Ia (Thira)

Local community Ia
Οία (Τοπική Κοινότητα Οίας)

Basic data

Greece

Yes

Geographic coordinates

36 ° 28 ' N , 25 ° 23' E Coordinates: 36 ° 28 ' N , 25 ° 23' E

Height above d. M.

125 m
(average)

surface

10.150 km²

Residents

1226 (2011)

LAU-1 code no.

60010201

Local division

7th

Post Code

84702

Telephone code

22860

The village of Ia ( Greek Οία ( f. Sg. ); Often also in the transliteration Oia ) in the north of the Greek island of Thira has 665 inhabitants, together with the surrounding settlements 1226 inhabitants. The inhabitants are still known today as Apanomerites (Απανωμερίτες), after the earlier name Apano Meria (Απάνω Μεριά, also Επάνω Μεριά) of the village. The place Oia , handed down from antiquity, was one of two ports in Ancient Thera and was located near today's Kamari in the southeast of the island.

location

View of Ia from the west

Ia extends at a height of 70 to 100 meters for almost two kilometers along the northern edge of the caldera of the Cycladic island of Thira. The Finika settlement is directly to the east . Tholos is about 500 meters north . The small fishing settlement Ormos Armeni (Όρμος Αρμένης) is located south below and can be reached via a stairway. From the small port of Ormos Ammoudi (Όρμος Αμμουδιού) in the west there are ferry connections to Thirasia . The small island of Agios Nikolaos is in front of the southwest cape.

history

Even before the Venetian rule, the village was mentioned in various travel reports. With the establishment of the Duchy of Naxos in 1207 by Marco Sanudo , the Venetians established a feudal system on Santorini. The Agios Nikolaos fort (Καστέλι του Αγίου Νικολάου) also called Apanomeria (Απανωμερία) was one of the five castles in Santorini among the da Corogna . Today the residential tower "Goulas" with the oldest residential area is located on the south-western edge of the village .

In 1537 Khair ad-Din Barbarossa conquered the Aegean Islands and made them tribute to Sultan Selim II . However, Santorini remained under the rule of the Crispo family until 1566, in the meantime it came to Joseph Nasi and, after his death in 1579, to the Ottoman Empire .

The settlement is referred to as Apanomeria on maps from the 16th to the 19th century . In the middle of the 17th century, Thevenot used the name Castelli San Nicolas . The name change to Ia took place in the second half of the 19th century. At the end of the 19th and early 20th centuries, Ia experienced an economic boom. Prosperity was based on maritime trade throughout the eastern Mediterranean, particularly transit trade from Russia to Alexandria. In 1890 about 2500 people lived in the village, there were around 130 sailing ships, a shipyard in the Bay of Armeni .

The surrounding area produced large quantities of excellent quality wines, and they were also exported to France. The emergence of steam shipping and the concentration of shipping in Piraeus led to a sharp decline in sea trade. With the increasing migration, especially to Piraeus and Lavrio , the abandonment of agriculture went hand in hand, in 1940 the village still had 1,348 inhabitants.

On 9 July 1956, caused earthquake in Amorgos with the strength of 7.4 serious damage. The epicenter of the strongest aftershock (magnitude 7.2) was just off the northeast coast of Thira. After the earthquake, the village was again threatened by severe emigration, in 1977 the population was only 306 people.

Population development of Ia

Surname	Greek name	1920	1928	1940	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991	2001	2011
Yes	Οία ( f. Sg. )	1002	0787	0652	0449	0399	0296	0360	0439	0763	0665
Perivolos	Περίβολος ( m. Sg. )	0247	0212	0198	0147	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finikia	Φοινικιά (f. Sg.)	0273	0332	0452	0339	0212	0103	0051	0106	0050	0222
Tholos	Θόλος (m. Sg.)	0038	0049	0041	0040	0038	0034	0020th	0035	0064	0197
Paradisos	Παράδεισος (m. Sg.)	-	-	-	-	-	-	0004th	0008th	0048	0092
Ormos Ammoudiou	Όρμος Αμμουδιού (m. Sg.)	-	0036	0010	-	-	-	-	-	0007th	0023
Ormos Armenis	Όρμος Αρμένης (m. Sg.)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0001	0007th	0004th
total		1560	1416	1348	0975	0649	0433	0435	0589	0962	1226

Townscape

Sunset in Ia

In 1976, Ia was accepted into the program for the preservation and development of traditional settlements of the Greek National Tourist Board (EOT) under the direction of Aris Konstantinidis . The aim of the 15-year program was the preservation and restoration of selected houses and building ensembles of traditional architecture in connection with a change in use. The dwellings of the simple sailors, yposkafa spitia (υπόσκαφα σπίτια) on the edge of the caldera, comparable to the caves , became guest houses, hotels, restaurants in the higher-priced segment. Today, land prices are among the highest in Greece.

For its work in Ia, the Greek Tourist Board received the Europa Nostra Prize in 1979 and the Prize of the Sofia Architecture Biennale in 1986.

The whitewashed houses typical of the Cyclades, often built directly on the crater rim, are striking . They alternate in the cityscape of Ia with winding, narrow streets, blue-covered domed churches, flower-covered verandas and terraces, as well as individual neoclassical captains' houses. Numerous hotels, taverns, cafes, bars and shops with handicrafts, fashion and souvenirs can be found on Ia's central Kraterrandgasse.

However, it gets a bit fuller towards evening when numerous tourists come to Oia to experience its famous sunset over the sea.

Attractions

In addition to many small art galleries, the church of Panagia and a windmill, which however no longer has real wings, there is a maritime museum in Ia that exhibits ship models, old nautical equipment such as compasses and anchors, nautical charts and historical photos of the former seafaring place on two floors .

The ruins of the Argyri Castle, also known as Londsa Castle, were the residence of the noble Argyri family during the Venetian rule in the Middle Ages and now serve as a lookout point.

In the southwest of Ia lies the Armeni Bay, which you can descend to on foot or by mule. Once an important boat building center, there is now only one shipyard in the port of Armeni that carries out small repairs. From here boats run for tours along the caldera or to Thirasia.

Another port is located in the west of the city in the Bay of Ammoudi. This can be reached via a steep descent north of Londsa Castle and also has a few taverns and a small pebble beach.

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Steep coast with the village of Ia and the port of Ammoudi

administration

With the exception of the period between 1840 and 1851, Ia formed an independent community ( Dimos Ias Δήμος Οίας) on October 1, 1834 (ΦΕΚ 4/1835 ). The implementation of the community reform according to the Kapodistrias program in 1997 led to the amalgamation of the communities Ia with Thirasia as a rural community Ia ( Kinotita Ias Κοινότητα Οίας). As a result of the 2010 administrative reform , the incorporation into the newly created municipality of Thira ( Dimos Thiras Δήμος Θήρας) as the municipality Ia (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Οιας) takes place on January 1, 2011 .

literature

Klaus Bötig: Santorini. Marco Polo, travel with insider tips . MAIRDUMONT Verlag, Ostfildern. 2nd edition 2004, ISBN 3-8297-0325-2 .
Nicoletta Adams: Santorini . DuMont Buchverlag, Cologne. 5th, updated edition 2000, ISBN 3-7701-2883-4 .

Web links

Commons : Ia (Greece) - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Oia on www.greeka.com

Individual evidence

↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 114 (PDF, 793 kB)
↑ ^a ^b Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Dale Dominey-Howes: Documentary and Geological Records of tsunamis in the Aegean Sea region of Greece and Their Potential Value to Risk Assessment and Disaster Management . In: Natural Hazards . tape 25 , no. 3 , March 2002, ISSN 0921-030X , p. 195-224 , doi : 10.1023 / A: 1014808804611 .
↑ Population figures from Ia 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek)
↑ Voula Bozineki-Didoni: Το παράδειγμα της Οίας Σαντορίνης - To parádigma tis Ías Sandorínis . In: αρχιτέκτονες - architéktones . No. 47 - B (September / October), 2004, p. 70–73 (Greek, sadas-pea.gr [PDF]).
↑ Greek Ministry of the Interior

[ESYE2001-1] National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 114 (PDF, 793 kB)

[VZ2011-2] Results of the 2011 census, Greek Statistical Office (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[3] Dale Dominey-Howes: Documentary and Geological Records of tsunamis in the Aegean Sea region of Greece and Their Potential Value to Risk Assessment and Disaster Management . In: Natural Hazards . tape 25 , no. 3 , March 2002, ISSN 0921-030X , p. 195-224 , doi : 10.1023 / A: 1014808804611 .

[4] Population figures from Ia 1920–2001, Greek Statistical Office ELSTAT, digital library (Greek)

[5] Voula Bozineki-Didoni: Το παράδειγμα της Οίας Σαντορίνης - To parádigma tis Ías Sandorínis . In: αρχιτέκτονες - architéktones . No. 47 - B (September / October), 2004, p. 70–73 (Greek, sadas-pea.gr [PDF]).

[6] Greek Ministry of the Interior