Angelokastro (Corinth)
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Local community Angelokastro Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγγελόκαστρου (Αγγελόκαστρο) |
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| Country |
 Greece
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| region | Peloponnese | ||
| Regional district | Corinthia | ||
| local community | Corinth | ||
| Parish | Solygia | ||
| Geographic coordinates | 37 ° 45 ′ N , 23 ° 0 ′ E | ||
| Height above d. M. |
780 m (average) |
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| surface | 55.037 km² | ||
| Residents | 376 (2011) | ||
| Population density | 6.83 inhabitants / km² | ||
| LAU-1 code no. | 42010402 | ||
| Local division | 1 | ||
| Post Code | 20004 | ||
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Angelokastro ( Greek Αγγελόκαστρο ( n. Sg. ) = Castel Sant'Angelo ) is a place in the Arachneo Mountains in the municipality of Corinth in Greece .
description
The place is located 20 km south of the city of Corinth at an altitude of about 780 m on the southern slope of Mount Poulogeza (948 m). About 4 km to the southwest is the Trapezone mountain (1137 m) and 3 km east of the Profitis Ilias mountain (930 m). The inhabitants practice agriculture in the western and southern plains.
On the western edge of the village, the Burgberg rises at around 830 m. Here you can find the remains of a small medieval castle Angelokastro of about 4000 m², after which the place is named. At the highest point, where the large white cross stands, parts of the inner wall and ruins of a tower have been preserved. This upper castle had a size of about 500 m². The walls were made of small, irregular stones and were 1 m to 1.20 m thick. South of the tower ruins is the modern church from 1971, which is dedicated to Profitis Ilias .
The modern church of Agios Demetrios from 1997 is in the center of the village. Next to it is the church of Agios Ioannis Prodromos from the 19th century. It is a single-nave church. It has a higher transept, which gives the church a cross shape. The complex also includes a church and folklore museum with finds from the old Agios Nikolaos church.
In the center of the village about 200 m east of the Agios Demetrios church is the listed church of Agios Nikolaos. It is a single-nave church from the 10th century. The walls are decorated with frescoes from the 12th century. It contained important works that are exhibited today in the Ecclesiastical and Folklore Museum: a Gospel from Venice from 1761, two "Twelve Gospels" from Venice from 1631 and 1876.
history
The oldest finds from Angelokastro date from the Neolithic Age . There was a settlement here in Roman times. Presumably the castle was built by Michael I Komnenos Dukas Angelos , the first ruler of the despotate Epirus , in the 13th century and got its name from him. In 1358 Niccolò Acciaiuoli received eight castles in Corinthia for his services to the House of Anjou , including Angelokastro. In 1394 the Byzantine depot of Morea Theodor I. Palaiologos took over these castles as heir of Nerio I. Acciaiuoli . For the next 40 years, Albanians, descendants of Leon Sgouros , settled in the area. In 1467 the destroyed castle was listed in the possession of the Republic of Venice .
Angelokastro was one of the areas conquered by the Greek freedom fighters in 1821. Above all the Chiliarch Vasilios Irinis ( Greek Βασίλειος ήιρηνης ), who took part in the Battle of Dervenakia under Nikitaras , operated in this area. He later also became mayor of Angelokastro. On June 7, 1834 it became the seat of the administrative unit Yrnithio ( Greek Υρνηθίο ) in the municipality of Solygeia. Yrnithio got its name from the fact that it was believed that Angelokastro was the Hyrnethion , the tomb of the Hyrnetho . According to other information, the palace of the Hyrnetho was assumed to be 2 km south at Patima ( Greek Πατίμα ). On April 29, 1949, the district was renamed Angelokastro.
Development of the population
| year | population |
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| 1835 | 194 |
| 1961 | 697 |
| 1971 | 688 |
| 1991 | 669 |
| 2001 | 505 |
| 2011 | 376 |
legend
In 1841 the French historian Jean Alexandre Buchon visited Angelokastro. An Albanian resident told him a legend about the origins of the castle. Once a king or prince from Piada assigned his daughter Angelokastro as her place of residence. Missing the sight of the coast, she asked her father to build her a castle from where she could see the sea. So he built Angelokastro Castle. From there she could see the Saronic Gulf with its islands and the Methana peninsula . Nevertheless, she soon died of longing and the castle was abandoned forever.
Web links
- Αγγελόκαστρο Κορινθίας
- Διοικητικές Μεταβολές Οικισμών
- Angelokastro Corinthia
- Saint Demetrius Orthodox Church, Angelokastro, Korinthia
- Σολυγεία, το «μαργαριτάρι» του Σαρωνικού
Individual evidence
- ↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
- ↑ Ψάρι Κορινθίας
- ^ Jean Alexandre Buchon: La Grèce continentale et la Morée , Paris 1843, pp. 372–374 ( online )