous Turkophagus, while for his comrades-in-arms he was the poor Nikitas, who never agreed to take booty. His appearance on the battlefields aroused the enthusiasm of the Greeks and caused real terror to the Turks, who retreated, chanting only on his shield with a sword in his hand. Pure and selfless, he never agreed to get the slightest pay, even when his family was hungry. As Georgios Gazis, Karaiskakis’ grammarian, wrote, “Nikitas used gold to chase the enemy, happy to be called a glorious penny rather than a rich ignorant one.” After the revolution, when Nikitaras was asked why he never took his loot and now lives in such poverty, Nikitaras answered sternly “I was not a negotiator. My destiny wanted me to become a Captain. And it would not be right for me to make a note of my Captain in order to make a mess! “
For Otto and the Bavarians, the Bavarian locust as the common people called them, Nikitaras was more than dangerous. Not only because Nikitaras had stood wholeheartedly by the side of Kapodistrias, but mainly because in his face the ragged Greeks still found their heroic idol, the fearless lad who embodied their honor and pride. That is why the Bavarian parastate arrested and imprisoned him, subjecting him to horrific torture. And when his youngest daughter, in whom Nikitaras had a pathological weakness, saw her father being brought in tattered clothes on a stretcher to the courtroom where he was being tried, she lost her mind and from then on she went crazy saying “nice that you are all red My father”…
When, after public pressure, Nikitaras returned blind from the exile sent to him by Otto, he was forced to ask the government for a small welfare allowance for the first time in his life in order to be able to meet his daughter’s medical expenses. The government refused the allowance and gave him only a begging permit to beg every Friday afternoon outside the church of Evangelistria in Piraeus. Thus, the demigod of Dervenaki stood raked and blind every Friday afternoon in the churchyard and begged…
At dawn on September 25, 1849, Nikitaras’ wonderful heart stopped beating. His house in Piraeus was immediately flooded with crowds, as all ordinary people spontaneously came to see for the last time the legendary Nikitaras. In his small will he left only his sword to his son John and declared his last wish: to be buried next to his uncle Kolokotronis, in the First Cemetery of Athens.
Something unexpected happened on the day of the funeral. Outside the hideout there was a chariot that would transport Nikitas’ body to Athens. But as soon as the body came out on the doorstep of the house, the infinitely gathered crowd burst into tears and his old comrades who had initially lifted the body, did not put it in the cart but handed it to the countless anonymous Greeks who volunteered to stand up. the body of Nikitas. Thousands of men, young, old and children lifted the body successively and so, from back to back, the body was transported from Piraeus to Athens, while flowers fell on the coffin from the balconies of the houses where the huge procession passed. In this majestic and unique way, an entire Nation rose on its back and led this wonderful man to eternity. Only the Greeks could give such an honor to a dead man and such an honor could only be given to Nikitaras…
Unfortunately, today we do not know exactly where his tomb was, as well as what happened to the bones of Nikitaras. But as the historian Dimitrios Kampouroglou wrote, who tried in 1926 to find the tomb of Nikitaras, “Let the Greeks be comforted by the thought that for Nikitaran all the Greek Land has open arms”….
Today marks two hundred years since the great event of the Fall of Tripoli that justified the strategic planning of Theodoros Kolokotronis, overwhelmingly imposing the prevalence of the revolution in Moria during the crucial first year of the great uprising of the Genos.
Tripoli was the great Turkish city of Moria founded by the Ottomans after 1461, who to show the grandeur of the city gave it the Old Turkish name of the gardens of Islamic paradise, while to emphasize the mighty Ottoman military power within of its walls they called it “the Doors of the Lion”. For the Greeks it was just “poor Tripolitsa”, because in its surroundings there was the terrible palukorachi, where the Ottomans beat the Greeks alive by the hundreds, while in the center there was the terrible “Platanitsa of Tripolitsa”, where they hung the captains and .
The significance of the Fall of Tripoli lies not only in the justification of Kolokotronis’ strategic planning but also in the fact that the initial successes of the Elder of Moria in Valtetsi, Vervena and Doliana, caused chain political developments in Paparis, Chrysovitsa, Kaltez. which led to the formation of the Peloponnesian Senate and the first state reconstruction of Hellenism since the fall of Constantinople in 1453.
This is exactly where the concept of conquest instead of liberation comes into play. The only cities for which Hellenism uses the term conquest are Constantinople and Tripoli. In 1453 Byzantine Constantinople was conquered by the Ottomans, while in 1821 the Ottoman misery Tripolitsa was conquered by the Greek revolutionaries. In 1453 in Constantinople the state status of Hellenism was catalyzed, while in 1821 in Tripoli the state status of the Ottomans was catalyzed and the state status of the Nation was revived. In 1453 in Constantinople we had the burial of Hellenism and in 1821 in Tripoli we had a national uprising. Konstantinos Paleologos symbolizes the glorious end and Theodoros Kolokotronis the glorious Polygenesis. That is why Theodoros Kolokotronis is the greatest figure of Modern Hellenism after the time of Constantine Paleologos.
Immediately after the Fall, Tripolitsa lived about 4 years of freedom but in a regime of factionalism and civil war. Her liberator Theodoros Kolokotronis was imprisoned and its first mayor (political and military commander), Panos Kolokotronis (son of Kolokotronis) was killed. Until 1825 the city was conquered again by Ibrahim. After 3 years of new bloody struggles, Theodoros Kolokotronis re-entered the city as a liberator on February 18, 1829, after Ibrahim had leveled it. But even after the assassination of Kapodistrias and the imposition of the Bavarian Kingdom, the last act of the drama of Greek independence was to be played again in Tripoli. After the death sentence of Kolokotronis, the rebellious Moraites wanted to occupy Tripolitsa with the Vlach Revolution (or Messinian Revolution) and were suffocated in blood by the Bavarians, Kolletis and Mavrokordatos. Many of Moria’s fighters who fought the Ottoman dynasty and the Egyptian conqueror were sentenced to death and executed as traitors in 1834.
The heavy historical heritage of Tripolitsa is the one that imposed the way the city was liberated in 1944 by the German occupation forces and their sad Greek collaborators. Tripoli is the only Greek city that, following the order of the Greek Government of Cairo and the assent of the Allied Headquarters of the Middle East, ELAS entered the city as a liberating National Army, preventing a new civilian massacre like that of Meligalas.
Tripoli is not a simple city. It is the towering milestone of the national and political identity of the whole of Modern Hellenism. According to the science of history and archeology, Old Tripolitsa no longer exists. Tripoli has taken its place, which is nothing more than a creation of the Bavarians. Perhaps that is why the national and political message of the city has faded so much nowadays and with it the national and political identity of modern Hellenism has faded. However, in the souls of its people, who still feel “Drompolitsiotes” and not “Tripolites”, the same flame that Theodoros Kolokotronis lit inside them and lit that Friday morning on September 23, 1821, illuminating the road to freedom, is still burning. of the Genus…
Like today, May 12, 1821, Kehagiabeis leaves the army from Tripoli, led by the infamous Roubi, to hit Valtetsi and cross to Kalamata, suppressing the Revolution in Moria.
Kolokotronis has lined up the Maniates, the Messinians and the barren Dredes in Valtetsi, all of them the deadliest rifles in Moria, to anchor the Turks and force them to develop around the village. There, Kolokotronis himself will strike them with flanks in a decisive battle, coming with reinforcements from Karytina, the terrible swords of Moria, from the neighboring camps of Chrysovitsi and Piana, while the trap will be completed with the reinforcements that will come from the north. famous swordsmen of Prastos, who will block the escape of the Ottomans to Tripoli. Geros narrates the plan “I told you to make the drums closed. At the edge of the village was a church, to give birth to a tambourine, as well as two waterfalls that dominate the village, where if the Turks come you can be locked inside. They answered me: we are lost! You shut up and I will come to you immediately (with reinforcements) “. The Turks hit Valtetsi mercilessly but the Greek rifle sparkles. The fierce battle continues until noon, when Kolokotronis arrives with reinforcements from Chrysovitsi. From a back he makes a loud voice to the old man Mitropetrova, the best rifle of Messinia, who was in Valtetsi: “Vasta barba Mitro”! Those detained in Valtetsi understand that aid is coming…
In the afternoon, Plapoutas arrives with the help of Piana. At midnight, Kolokotronis supplies the village with naval energy and returns to his drum, shouting loudly for the Turks to hear him: “Hey, old Turks! I am Kolokotronis! I will catch you alive! ”, While he puts several men circling the hills with lighted torches to show that reinforcements are constantly coming. Fotakos narrates: “the war continued unabated all night”. At dawn the reinforcements from Vervena arrive and the battle is now decided.
At dawn the war continued for four hours, when the Turkish troops showed a decline. Rubis sent a coded message to Kehagiabei to retreat, burning gunpowder from his drum. Kehagiabeis agreed, also burning gunpowder from his own drum. Kolokotronis realistically understands the intention of the Turks to retreat. He jumps from his drum standing up and pulls his sword from the holster, shouting with all his might: “Up to the Greeks” !!! And then, a supernatural glow covered the whole of Valtetsi! It was the reflection from the blades of the Greek swords that unfurled and faced the midday sun…
It was afternoon when the Greeks stopped slaughtering the Turks in the plain of Boleta. The Ottomans ran in panic to Tripolitsa to be saved. The Old Man narrates: “We chased them until we took them out to the plain. That war stood the happiness of the homeland. If we got lost, we were in danger of becoming a horde (camp) now “. In order not to endanger the Greeks from the remains of the Turkish cavalry, Geros shouted: “Enough Greeks! Let us kill in other battles as well “!!!
That same night, the leader of the Turkalvanias who fought in Valtetsi, Liobeis, narrates the events in Sarai and says in the presence of all the Turks, addressing the beautiful Marigo, the tortured Greek girl of the harem “Oh, but the god, it is yours! I had fought in so many seferias (wars) with the Tsamides, the Souliotes and the Muscovites (Russians)! But the rifle I saw in Valtetsi is youthful! Go, now go! It’s yours! Your goddess “saw” it! Kolokotronis confesses “I said that we should all fast for the praise of that day and be glorified for centuries, until the nation stands, because it was the freedom of the homeland”…
Delirium of excitement prevails in the Greek camp. Everyone now recognizes the correctness of Kolokotronis’ plan. The Old Man, however, is restrained. He knows that Kehagiabeis will move immediately to Mistra. And this road passes through Vervena and Doliana…
We boldly borrowed the excellent text from a friend.
On April 25, 1821, Kehagiabeis of Khurshid Pasha has completed his destructive work in Patras, Vostitsa, Corinth and is outside Argos, ready to level the Greek revolutionaries.
At the hearing of Kehagiabei alone, most Greeks scatter. Few remain to defend Argos and make tambourines in the bed of Haradros or Xeria, a dry river outside the city. Among the defenders is Giannos Giannouzas and his people from Spetses, the brave eldest son of Bouboulina, who together with his mother besieged neighboring Nafplio.
The few and ignorant in the land war, however, defenders of Argos are disbanded by the select and bloodthirsty Turkalban horsemen of Kehayabei. Last is Giannos Giannouzas with his Spetsiotes, who give an epic fight fighting hand to hand. Giannouzas rushes on foot on horseback to Bali Bey, the arrogant and famous Turkalvan, and throws him home. Giannouzas stands up, grabs the kneeling Bali Bey from the sariki and is ready to take his throat, but a Turkalban shoots him in the back and throws him dead. Bali Bey gets up and beheads the dead Giannos Giannouza. The Turkalvans are chanting…
Bouboulina learns the news and after the battle she goes with her bodyguard to look for Giannos. Walking among the dead and wounded, she recognizes her child’s headless body. She takes off the scarf she was wearing in her hair, covers her headless body, hugs it and kisses it. He tries not to bend. She is carried away by the groans of a nearby wounded Turkalvan, who begs for some water. Bouboulina gets up, pulls arrogantly the pistol she always had in her belt and executes the Turkalvan on the spot…
She orders her soldiers to load her child’s lifeless body on the horse. And returning to her grammar, she orders him to write a letter to the political authorities of Spetses with the simple message: “My son is dead, but Argos is in our hands”…
Text: George Th. Prachalias
Paintings:
Bouboulina and the historical map of Argos with the Gorge (Xeria)
In the above old map, Agiannis is mentioned as Astros, while Astros is mentioned as Agios Ioannis. Astros and Paralio Astros came from the village of Agios Ioannis, as well as other settlements. Astros and Agios Ioannis (Agiannis) were for at least seven hundred years and from the first organization of the Greek state administratively a community, as today, and most importantly the inhabitants of Agiannites and Astrinos are the same inhabitants, they had and still have houses in Agianni and Astros. The municipality of Thyreas, based in the settlement of Agios Ioannis, was established with the initial organization of the Greek state in 1835, Government Gazette 16A – 24/05/1835. Later in 1841 the settlement of Astros is defined as the winter seat of the municipality and the settlement of Agios Ioannis is defined as the summer seat of the municipality, Government Gazette 5A – 08/03/1841.
Thucydides called the states Athenians, Corinthians, Spartans, and did not call them Athens, Corinth, Sparta . Citizens were states, not cities and castles. In our long history the inhabitants were the cities and the villages. The Shield, the Greek (or Wall). The Gate, from the gate, was the door between the first European city of Argos and Sparta.
From the Municipality and Wikipedia.
At a distance of about 8 km from Astros at the top of the hill above the bends “kodelles” a short distance from the uphill road to Agiannis is the Greek Wall, from there the view of Thyreatida Land and the Argolic gulf is excellent. At the point there is an inscription of the archeological service that leads to a rural road and after 2 kilometers the visitor reaches a plateau, which is the beginning of a 15-minute walk that leads to the top of a hill, the Wall or Elliniko. Here one can see the ruins of the ancient sanctuary of the god Apollo, ruins of walls, buildings and underground tanks and relics of Thyrea. Thyrea was inhabited for the first time in the Early Helladic years by the Danes and after the Mycenaean years it was inhabited by the Ionians. . From the 8th century onwards, Kynouria was stubbornly claimed by the Spartans. After successive conflicts we reach one of the most shocking battles in Greek history, the battle that took place in 546 BC. and went down in history as the “Battle of the Shield” or the “Battle of 600 Logades” in which the Spartans were the winners.
Thyrea, the Greek (or Wall) can be seen on the above map of ancient Greece.
Smaragdi I. Arvaniti briefly and succinctly tells us, as we understand it, the “Holy Space” of the Second National Assembly of the Greeks in the historic Astros is the most important historical monument of our place, which we must promote and distinguish where we can.
See more in the links, for the importance of the National Assembly in Astros, by Smaragdi I. Arvanitis,
Our fellow citizen Giannis D. Kourbelis and astros-kynouria News with their excellent work and in the best way say everything about the story of Agiannis, in the following links.
From the astros-kynouria News by Giannis D. Kourbelis =======================================
The most important things we need to know. All links below are in Greek
Ιωάννη Μ. Αρβανίτη – Από τις Πηγές του Λαού μας, τόμος A,Β, Αθήνα1985,1988
Ιωάννη Μ. Αρβανίτη-Η Επαναστατική Προσωρινή Διοίκηση της Ελλάδας στον Άγιο Ιωάνη (Αγιάννη) Β.Κυνουρίας -20 Αυγουστου εως 1 Οκτωβριου 1822
Σμαράγδης Ι. Αρβανίτη – Οι σχολές του Δημητρίου Καρυτσιώτη στον Άγιο Ιωάννη και το Άστρος Θυρέας – Κυνουρίας κατά τα προεπαναστικά χρόνια έως την απελευθέρωση, Εταιρία Πελοποννησιακών Σπουδών, Αθήνα 2001
Σμαράγδης Ι. Αρβανίτη – Μελέτες Βυζαντινής και Μεταβυζαντινής Αρχαιολογίας και Τέχνης προς τιμήν της καθηγήτριας Ελένης Δεληγιάννη-Δωρή. Ο μεταβυζαντινός ναός του Αγίου Γεωργίου στον Άγιο Ιωάννη Κυνουρίας συνοπτική παρουσίαση του μνημείου και του εικονογραφικού προγράμματος, Αθήνα 2010
Σμαράγδης Ι. Αρβανίτη -Το κάστρο του Παραλίου Άστρους Κυνουρίας πρώτες παρατηρήσεις, Αθήνα 2007
Αναγνώστη Κονδάκη –Απομνημονεύματα, εκδόσεις Βεργίνα, Αθήνα 2009
Σταύρου Αθ. Κουτίβα –Περί την διαθήκην του Δημητρίου Καρυτσιώτου, Αθήνα 1958
Ευστρατίου Ι. Δαλιάνη –Ξεδιπλώνοντας τον χρόνο: Αγιάννης – η άγνωστη πρωτεύουσα της Ελλάδας,Αθήνα 2016
Αρχεία Εθνικής Παλιγγενεσίας
Χριστίνας Κουλούρη –Η βιβλιοθήκη της Σχολής Καρυτσιώτη,Εταιρία Μελέτης Νέου Ελληνισμού, Αθήνα 2009
Εγκυκλοπαίδεια Νέα Δομή, τόμος 13ος, εκδόσεις Νέα Δομή, Αθήνα 1996
Χρονικά των Δολιανών Κυνουρίας, τόμος Β’ – Η Μάχη των Δολιανών (19 Μαϊου 1821), Αθήνα 1962
ALL THE WORLD KNOWS THE HISTORICAL ASTROS FROM THE SECOND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF THE GREEKS and the event has been included in the official celebration program of the Commission “Greece 2021” and is under its auspices.
We welcome the Commission “Greece 2021” and the common mind, which will eventually prevail.
The “Holy Space” of the Second National Assembly of the Greeks is undoubtedly one of the most important historical monuments not only of Kynouria but also of our homeland.
“Greece 2021”
We are pleased to announce “The” Holy Place “of the 2nd National Assembly of the Greeks” and code GR-01724, IS HERE IN FRONT OF US,…
“No. Protocol: 4210
Dear Mr. Kourogiorgas,
We are pleased to confirm that we have received your proposal entitled “The” Holy Space “of the 2nd National Assembly of the Greeks” and code GR-01724, which we intend to include in a special edition that we are preparing and will include a description of all the proposals identified with the four axes of the Commission and which contribute to this common national undertaking on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821. Your written consent for this publication, as provided in the current legislation, will be requested in the second year.
With regard to the possibility of the Commission supporting your proposal, we will contact you shortly after the final plenary session and the Commission’s assessment of the financial means available.
Thank you very much for your participation in the national call. “
We wish you happy holidays, happy new year and health.
When will you post, according to
your tourist program, on the website of the municipality two photos with two words, the sign of the “Sacred Space” of the 2nd National Assembly and the plaque of the Karytsiotis school in Agiannis;
Please give us the protocol number. Thank you.
John Kourogiorgas
We got the A.P.
Protocol number: 16815 / 14-12-2020
How to do it this. many of our fellow citizens in the vast majority, let not all of our fellow citizens say, we do not believe that the most important sights of our municipality to be mentioned on the website of our municipality are the Port of Agios Andreas, the Greek (or Wall ), the ruins of the Castle of Oria, the Gorges of Mazia and Zarbanitsa, but they are much more important that should also be mentioned the two most important monuments of our municipality, the School of Karytsioti of Agiannis with its branch in Astros (which houses the museum Astros) and the “Holy Space” of the 2nd National Assembly of the Greeks, full stop.
See the disgrace of seven years in the following link from the website of our municipality. We show these and these are seen by our visiting friends. ‘Mercy now, Mr. Mayor, please implement your program or otherwise answer reasoned in accordance with the constitution and the legislation on Protocol number: 16815 / 14-12-2020. Enough…….
We are pleased to announce that the “Greece2021” Commission has decided to include in its electronic version the most important historical monument of Kynouria and our homeland, GR-01724 “The” Holy Place “of the Second National Assembly of the Greeks”.
The whole dunias and the “Greece2021” committee know “the historic Astros of Kynouria” from the 2nd National Assembly of the Greeks. The “Holy Space” of the Second National Assembly of the Greeks is undoubtedly the most important monument of Kynouria but also of our homeland.
We have information, we are not kidding, that soon the Commission “Greece2021” and other public authorities ….. will demand from our deputy mayor for tourism Mr. G. Gardikiotis and our mayor Mr. G. Kampilis to execute orders of our fellow citizens, to do what they have promised, to do the obvious and to post according to the tourist program, on the website of the municipality two photos with two words, the sign of the “Sacred Space” of the 2nd National Assembly and the plaque of the school Karytsiotis to Agiannis and also to include the above in accordance with Greek legislation in the Operational Program of our municipality 2020-2024.
The “Greece2021” Committee thunderously tells us in every direction that the “Holy Space” of the Second National Assembly of the Greeks is here, in front of us.
On Monday, November 22, 2021, 04:13:42 a.m. EST, Secretariat Greece 2021 <secretariat@greece2021.gr> wrote:
No. Prot. 012909
Dear Mr. Kourogiorgas,
As the anniversary year draws to a close, we would like to thank you on behalf of the Greece 2021 Committee for your response to the call to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the 1821 Revolution by submitting the GR-01724 proposal to the Commission. “The” Holy Space “of the Second National Assembly of the Greeks”.
The enthusiastic participation of the Greeks and the many friends of Greece, prove their deep love for the country.
Unfortunately, despite the Commission’s efforts, the special circumstances prevailing during the anniversary year with the corresponding impact on financial and sponsorship opportunities and the change of priorities due to the current pandemic, have not made it possible to finance the implementation of a significant number of proposals, including of your own.
Nevertheless, the Commission, in order to honor and highlight the wide participation of society as a whole and of each individual in the celebration of the anniversary, but also to leave a historical record for the future, is preparing a special electronic edition with the recording of the basic elements (title, type of proposed action, name of the body / person who submitted it) of all the proposals submitted and which correspond to the context of the anniversary celebration that had been set. Please let us know by November 30 if you have any objection to including your above proposal in this version.
Thank you again for your participation and we wish you every success in your work.
We are pleased to confirm that we have received your proposal entitled “The” Holy Space “of the 2nd National Assembly of the Greeks” and code GR-01724, which we intend to include in a special edition that we are preparing and will include a description of all the proposals identified with the four axes of the Commission and which contribute to this common national undertaking on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of the Revolution of 1821. Your written consent for this publication, as provided in the current legislation, will be requested in the second year.
With regard to the possibility of the Commission supporting your proposal, we will contact you shortly after the final plenary session and the Commission’s assessment of the financial means available.
Thank you very much for your participation in the national call. “
The name Parnonas means bright glow, from the light of the second sun or from the light of the moon.
Flora
The area of North Kynouria can rightly be described as a botanical paradise with great ecological value. Although a complete and systematic record of the flora of Paronon has not been made, it is certain that more than a thousand species and subspecies grow from its foothills to its peaks. 113 rare plants have been recorded, unique in Europe and 16 local endemic, ie plants that are not found anywhere else in the world. The rare aromatic and medicinal plants of Parnon, known since antiquity, add another dynamic to the flora of the area.
The top of Mount Parnon is one of the most attractive destinations for climbers. The existence of the mountaineering refuge of Parnonas in Arnomousga, on the border with the prefecture of Laconia, has contributed greatly to the development of mountaineering and hiking tourism in the area.
Mountaineering routes
The following routes that have been formed and marked in the municipality of North Kynouria are of great interest for fans of the genre: ·
The path from the shelter to the top of Parnon.
· The path from the plateau of Parnon to the Monastery of Malevi.
· The “national path 33” that crosses the western part of the municipality, starts from Agios Petros and ends at the cape of Malea.
· The international path E4 that passes through the northwestern part of the Municipality.
From the village of Ano Doliana and through forest roads it passes through the place Zygos and continues to the prefecture of Laconia and the village of Karyes. A detour leads to the village of Agios Petros where there is a possibility of accommodation and dining. ” Just behind Ai-Lias is the second highest peak … The highest peak Tourla is right From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Parnonas – Malevos, Altitude 1,934 meters Peak Megali Tourla or Kronio The name Parnonas is ancient and etymologically related to the names of the mountains Parnassos and Parnitha. It means a bright peak, from the light of the second sun or from the light of the moon. It is also called “female mountain”, because it is smoother and gentler than its “big opponent”, Taygetos .
Malevi Monastery, is located on the provincial road Agianni Tripoli, after “Xerokambi” where the famous castle of “Oria” can be seen, before the most picturesque and historic Agios Petros Kynourias
“In the area around the Monastery of Malevi, in Kynouria, lies the only forest in Europe made of cedar trees, which has been declared a protected natural monument and is protected by the Natura 2000 network.
The cedar or juniper or Syrian juniper is a rare species, endemic to the Eastern Mediterranean and found in forests only in Syria. Nevertheless, it is characteristic of the flora of Parnon and in this location it is found in a pure cluster of 740 acres. Other rare plant species have been recorded in the same forest, which confirms the uniqueness of the environment in the area.
In the 1960s we went to Ai Lia from Agiannis and slept one night there, on July 20 at his feast
From wikipedia Lepida Gorge is one of the gorges of the Peloponnese. It is located on Mount Parnonas.
[1] Despite its relatively small size, it has a proportionally large waterfall of 70 meters and a smaller 45 meters, which are located at a distance of about 800 meters from each other, following the flow of water. The springs of the waterfalls start from the Xirokambi plateau, between the village of Agios Ioannis and the Holy Monastery of Malevi. The river, descending from the plateau, crosses the gorge and forms small pedestals in its course.
[2] [3] The first waterfall is located at a distance of 3 km from the village of Agios Ioannis. Access to its base is by dirt road and after a short hike on a path of about 200 meters. The second waterfall (called “Melissi”) is located 1.5 km from the village of Platanos, on the road to Astros and 19 km from the last. It is reached after 800 meters of hiking from the nearest highway, following the riverbed.
[4] [5] “KRONION PASSAGE-70 KM DEFENSE RACE.
The Municipality of North Kynouria, The Management Body of Mount Parnon – Moustos – Mainalo & Monevasia, The local community of Agios Petros Kynouria, with the help of local agencies and professionals of the Community And with the kind participation of the APS Association. Apollon West Attica and the Spartan Runners as technical advisors of the race, ANNOUNCE THE 70 KM DEFENSE RACE. IN PARNONA WITH THE NAME KRONION PASSAGE – RUNNING TO THE SACRED MOUNTAIN OF KRONOS – THE FATHER OF THE GODS » FROM THE MYTHIC PELOPONNESE Vamvakou – Parnon Shelter – Megali Tourla – Malevi Monastery
“The marked path starts from Vamvakou, at 960 meters altitude, on the slopes of Parnonas, requires a course of 2 hours and leads to the mountain refuge of Parnonas, at 1,450 meters. From the shelter, the marked route continues to the top of Megali Tourla, the highest peak of Parnonas, at 1,935 meters altitude, and ends at the plateau of Kampos which wants another 30 ‘walk to the top. The length of the route is 9.5 km and the ascent takes a total of 4 hours. In the end, you head north to the village of Agios Petros which is all you need for what you need, rest and good food. ”
Sitaina: The villages of Parnonas are beautiful
See below Mount Parnon and Moustos Wetland Management Agency
The villages of Parnonas were Christianized around the 9th century and out of excessive respect many added the word Agios to their name, such as Agios Ioannis, Agios Petros, Agios Nikolaos, Agios Andreas, Agios Vassilios, Agioi Asomatoi, Agios Paneos Agios , Kosmas and filled the place with churches and monasteries. They also called many sites “holy”. For this reason Parnonas was also named “Mount Athos” of Southern Greece.
Agios Ioannis (Agiannis) before the revolution of 1821 had a total of 16 churches along with the chapels around the village, this says something about the respect of the inhabitants and the prosperity of the village for many years.
The church of Agios Georgios is a post-Byzantine church located in the central square of Agiannis, with the big plane tree. The church celebrates every year on April 23 on the feast of St. George the Trophy Bearer or on Easter Monday (if Easter falls after April 23).
In 1982 the church was designated by a decision of the Ministry of Education and Science as a “Historical Preserved Monument”, while it was designated as a “Post-Byzantine monument”.
According to many researchers, the church of Agios Georgios was built during the 14th – 15th century, ie it is modern or a little older than the church of Prodromos. However, some others consider the church much older, due to the style of the paintings inside.
The church was originally a chapel of the village, the village was for many years lower, in Soulinari and Prodromos. The houses of Agiannis timidly began to ascend in Sarantapsychos to the church of Agios Georgios about 250 years ago and more after 1940 with the opening of the Astros-Tripoli highway.
Agiannis was the capital of Greece of the Provisional Government of the Revolution, from August 15 to October 1 and “the Soulinari neighborhood was the metropolis of Agiannis”.
The church of Agios Vassilios was a large church which was located at the bottom of the village and specifically at the place of Matthew and near the source of Soulinari. The church, which was the metropolis of the church, was completely destroyed in 1826 and in its place today has been erected a simple shrine… .. “The church together with its surrounding area were the metropolis of the village, as we see that in the surrounding area there are many mansions of important Agiannites (such as those of Perros, Sarigiannis, Matthew etc. (of the Zafeiropoula brothers)) and various churches (Agios Efstratios and Agios Petros) ”
The church of Agios Georgios was burned twice by the Turkish conquerors in 1687 and 1826 and survived due to its stone construction, unlike the other churches of Agiannis that were completely destroyed by Ibrahim in 1826. (Agios Vassilios, Agios Efstratios and ).
“In March 1687, Agios Ioannis was set on fire by the Ottomans, along with many neighboring villages such as Meligou, Kastanitsa, Korakovounika and Prastos. We are informed of this fact by the following passage: << In the month of March, 1687, Meimet Pasha came by order of Serasker Ishmael Pasha, who was in Patras, to the Tsakonians, and I did not want to take him to the villages. Saint John, Meligos, Kastanijan, Korakovouni and Praston, and great damage was done to the Christians >> »
The church has a total of 142 admirable icons inside, mainly in the lower ones the saints were “blinded” by the swords and the hatred of Ibrahim in 1826. The frescoes are probably works of the priest of Agiannitis and painter Georgios Koulidas.
Near Aigiorgis in the central square is a two-storey elongated building, with loopholes, which, according to tradition, was used as a “Government” for the establishment of the Revolutionary Government, from August 22 to October 1, 1822. This period is also confirmed by the Archives. of Lazaros and Georgios Kountouriotis (vol. AD, p. 92 ff.).
In the central square next to the church for at least three hundred years the “trikouverta” festivals and endless big dances with many rows “from all over the village” took place. The feast of Aigiorgis in Agiannis was a great festival of the area. The young people adorned with their “good” horsemen on their also adorned horses with the colored rosaries and the “mantanias” turned Aigiorgis three times, boasting and squinting at their girls and then left running ostentatiously with pride to Lainas, to return again later this time very slowly still on horseback to confirm that they were all noticed.
The women, mainly the young ones adorned with their goodies and others, started dancing jumping, like descendants of Paianas and Dionysus, singing in a large line the dithyramb “the song of Lambros” also boasting ostentatiously “to turn Aigiorgi” and at the end to begin the big dance in the square, “where the whole village danced” and the barba Panos Katsianos with the clarinet, cleverly encouraged with the air “we sell them The other organ players to play non-stop for “the world to dance”.
“Forty-two thieves are chasing Lambros and Lambro, out of fear of Aigiorgi, goes to bed. My Saint George, I escape with the hands of the Thieves. To bring liters of candle and incense of frankincense with the buffalo to carry the oil “
On the three sides of the temple there is the famous “terrace” where the “men” sat in front of the chairs, when they went to the square for fun and gossip. In the “terrace” of Aigiorgis the lords of the village met for many years and in 1822 the officials of the provisional Government of Greece. Later, next to the “terrace” in the summers under the mulberries the “Athenian” holidaymakers Agiannites and the “Tsiopeloi” from Astros, with the white shirts and the mangoes, in the chairs of the cafe “To trick” played backgammon, kolitsina, dry, prefa, kumkan and squared the circle with endless “stories” such as “I want the same herring” and the “goat with the violin” in Katsoulis the mulberry. In the 1950s, kumkan was banned from gambling, but Agiannis or “little Paris” was “free Greece” because he had replaced the police with the excuse for a joke of Agiannites “Policeman” Loufolias with the loan cap of a gendarme without in Korona, there was no police in Agiannis. Besides, the Agiannites students of the Karytsiotis school were devoted to their gambling activities from 1824.
“During the years of the Revolution of 1821, the school operated with difficulties. According to a letter from the representative of the Ministry of Religion on July 20, 1824, the students of the School “instead of going to study”…. τοῦτο ἐταράχθη και ἐφριξεν! ». Thus, the Ministry, learning about the situation of the School, issued an aphorism to the students.
Since we mentioned mangoes and white shirts above, let us clarify. In “Little Paris”, Agianni, in the 1960s, many “Athenian” Agiannites and the Astrian “tsiopeli” came to spend their holidays. The people of Agianni also had a love for letters for hundreds of years and many young people were educated and also came to vacation in “little Paris”. Almost everyone wore white shirts and most had mangoes “ostensibly to represent the villagers” with the pegs. The graphic “madman of the village” and “policeman” of Loufolia called them, among other things, white shirts. At that time, they used to say in “little Paris” for fun, characteristically, “if you throw a mangoura, you will hit ten white-shirted teachers”.
Opposite Aigiorgis is the large plane tree that had the big, eloquent and very strong bell that called the people of Agianni to Aigiorgis for hundreds of years, which broke strangely recently.
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Ιωάννη Μ. Αρβανίτη – Από τις Πηγές του Λαού μας, τόμος A,Β,Αθήνα1985,1988
Σμαράγδης Ι. Αρβανίτη – Μελέτες Βυζαντινής και Μεταβυζαντινής Αρχαιολογίας και Τέχνης προς τιμήν της καθηγήτριας Ελένης Δεληγιάννη-Δωρή. Ο μεταβυζαντινός ναός του Αγίου Γεωργίου στον Άγιο Ιωάννη Κυνουρίας συνοπτική παρουσίαση του μνημείου και του εικονογραφικού προγράμματος, Αθήνα 2010
The majestic church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in Agiannis.
Plenty of icy water springs just below the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in Agiannis. Just as the water flows through five canals, one is very low, as if the water seems to be coming through the church.
In the 1960s Easter in Agiannis was a big festival. Easter to this day reminds us of the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos. Young children impressed us with the majestic church of Agios Ioannis the Forerunner, where we went at Easter to hear Christ Resurrected in the churchyard, overlooking the plane tree and the waters of the forerunner in the large cistern. We still remember the wildflowers of the epitaph that we collected from the mountain peaks of the village, the psalms of barba Tasi of Aloupogiannis, the trapakiklia and the barrels, the holy light that we carefully brought to our grandmother at the end with candles, the muscovites from ovens and the songs of Agianni..
From astroskynouria-News
“According to many researchers, the church of Prodromos was built in the 14th – 15th century, while according to others it was built in the 16th or 17th century, due to the style of the interior of the church. According to a report from 1828, the church was 250 years old, ie it was built around 1578. However, it was probably built during the Byzantine years, as the form of the church and its masonry resembles many Byzantine monuments in the area (such as Loukous Monastery).
“According to tradition, Agiannis took his name from this church. Agios Ioannis is mentioned for the first time in the Chronicle of the Fall of Georgios Sfratzis in the year 1435 and flourished during the years of Ottoman rule. The tradition for the founding of the village is inextricably linked to the construction of the temple of Prodromos. Agios Ioannis was founded by shepherds who discovered the spring that is today under the church. The area of Agiannis was then an inaccessible forest. Immediately after the discovery, the shepherds made their way into the forest and built a fountain. Soon the shepherds and their families began to build their houses around the spring and built a church dedicated to St. John the Baptist. This event certainly happened long before 1435, probably during the Byzantine years. (see HISTORY OF SAINT JOHN – PART A)
The majestic church of Prodromos in Agiannis was renovated and became a patriarchal exarchate in 1638. A very important document of that time is a sigil of 1638. According to this document “the country of Agios Ioannis is declared a crossroads after the church of the same name” and was defined < In the church of Agios Ioannis, the church of Agios Vassilios is subject to the village >>. The proclamation was mediated by Agiannites merchants living in Istanbul. “
See the link for more. Author: Ioannis D. Kourbelis
Archaeological Sights and Museums of the Thyreatis Land
Our great benefactor Dimitrios Karytsiotis in 1805, with the help of his brother, Georgios Karytsiotis, built a stone aqueduct, which started near the Loukous Monastery from the source “manna of water”, to have the “Astros water and water” the farm to keep the School open “. The aqueduct and other springs still supply water to Astros, Kato Doliana, the Monastery of Loukous, Kato Vervena and Paralio Astros. According to the will and instructions of his brother Georgios, the water of the aqueduct belongs one third to the monastery of Loukous, one third to the school of Karytsioti (in fact the aqueduct became for the maintenance of the school) and one third to the village.
The stone “sougelos” was about 5 km long, an important project two hundred and twenty years ago, and there were 3-4 fountains in Astros, in the present town hall, in Agios Konstatinos, next to the metouchi of Loukos in the upper neighborhood which was in the 1960s. high school, in the primary school, where the inhabitants went for water and gossip … We went with “the barrels and the lains” very far for water. I remember the sougelos in the upper neighborhood near the then high school, also the other “Meligou sougelos”.
Around sixty they brought fountains to the whole village in every neighborhood and slowly poured water on the houses later. In the 1950s they also made concrete ditches throughout the village and from the water of “sougelos” the inhabitants began to water their pergolas and trees. In our neighborhood with the first water the inhabitants then planted zucchini and all the roads were filled with olives and spruce on the fences large yellow zucchini. From our orchard a zucchini crossed the road, climbed an olive tree and we had to ask the neighbor’s permission to pick our zucchini. The neighborhood has since been called “pumpkin”. With the water, the village slowly changed, the inhabitants planted the first oranges and cultivated their pergolas, Karytsiotis looked far ahead ….
Opposite the monastery of Loukous was a watermill that took its water from the sougelos of Karytsiotis.
At this point of the aqueduct, on the bridge of Loukous, it had been spread by the older or younger that. That Karytsiotis had instructed the Arab keeper and gardener of the farm “to cut the water” from the village, when he learned that the School it was closed. Of course he would take back the farm, because there was no reason for the residents to have it anymore …..
Two hundred years ago, the people of Astrinoi had the Karytsioti school open. Today, with all the “advances and technologies”, we can not open even the “Holy Space” of the 2nd National Assembly of the Greeks, which is located within four walls. For the school, the current Archaeological Museum of Astros, there is no reason to eat it the “pretext of the crack” approved in 2015 and then the endless studies of the “pretext of static adequacy”… ..It is interesting if our great benefactor “came back” to Astros, what he would do and what he would say to our elected and to our fellow citizens….
Near the bridge of Lukus is the mansion of the Roman governor of Greece Herod Atticus
Most likely the ancient city of Thyrea was built in Elliniko or Teichio between Astros and Agianni and was the metropolis of North Kynouria.
“Kynouria from the end of the 11th c. e.g. until Roman times, it was a sought-after booty to satisfy the interests of Sparta and Argos. Geographically, its area is divided into two large sections. The north, which in ancient times corresponded to Thyreatida, with the main settlement of Thyrea and secondary Anthini, Nirida, Eva and Astros, while the south corresponded to the country of Prasia, in which there was the main settlement Prasiai and the secondary , Cheese and Sculpture »
From our Municipality
“At a distance of about 5 km from Astros at the top of the hill above the bends “kodeles” a short distance from the uphill road to Agiannis is the Greek Wall, from there the view of Thyreatida Gis and the Argolic gulf is excellent. At the point there is an inscription of the archeological service that leads to a rural road and after 2 kilometers the visitor reaches a plateau, which is the beginning of a 15 minute walk that leads to the top of a hill, the Wall or Elliniko. Here one can see the ruins of the ancient holy temple of the god Apollo, ruins of walls, buildings and underground tanks and relics of the Upper Thyrea or for some others of the Nereid. “
Archaeological Sights and Museums of the Thyreatis Land
The Roman Prefect (Military ruler) and collaborator of the Roman conquerors was the first Greek “high general” (consul ordinarius), went so far as to change his name to Latin, the legal name is, and we must use it publicly, Lucius Vibullius Hipparchus Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes .(101-177 )
In Kato Doliana, near the historic Monastery of Loukous, about 4 km from Astros, is the Villa of Herodes Atticus, Prefect of the Roman conquerors.
The site is considered one of the most important archaeological monuments, not only in Arcadia, but also in the whole of Europe, with rich architectural, sculptural and mosaic finds. The Villa is a huge urban complex built according to the principles of Roman architecture, includes a patio, an artificial moat-river, galleries with stunning mosaic floors, a platform, a mansion and a bath complex. It is quite similar to the buildings of the villa of the emperor Hadrian in Tivoli, Italy.
From our Municipality
“One of the most important monuments of Roman imperial times is located in the ancient village of Kynouria, Eva, of which few remains are preserved. The area of the Villa extends to 20 thousand square meters, just after the village of Kato Doliana and opposite the Monastery of Loukous and is one of the richest findings brought to light by the archaeological dig first by the traveler Leake and then by archaeologists Theodoros and Georgios S. The last archeological find is the column with the names of fallen marathoners. A finding that proves the origin of Herod with Marathon, but also that it was a later creation of his own. Herod Atticus was a philosopher, politician and lover of works of art and expanded his father’s villa in Eva, with aqueducts, baths, statues. The villa is the highest monument of Athenian heroism and is located in a beautiful landscape, which had euphoria, had a lot of prey and was a museum of ancient art. The villa, a sample of special architecture and urban planning, has, among other things, a patio, an artificial moat, three galleries, mosaic floors, a bath complex and columns. The creation of a shelter for the protection of the finds is in the planning of the State.
” From the “Mount Parnon and Moustos Wetland Management Agency, 2015. Guide for the protected area of Mount Parnon and Moustos Wetland. Nature, Culture, Ecotourism. Astros of Arcadia “.
“Herodes Atticus Villa”
The Herodes Atticus Villa is one of the most important and impressive monuments of Arcadia. It is located on the road between Astros and Kato Doliana (See Holy Monastery of Loukous, p. 180). Herod Atticus (103-179 AD), originally from Marathon, was one of the most important personalities of Roman times in Greece. He was a descendant of the Attic Hipparchus, a wealthy Athenian, which gave him the freedom to cultivate a multitude of interests and talents: he became an orator, philosopher and politician, while at the same time as a fanatical collector of works of art, he created one of his most enviable collections. and remarkable works. He inherited from his father a small villa located near the area of Loukous Monastery and decided to expand it, housing in this rich collection and turning it into a kind of luxury museum. Herod, completing his studies in Rome and Athens, settled in this mansion, impressed by the rich history of the area: it was the right place to house his rich collection, thus creating a kind of museum of ancient art, which impressed with its quality. The location of the mansion has been known since the 19th century, when it was pointed out by the English traveler William Martin Leake. In the middle of the century Ernst Gurtius visited the area, who pointed out that the ruins did not belong to a settlement, but to a villa. Archaeological finds were already abundant in the area, which is also testified by the monks of the adjacent Loukous Monastery, who were constantly discovering antiquities while cultivating their land. The identification of the villa took place in 1906 AD. by the archaeologist Constantine Romeo, while systematic excavations began in 1979 AD. by the archaeologist Theodoros Spyropoulos while the restoration of the monument continues to this day. The findings that have come to light are kept in the Archaeological Museums of Tripoli and Astros. The villa of Herodes Atticus covered a huge area of 20,000 sq.m., the largest villa in Greece, built according to the standards of Roman architecture. It included a mansion, a huge atrium with arcades, a bath complex and a sanctuary. The archeological findings that have come to light indeed confirm the tradition that a real museum wanted this mansion. Many sculptures, inscriptions and architectural members have come to light, but the most impressive of all, however, are the mosaic floors that are scattered in various areas of the villa, with decoration, representations and colors that testify to high art. Quite a lot of these mosaics have been unearthed today, but future excavations may reveal even more. This villa unfortunately has subrepeated catastrophes, either due to natural factors, or due to raids and barbaric attacks or, at worst, due to human indifference. The period of systematic excavations fortunately put an end to the unscrupulous actions that took place in the area.”
Ioannis Kapodistrias (1776 – 1831) was Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Empire and later the first Governor of the new Greek state (1827-1831).
Nafplio in 1827, after a decision of the National Assembly, became the first capital of Greece until 1834, when Athens became the capital of the State. Nafplio is 33 km away from Astros and is a vast museum with many attractions and historical monuments, we chose some of the excellent website of the municipality of Nafplio. The most important are Kapodistria Square and Palamidi Castle, where the prison of the old man of Moria is located .
I.N. St. Spyridon “One of the darkest pages of modern Greek history unfolded outside the entrance of Agios Spyridon. Here, in the early hours of September 27, 1831, Ioannis Kapodistrias was assassinated by Georgios and Konstantinos Mavromichalis from Mania. “
In the castle of Palamidi is the prison of the old man of Moria. In the background on the left is the entrance of the dungeon, which when you go down the stone steps out of emotion and awe catches your breath. The stone steps lead to the place, where with his tsarouchia the iron-clad old man of Moria dug the rock out of his anger for the Kotzabasides.
The cobbled cobbled path in Palamidi outside the prison of Kolokotronis makes us shiver, thinking here walked the old man of Morias chained by the Kontzambasides, who never left our lives, we look at it for a long time and think a lot πίσω church, in the gallery where people in yellow can be seen
Tripoli is 40 km away from Astros, it is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia, it is located in the center of the Peloponnese and has a lot to offer. The people of Tripoli boast about their beautiful city and typically add “we have the largest square in Greece” which is Areos square and there is the imposing statue of the old man of Moria. At the edge of the square west and east there are other statues of the heroes of 1821 and north of the courthouse with the statues of the judges who refused to try the old man of Moria Anastasios Polyzoides and Georgios Tertsetis, timeless symbols of the struggle for independent justice.
The entire Areos square, the “largest square in Greece”, belongs exclusively to Theodoros Kolokotronis, period and pavilion. The people of Tripoli deserve the congratulations of all for the incomparable and admirable way they present their subject, “we all bow humbly” to the unique Theodoros Kolokotronis, everything is his and he deserves everything.
Theodoros Kolokotronis in Areos square <not in Kolokotroni square> in Tripoli.
Anastasios Polyzoidis and Georgios Tertsetis: timeless symbols of the struggle for independent justice.
“I CONSIDER THE DECISION UNFAIR AND THEY DISMISSED AN INNOCENT AND GLORIOUS MAN, DANGEROUS AND DISMISSED THE COURTS AND RESPECTED THE TRUTH”
From in ..
There were only two judges who stood up and refused to sentence Theodoros Kolokotronis to death in the much-praised trial of the fighters of the Greek Revolution in Nafplio, in 1834: Anastasios Polyzoides and Georgios Tertsetis.
Anastasios Polyzoidis
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It is reported that he took part in the First National Assembly of Epidaurus (although this is not confirmed by the Minutes [7]). He was the main author (Alexandros Mavrokordatos also participated) of the Declaration of Independence of Greece, which was included as such in the Provisional Government of Greece, which was also the first constitution of the state “
“In 1832 he was appointed by the Duchy as a member of the five-member court of Nafplio that tried Kolokotronis, Plapoutas and others. Tertsetis then together with the president of the court Anastasios Polyzoidis, knowing very well the innocence of the accused, refused to sign the decision to sentence them to death by beheading for ultimate betrayal.
The spirit of his morals and the values of his humanist are shown by the following excerpt of the speech he delivered during this trial:
“I am not from Sparta, I am not an Athenian, my homeland is all of Greece. This is how the brave Plutarch expresses himself, he is almost two thousand years old, in one of his books. We were born in a happier time, that is, when religion and philosophy enlightened, proclaimed, sealed the doctrine of love and equality, we can say that we are neither from Greece, nor from Italy, nor from Germany, nor from England, our homeland do we have the human race. As much earth as the beautiful ether embraces is our dear homeland.
This move caused their final cessation, imprisonment and brutal abuse by the Regency. “
The democratic Athenians, people of moderation, letters and arts, admired the bravery of the Spartans and that was the message of the Caryatidεs on the Acropolis.
The Athenians, in order to show their respect and admiration for the women of Sparta who raised brave men, who themselves could not do so effectively, placed the Caryatids, women from the Karyes of Sparta, in the Erechtheion next to the virgin. Also to remind the Athenians and more to the Athenians to think and even to imitate the Caryatidεs.
Caryatis are the names of the sculptures that have a female form and are used to support buildings. The word Karyatis in ancient Greek means Daughter of Karyes, a city near Sparta. It is a variation of Kore and is used in architecture instead of columns as a decorative support on gates, facades, cornices, friezes, roofs and so on. The corresponding architectural element that has a male form is called Atlas.
The Caryatidεs in the Erechtheum of the Acropolis belong to the art school of the rich style and artistically influenced the architectural decorative art until the end of the 19th century. We often find elements of imitation in Mannerism, an artistic flow of the 16th century\
Leonidio is 50 km from Astros and on the road after Arkadiko Chorio there are many beaches Arkadiko, Kryoneri, Tyros Beach, Tigani, Lygeria, Livadi, Sampatiki, Thiopavto, Plaka, Poulithra, Fokianos
The “sun and the sea”, and the many beaches of the Argolic are enchanting. It is no coincidence that the locals out of admiration for the beaches of the Argolic, briefly let the visitor see with his own eyes and draw his own conclusions, “as you go there” you will see and enjoy the magic of nature… .. We do not need to tell you about the beauty of the Argolic.
This is what our ancestors used to say about the enchanting beach of Sampatiki, which took its name from the admiration of the locals; Next to Sampatiki beach are the also enchanting beaches of Thiopavto and Livadi.
About 8 km from Sampatiki is Leonidio and at a distance of 23 km hung on the rock and in its own way inaccessible, a symbol of Tsakonia, the holy monastery of Elona.
From the Greek Travel Pages
Sampatiki
After Tyros on the road to Leonidio is the idyllic bay of Sampatiki on the south side of a small peninsula. With crystal clear waters and beautiful natural environment is probably the most beautiful beach of Arcadia. On the north side is the settlement of Livadi with a large nice beach. Sampatiki and Livadi are old fishing settlements and are inhabited mainly by the inhabitants of the nearby village of Pramatefti.
The beach of Sampatiki with its picturesque port and beautiful small settlement is an attraction for many vacationers in summer. On the beach is the church of Panagia, while in the bay many fishing boats moor. A common and picturesque image is the spreading of nets by fishermen along the beach.
Opposite is the smaller beach of Theopefto. On the other side of the hill, the beach of Livadi continues to the north until it merges with the slope, where there is a small beach of stunning beauty with rocks in the sea. Above on the slopes of the mountains are the villages of Melana and Pramatefti.
Nature is enchanting. In summer the traffic here is lively. In the area there are rooms for rent and taverns with good fish. At a short distance (5 km) is Leonidio.
Archaeological Sights and Museums of the Thyreatis Land
We welcome the anniversary events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.
We proposed to our municipality, to all those responsible, to the committee “Greece 2021” and to the common mind, the four issues of the Earth Thyreatis that undoubtedly played a catalytic importance for the organization and success of the liberation struggle. The “camp of the Berbena” played an essential and very important role in the Greek revolution.
Undoubtedly there are many other “self-evident” and well-known that the local communities celebrate and we will also promote them, such as the important battle of the liberation struggle in historic Vervena and historic Doliana.
It is no coincidence that our ancestors “lived for four hundred and so many years in the abomination and resurrection day”. In world history no nation has resisted for four hundred years and finally victoriously drove out the conquerors.
These and many more that we have, are undoubtedly very important for the success of the liberation struggle and the common mind tells us we must always distinguish and promote in local, regional and national space and in the anniversary events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution. .
In ancient Bervena in antiquity lived the Bervenians, an Arcadian genus, while the area of today’s village belonged to ancient Arcadia. The oldest relics that have been identified in the area date back to the 2nd millennium BC. and these are stone pickaxes found at Petra. Relics of Artemis from the 9th century BC were found in the place of Panteleimon. until the Hellenistic years. In this place during the 6th c. e.g. an all-marble temple of Doric style was built.
In the revolution of 1821, Vervena played an important role, mainly due to their strategic position. The “camp of the Bervena” was the first organized camp of the struggle, it had about 2,500 fighters (the other three were from Valtetsi, Chrysovitsi and Piana) and one of the most important camps during the first days of the struggle. Here Kolokotronis had set up his headquarters, in the Tower of Augustus, before his attack against the Turks for the conquest of Tripolitsa. The first organized “Tutorial of the Struggle” also operated in historic Vervena, where the military organization, martial arts and military discipline of the spontaneous revolutionary fighters were taught. The Peloponnesian Senate was also stationed in historic Vervena to coordinate the liberation struggle. In the center of the village, is the three-storey vaulted tower-residence of the Darveris family, where the first national printing house sent from Trieste, necessary for the organization of the Greek state, was established during the years of the Revolution. On June 21, 1821, Dimitrios Ypsilantis arrived in Vervena from Odessa, Russia, where he was officially received by the Peloponnesian Senate, which is mentioned on the marble plaque, which was hung in 1920 at the reception point.
All the villages of Thyrea, without exception, helped the revolution. The Proestos and Elders of Prastos, in consultation with Kolokotronis and the people of Verveni, Karabela and Kritiko, established in Vervena the famous “Cellar”, ie the chamber of the Army, to supply Prastos with food to the army, which was attended by many Prastian fighters. Agiopetritis Protestos, Anagnostis Kontakis, writes that: “if it were not for Prastos, who fed the army for 4 months, the struggle for freedom would have been lost”. General caretaker was George Trochanis from Agianniti.
The historic Vervena and the historic Doliana (and the drum of the Turkophagus) are known from the first very important victories in the liberation struggle on May 18, 1821, which at that difficult time filled the rebellious Greeks with the necessary confidence.
The Greeks defeated the Turks in Doliana, with a few men about the Turks under the leadership of the legendary “Turkophagus”. Nikitaras in the battle of Doliana slaughtered many Turks and since then won the nickname of “Turkophagus”.
Kolokotronis mentions in his memoirs: “The horde of Berbens touched them closely. “After weighing near Doliana, the Turks also besieged Nikitas, and so Nikitas and his men came out, and took them down to the plain, hunting.”
At the same time, the Greeks victoriously repulsed the Turks in Vervena and chased them to Doliana, where they joined the men of Nikitaras and continued the pursuit of the Turks as far as Tripoli.
The Turks after their defeat in Vervena and Doliana were permanently closed in Tripolitsa.
The liberation of the nation is not donated but is won on the battlefields with the blood of our heroic ancestors who practically did their patriotic duty. Unfortunately in Dragouni on May 18, 1821, the Turks with the supremacy of the cavalry defeated the Greeks and there the Agiannitis chief Panos Zafeiropoulos Georgakis Digenis and Agiannites fighters were killed. Panos (Akouros) Zafeiropoulos participated in the battle of Vervena.
The battle of historic Vervena and historic Doliana on May 18, 1821 thwarted the dismantling of the Bervena camp and the plan of the Turks. It also boosted the morale of the revolutionaries and paved the way for the fall of Tripoli.
Undoubtedly the “Bervena camp” played a catalytic role in the organization and success of the liberation struggle.It is no exaggeration to say that the liberation of our homeland started from the “camp of the historic Berbena”.
The majestic church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in Agiannis was renovated and became a patriarchal exarchate in 1638. Plenty of icy water springs just below the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos in Agiannis. Just as the water flows through five canals, one is very low, as if the water seems to be coming through the church.
We welcome the anniversary events to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Greek Revolution.
It is no coincidence that our ancestors “lived for four hundred and so many years in the abomination and resurrection day”. No nation in world history has resisted for four hundred years and finally victoriously drove out the conquerors.
Agios Ioannis (Agiannis) of Kynouria, was the capital of the Greek state in 1822 and offered many and important things in the revolution of 1821.
Astros and Agios Ioannis (Agiannis) were for at least eight hundred years and from the first organization of the Greek state administratively a community, as today, and most importantly the inhabitants of Agiannites and Astrinos are the same inhabitants, they had and still have houses in Agianni and Astros. For many centuries before the revolution of 1821 in different reports and maps the two settlements Astros and Agiannis are mixed, Astros refers to Astros, becomes Agiannis, Kalivia Astros, Agiannitika huts and Agiannis refers to Agiannis, becomes Astros, Astros and Agiannis of Astros. It seems that Astros started from the xerokambi and the castle of Oria, Estella, which is located near Agiannis until the castle of Paralio Astros or also Estellas, and its core was the inhabitants of Agiannis and today’s Astros. Astros and Paralio Astros came from the village of Agios Ioannis, as well as other settlements. Let us remember what Thucydides told us, “the inhabitants are the states”, the cities and the castles are not states.
The Municipality of Thyreas, based in the settlement of Agios Ioannis, was established by a decree of 9 (21st) November 1834/12 May 1835, Government Gazette 16A – 24/05/1835 In 1841 the settlement of Astros is defined as the winter seat of the municipality and the settlement of Agios Ioannis is defined as the summer seat of the municipality, Government Gazette 5A – 08/03/1841. The settlement of Paralio Astros is annexed to the municipality of Thyreas Government Gazette 32A – 08/12/1845 and the settlement is detached from the municipality of Thyreas and is designated as the seat of the community of Paralio Astros Government Gazette 252A – 24/08/1912.
Agios Ioannis (Agiannis) in 1845 is defined as the summer seat of the province of Kynouria, initially the winter seat of the province of Kynouria was Prastos and later Leonidio.
In 1912, the old Municipal system of 1834 was abolished and the communities were established. The following communities emerged from the Municipality of Thyreas: Astros, Vervena, Xiropigadou, Paralio Astros, Meligos, Platanos and Haradros. From 1912 the settlement of Astros was the seat of the community of Astros seat of the community. Government Gazette 250A – 18/07/1915). For historical reasons, Astros evolved into the Municipality of Astros in 1985. Since 1997, Astros has been the seat of the Municipality of North Kynouria.
The first official mention of the city with the name “Astros” is found in a gold bull of the year 1293. Saint John of Arcadia is mentioned for the first time in 1435 in the Chronicle of the Fall of George Sfrantzis and probably took its name from the church of St. John the Baptist , located at the bottom of the village. From the Patriarchal sigil of the year 1719, the patriarchal and Stavropegian privilege of the Loukous Monastery is renewed. This document mentions Agios Ioannis as a village near Loukous. In addition, he mentions that in 1550, the Loukous Monastery was completely renovated with the help of 6 Agianni furriers, who lived in Constantinople.
The people of Agianni never really surrendered to the conquerors and as a proof of their way they managed to keep their schools open throughout the Turkish yoke and kept the flame of the nation hidden and openly lit.
The majestic church of Prodromos in Agiannis was renovated and became a patriarchal exarchate in 1638. A very important document of that time is a sigil of 1638. According to this document “the country of Agios Ioannis is declared a crossroads after the church of the same name” and was defined < In the church of Agios Ioannis, the church of Agios Vassilios is subject to the village >>. This proclamation was mediated by Agiannite merchants living in Constantinople.
From the same sigil of 1638 we are informed that Agiannis became a patriarchal exarchate “for the sake of course of the School of Agios Ioannis, operating much older”. According to this passage, a school operated in Agios Ioannis, long before 1638. In Agios Ioannis, there were also “inferior” schools, such as that of Papakiand secret schools, first in the Metochi of the Monastery of Loukous, Agios Dimitrios and later in the narthexes of the churches of the village.
In 1715, the inhabitants of Agios Ioannis “Nafplio” were allowed to establish a school, which is certainly Agios Ioannis of Arcadia, since during the Venetian occupation, the village belonged ecclesiastically and administratively to Nafplio. This school was “higher” and was called the School of St. John. This school was a forerunner of the historical Karytsiotis School.
In 1765, a school was founded in the church of Agios Dimitrios, part of the Loukous Monastery in Arcadia.
Our great benefactor Dimitrios Karytsiotis <1741-1819> was born in Agios Ioannis <Agiannis> and according to the tradition of Agianniti, he left “with a tsarouchi”. and in 1805 he built in Astros the branch of the School of Agios Ioannis. The school building in Astros now houses the keyed Archaeological Museum of Astros. The school of Karytsioti, operated during the years 1798 – 1826 and gained a great reputation, as students from various parts of Greece gathered.
When Ibrahim in 1826 burned down our homeland and the Karytsiotis school in Koutri in Agiannis, also then there was no state and our politicians were forced to run to the mountains to be saved. Our ancestors, the people of toil and everyday life, did not bend or surrender. They did what they could in the ashes to say in their own way the state is here, as they still offered their homes to be used for schools, after the school in its place had burned down.
“According to the historian Nikolaos I. Floudas, who saved the relevant Agianniti tradition, after the burning of the Karytsiotis School by Ibrahim Pasha, the students were taught in the basement of this mansion (there was a preacher Ioannis Mattheos today under a crypt that reached the neighboring house of Ioannis An. Vlachakis, had at its ends turakia (stone seats), where students were taught) as well as the neighboring mansion of Fourliga (Grigoriou Kourogiorgas).
“The mansion of the Kourogiorgas – Fourliga family in Agios Ioannis. It is located in the place “Elagos – Agios Vassilios”, near the source Soulinari. A lower school of the village was housed here during the Turkish occupation.
The mansion of Agiannitis prostos Ioannis Mattheos today Kourogiorga – Kapila. In the basements and in the crypt of this house, the students of the lower school (housed in the neighboring house of Fourliga) were taught during the invasion of Ibrahim in 1826 “.
“In 1829 in the village there was a Mutual School with about 150 students. In 1867 the so-called “Old School” was built.
In the period 1960 – 1965 a new Primary School was erected In 1867 the so-called “Old School” was built in the neighborhood of Soulinari.
The people of Agianni and Astrin “squid” realized very early, at least 500 years ago, that schools and “letters” were the only way to “change the lives of their children” and gave everything even today to schools and letters.
From the beginning of the revolution in 1821 there were discussions between the protestors and the chiefs to become a government of the Greek revolutionaries that would be based in Agianni. Eventually the Karytsioti school played a primary and decisive role in making Agiannis the capital of revolutionary Greece from August 15 to October 1, 1822. The “government” located very close to the Karytsiotis school of Agiannis was the seat of government. The loopholes under the windows of the building can be seen. Later in 1825 it was also unsuccessfully proposed that Agiannis become the seat of the Greek government again.
Panos (Akouros) Zafeiropoulos, is one of the most important, or rather the most important Agiannitis before the revolution of 1821 and his contribution to the Thyratida Earth and the homeland is incalculable and passed in the fine print of history, is not mentioned in the history books is strangely unknown for its great offers in our country.
The mansion of Zafeiropouloi in Agios Ioannis is located very close below the school Karytsiotis of Agiannis and above the spring Soulinari. Here Akouros saved and temporarily transported the smoked 1500 books of the Karytsiotis school, before transferring them for better protection to the castle of Paralio Astros.
At the beginning of July 1826, the military corps of Panos Zafeiropoulos slaughtered 400 Arabs in an ambush set up by Mehmet aga of Tripoli. This was a very heavy blow to the Ottomans. That is why Ibrahim Pasha completely destroyed Agios Ioannis and the whole province of Agios Petros ” Ibrahim slaughtered and burned the entire Peloponnese, but was never able to defeat Akuros, although he had temporarily captured him, not even on August 5 and 6, 1826 at the castle of Paralio AstroSomeone had to resist and it is our great honor, that was Panagiotis Zafeiropoulos from Agiannitis (Akouros).
From the burning of the Karytsiotis School in Agiannis, 1500 books were saved, which were kept in 1827 in the house of the Zafeiropouloi (Castle of Paralio Astros). These books were, according to tradition, placed in an old wooden library located in the offices of the School. Many of these books have been saved and recorded today. These books were mostly texts of ancient philosophers and writers, ecclesiastical texts, textbooks of physics, mathematics, etc. “
The historic Agios Ioannis (Agiannis) of Kynouria, was the capital of the Greek state in 1822.
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