Lefktro

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Lefktro parish
Δημοτική Ενότητα Λεύκτρου
(Λεύκτρο)

Basic data

State :

Greece

Region :

Geographic coordinates :

36 ° 51 ′ N , 22 ° 16 ′ E Coordinates: 36 ° 51 ′ N , 22 ° 16 ′ E

Height above d. M .:

5 - 10 - 620 m
Trachila - Kardamyli - Saidona

Area :

222.981 km²

Residents :

4,699 (2011)

Population density :

21.1 inhabitants / km²

Code No .:

440201

Structure:

19 local communities

Located in the municipality of Dytiki Mani and the Messenia region

Lefktro ( Greek Λεύκτρο ( n. Sg. )) Has been a district of the municipality of Dytiki Mani in the Greek region of Peloponnese since 2011 . It emerged from the community of the same name, which has existed since 1997. The area of the municipality lies in the so-called Outer Mani , the middle finger of the Peloponnese peninsula . The administrative seat was the place Kardamyli.

Administrative division

The municipality is divided into 19 local communities.

Local community	Greek name	code	Area (km²)	2001 residents	Residents 2011	Villages and settlements	location
Kardamyli	Τοπική Κοινότητα Καρδαμύλης	44020101	06.427	0477	0417	Kardamyli, Agia Sofia, Kalamitsi, Kambos, Petrovouni, Meropi	! 536.8866705522.232220536 ° 53 ′ 12 "N, 22 ° 13 ′ 56" E
Agios Nikolaos	Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Νικολάου	44020102	03.051	0508	0331	Agios Nikolaos, Agios Dimitrios	! 536.8250005522.281670536 ° 49 ′ 30 "N, 22 ° 16 ′ 54" E
Agios Nikonas	Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίου Νίκωνος	44020103	07.459	0146	0079	Agios Nikonas	! 536.7513405522.335270536 ° 45 ′ 5 ″ N, 22 ° 20 ′ 7 ″ E
Exochori	Τοπική Κοινότητα Εξωχωρίου	44020104	39.141	0334	0359	Exochori, Stara, Chora	! 536.9010905522.267880536 ° 54 ′ 4 ″ N, 22 ° 16 ′ 4 ″ E
Thalames	Τοπική Κοινότητα Θαλαμών	44020105	06.002	0129	0077	Thalames, Platanos, Somatiana	! 536.7845505522.328800536 ° 47 ′ 4 "N, 22 ° 19 ′ 44" E
Karyovouni	Τοπική Κοινότητα Καρυοβουνίου	44020106	14.031	0082	0042	Karyovouni, Dryopi	! 536.8564305522.342040536 ° 51 ′ 23 "N, 22 ° 20 ′ 31" E
Kastanea	Τοπική Κοινότητα Καστανέας	44020107	09.329	0203	0102	Kastanea	! 536.8564305522.342040536 ° 51 ′ 23 "N, 22 ° 20 ′ 31" E
Langada	Τοπική Κοινότητα Λαγκάδας	44020108	17,182	0209	0111	Langada	! 536.7795305522.340850536 ° 46 ′ 46 "N, 22 ° 20 ′ 27" E
Milea	Τοπική Κοινότητα Μηλέας	44020109	34.239	0366	0153	Milea, Kato Chora, Kyvelia	! 536.8441705522.357370536 ° 50 ′ 39 "N, 22 ° 21 ′ 27" E
Neochori	Τοπική Κοινότητα Νεοχωρίου	44020110	07.533	1108	1399	Neochori, Agios Vasilios, Lefktro, Marmoutsa, Stoupa	! 536.8441305522.286020536 ° 50 ′ 39 ″ N, 22 ° 17 ′ 10 ″ E
Nomitsis	Τοπική Κοινότητα Νομιτσή	44020111	05.027	0117	0111	Nomitsis	! 536.7927565522.325170536 ° 47 ′ 34 "N, 22 ° 19 ′ 31" E
Platsa	Τοπική Κοινότητα Πλάτσης	44020112	09,829	0372	0346	Platsa, Kotroni, Bazigeika, Pigi, Poliana	! 536.8047005522.317580536 ° 48 ′ 17 "N, 22 ° 19 ′ 3" E
Proastio	Τοπική Κοινότητα Προαστίου	44020113	09.533	0432	0364	Proastio, Ai Gianna, Lakkos, Neo Proastio, Prastova	! 536.8773505522.253020536 ° 52 ′ 38 "N, 22 ° 15 ′ 11" E
Prosilio	Τοπική Κοινότητα Προσηλίου	44020114	10,824	0213	0171	Prosilio, Kalives	! 536.9152405522.236570536 ° 54 ′ 55 "N, 22 ° 14 ′ 12" E
Pyrgos	Τοπική Κοινότητα Πύργου Καλαμών	44020115	04,276	0185	0095	Pyrgos	! 536.8372805522.299070536 ° 50 ′ 14 "N, 22 ° 17 ′ 57" E
Ringlia	Τοπική Κοινότητα Ριγκλίων	44020116	02,450	0189	0214	Ringlia, Ano Ringlia, Eleochori, Plagiada	! 536.8237105522.299660536 ° 49 ′ 25 "N, 22 ° 17 ′ 59" E
Saidona	Τοπική Κοινότητα Σαϊδόνας	44020117	07.203	0123	0047	Saidona	! 536.8817105522.284230536 ° 52 ′ 54 ″ N, 22 ° 17 ′ 3 ″ E
Trachila	Τοπική Κοινότητα Τραχήλας	44020118	02,350	0174	0095	Trachila	! 536.7713005522.312090536 ° 46 ′ 17 "N, 22 ° 18 ′ 44" E
Tseria	Τοπική Κοινότητα	44020119	27.095	0191	0192	Tseria, Giatraika, Zacharia, Katafygi, Leftini, Pedino	! 536.9155405522.269530536 ° 54 '56 "N, 22 ° 16'10" E
total		440201	222.981	5558	4699

Kardamyli

Kardamyli (also Kardamili, Greek Καρδαμύλη ), located directly on the Messinian Gulf on the Greek peninsula of Mani, was the administrative seat of the municipality of Lefktro until 2010, but with its 500 inhabitants it looks more like a village. But the place is a supply center for the surrounding villages. A number of hotels, pensions and gastronomic establishments offer their services to vacationers. Kardamyli was the residence of former British officer and writer Patrick Leigh Fermor from 1960 until his death in 2011 . In 1989 the ashes of the writer Bruce Chatwin were buried in the hills above the village .

history

Kardamyli is already mentioned in the Iliad by Homer . It was promised by Agamemnon to Achilles as a dowry if he would marry his daughter:

"Ἑπτὰ δὲ οἱ δώσω εὖ ναιόμενα πτολίεθρα / Καρδαμύλην Ἐνόπην τε καὶ Ἱρὴν ποιήεσσαν / Φηράς τε ζαθέας ἠδ 'Ἄνθειαν βαθύλειμον / καλήν τ' Αἴπειαν καὶ Πήδασον ἀμπελόεσσαν"

"I want to give him seven richly populated cities: / Enope, then Kardamyle, and the green Hire, / Pherae, the holy castle, and the meadows of Antheias, / also the beautiful Aipeia and Pedasos' vine hill"

- Iliad (9.149-152)

In Roman times, Kardamyli was the port for Sparta and in Byzantine times it was the port of Mystras . During the Turkish rule over Greece, Kardamyli was able to maintain a certain independence thanks to its remote location. Many Byzantines sought refuge here.

Before and during the Greek Wars of Liberation around 1821, Kardamyli was a place of refuge and meeting place for the liberation warriors. From here, on August 22, 1821, Koloktronis and his men set out to liberate Kalamata .

Attractions

Church of St. Spiridona
Dioscuri tombs
Towers and tower houses in Altkardamyli

Altkardamyli consists of four separate fortified properties that form a closed ensemble. The properties had a separate defense tower, tower house, church or chapel, well house and farm buildings. The properties were abandoned and fell into disrepair in the early 20th century. In the meantime, Alt-Kardamyli has been restored and some of it has been made habitable again. A museum has been set up in a Mourtzinoi tower house that shows the history of the Mani and the estate.