Coronisia
| Coronisia | ||
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| Waters | Ambracian Gulf | |
| Geographical location | 39 ° 0 '39 " N , 20 ° 55' 13" E | |
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| length | 870 m | |
| width | 470 m | |
| surface | 26.6 ha | |
| Highest elevation | 5 m | |
| Residents | 165 (2011) 620 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Coronisia | |
Koronisia ( Greek Κορωνησία ( f. Sg. ), Older also Κορακονησία Korakonisía ) is the largest and only inhabited island in the Ambracian Gulf . The fishing village of the same name on it, with two churches and the ruins of a castle, is one of the excursion destinations of the municipality of Arta , to which the island has belonged as a local community since 2011.
Koronisia is the northwest of three small limestone rocks that rise up to five meters above the surface of the water around 17 km south of the city of Arta, around the middle of the Ambracian Gulf. The other two islands ( Pethameno Πεθαμένο and Peranisi Περανησί) Koronisia is by spits connected together to enclose the small Sakouletsi Lagoon. The Logarou (Λογαρού), the largest lagoon in the Ambracian Gulf, extends north of Koronisia. An approximately six kilometer long spit with an asphalt road connects Koronisia northwest with Cape Salaora and the mainland, northeast of Koronisia a four kilometer long spit leads to the alluvial land of the Arachthos delta. Koronisia is the center of a nature and bird sanctuary (AT3011006) that includes the Logarou Lagoon and the Arachthos Delta. Above all, water birds live in the wetland, such as the Dalmatian pelican and some species of heron, including the black and purple heron .
South of Koronisia are seven small islets, which are known as Korakonisia (Κορακονήσια, 'Raven Islands'), a name that may refer to cormorants competing with the fishermen and which Koronisia originally wore. Its largest, Vouvalos, encloses its own micro-lagoon two kilometers south of Koronisia.
A statistic of the Ottoman Empire in 1895 showed for Koronisia, which was then the Sandzak Preveze in Vilayet Yanya belonged, from 48 male and 37 female residents. Arta had already fallen to Greece with Thessaly and the Arachthos was the border river. After the annexation to Greece as a result of the Treaty of London in 1913, the island fell to Greece and in 1919 received the status of a rural community (kinotita) in the prefecture of Arta. From 1925 to 1974 the municipality belonged to the Preveza prefecture, then came back to Arta and in 1997 was merged with numerous neighboring municipalities to form the new municipality of Amvrakikos , which was finally incorporated into Arta in 2011.
In Koronisia there is a three-aisled church from the late Byzantine period, consecrated to Our Lady, whose origins go back to the end of the 10th century. A monastery existed around this church, which was first mentioned in writing in 1193, but was abandoned in 1918. The church was rebuilt several times, especially around 1670, 1870 and in the 20th century. Today it serves as a parish church. A small chapel is dedicated to Saint Onuphrios of Preveza, who worked here in the late 18th century and is said to have built the bell tower in front of the church. The monastery fountain has also been preserved.
In the south of the island there is a small fortress (Koulia), which is identical to the fortress Laskara on a hill at the tip of the headland east of Preveza , which was built at the beginning of the 19th century under Ali Pascha Tepelena . It has been extensively restored and serves as a cultural center.
The residents are still fishing. A small port is located in the southwest of the island. Another important branch of the economy is tourism. Because of the shallow water, the island's beaches are also suitable for children.
literature
- Afendras Moutzali: Κορακονησία, ένα μικρό νησί στον Αμβρακικό Κόλπο (Korakonisia, a small island in the Ambracian Gulf) - PDF online , 530 kB
Web links
- 1968 Super 8 film about the Koronisia fishermen
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)
- ↑ Data sheet on the nature reserve on the website of the National Technical University of Athens
- ↑ Katerina Tsamarda: Τυπολογία Των Λιμνοθαλασσών Του Αμβρακικού Κόλπου. Διαχείριση Του Υδάτινου Οικοσυστήματος (Typology of the lagoons of the Ambracian Gulf. Management of an aquatic ecosystem), Postgraduate Studa, Athens 2006 ( PDF online ( Memento of the original dated September 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. , Greek, 7.2 MB)
- ↑ Michalis Kokolakis: Η τουρκική στατιστική της Ηπείρου στο Σαλναμέ του 1895 The Turkish statistics of the Epirus in Salname of 1985, o. O. o. J. ( PDF online , Greek, 2.5 MB)
- ↑ Administrative history on eetaa.gr ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Portrait of the Church on the pages of the Arta regional district (Greek)
- ↑ Entries about the two fortresses on kastra.eu
