Sirako
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Sirako municipality Δημοτική Ενότητα Σιράκου (Σιράκο) |
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 Greece
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Epirus
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| Regional District : | Ioannina | ||
| Municipality : | Voria Tzoumerka | ||
| Geographic coordinates : | 39 ° 36 ′ N , 21 ° 6 ′ E | ||
| Height above d. M .: | 1150 m (average) |
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| Area : | 29.307 km² | ||
| Residents : | 270 (2011) | ||
| Population density : | 9.2 inhabitants / km² | ||
| Code No .: | 180206 | ||
| Structure: | 1 local community | ||
| Located in the municipality of Voria Tzoumerka and in the regional unit of Ioannina | |||
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Sirako ( Greek Σιράκο ( n. Sg. ), Older spelling Syrrako Συρράκο; Albanian Sërakë / a ) is a village and a municipality in the municipality of Voria Tzoumerka in the Greek region of Epirus . It is located on the slopes of Mount Lakmos (Peristeri) in the Pindos Mountains.
From 1919 it was an independent rural community (kinotita), initially as Syrrako, from 1940 as Sirako. With the administrative reform of 2010 , Sirako was merged with six other municipalities to form the new municipality of Voria Tzoumerka, where it has since formed a municipality.
Sirako is separated from the twin town of Kalarrytes by the deep gorge of the Chrousias River , a tributary of the Arachthos . Tradition says that the river got its name from Chrousios, the son of Neoptolemus , who drowned there.
history
Syrrako was inhabited by Aromanians ( Wallachians ) before the 15th century (possibly as early as the 11th century) . During the Ottoman period after 1480, it was the capital of the Autonomous Union of Malakasio , consisting of 42 villages. Because of this, it enjoyed preferential treatment. During this time the village developed immensely. At first, the residents ran cattle, later also trading and industrial textile production from wool.
The expansion of the pastures (to almost 750 km²) enabled the residents to increase the number of sheep and goats to thousands and to increase productivity. The Syrrakiots' sense of trade made the place one of the largest trading centers in the Mediterranean and Black Seas .
Coats made in Syrrako were in high demand, and it is said that Napoleon's army was also supplied with a large number of them. The travelers William Martin Leake and François Pouqueville reported in 1815 and 1818 that they had found in Syrrako a "business cycle comparable to the most beautiful cities in Europe". They also mentioned the existence of important libraries and the distribution of European newspapers. Syrrako and Kalarrytes were the only places in Epirus that had 720 families and 3,500 inhabitants in the first year of the revolution of 1821. The Ottomans destroyed and burned the village, and the residents left Syrrako.
Only five buildings remained intact, including the Church of Panagia . The inhabitants came back from 1825 (gradually in the years 1827-28), rebuilt the village and between 1860 and 1870 the village was as imposing as in previous years. A second revolution took place in 1854, which was irrelevant. The decline in the wool trade due to its replacement with other fibers (1908–1910) hurt the local economy. At that time there were 530 houses and nearly 5,000 residents in the village.
In the aftermath of the First Balkan War , Syrrako joined Greece on November 23, 1912. In the 1913 census, Ioannina had 17,000 inhabitants, Konitsa 2,000 and Syrrako 3,500.
Famous people of Syrrakos
- Kostas Krystallis (1868-1894), author and poet, he wrote Stavraetos , Shades of Hades , Vlachoi Pindos and many others.
- Ioannis Kolettis (1774–1847), first Prime Minister of Greece (1844–1847), member of the Filiki Eteria , interior minister, navy and war minister and ambassador to Paris (1836–1843).
- Georgios Zalokostas (1805-1858), poet and freedom fighter of the Greek Revolution .
- The military leaders Katsikogiannis , Lepeniotis and others, the benefactors G. Gianniotis , Sp. Baltatsis , G. Ikkos and many other men of literature, art and commerce.
Web links
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)
