about the administrative unit the village Valtetsi village Infobox Greek Dimos name Valtetsi name local image map Dimos Valtetsiou.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli pop municunit 1842 population as of 2001 area elevation lat deg 37 lat min 29 lon deg 22 lon min 17 postal code area code licence TP mayor website image skyline caption skyline party since Valtetsi lang el is a former municipality in Arcadia , Peloponnese region Peloponnese , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref Population 1,842 2001 . The seat of the municipality was in Asea, Greece Asea . Valtetsi is located in the highlands southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli and northeast of Megalopoli . Subdivisions The municipal unit Valtetsi is subdivided into the following communities constituent villages in brackets Agriakona Ampelaki, Arcadia Ampelaki Ampelaki, Lianos Arachamites Asea, Greece Asea Asea, Kato Asea Athinaio Athinaio, Marmaria Dafni, Arcadia Dafni Dafni, Maniatis Dorizas Kaltezes Kaltezes, Kouvelia Kerastaris Manaris Mavrogiannis, Arcadia Mavrogiannis Palaiochouni Paparis Valtetsi village Valtetsi Population class wikitable Year Municipality population 1991 2,222 2001 1,842 External links http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8858 Valtetsi on GTP Travel Pages References reflist Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia Category Valtetsi el it Valtetsi ... more details
Infobox Military Conflict conflict Battle of Valtetsi partof the Greek War of Independence image Image Kolokotronis marching.jpg 350px caption Kolokotronis leading his army towards Valtetsi date May 24, 1821 12 May Julian place Valtetsi village Valtetsi , Greece casus territory result Decisive Greek victory combatant1 Image Flag of Greece 1821 .svg 20px border Greek War of Independence The Revolution in the Peloponnese Greek Revolutionary Army combatant2 Image Flag of the Ottoman Empire 1453 1844 .svg 20px Ottoman Empire commander1 Image Flag of Greece 1821 .svg 20px border Theodoros Kolokotronis br Image Mani Flag Greece .svg 30px Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis military commander Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis commander2 Image Flag of the Ottoman Empire 1453 1844 .svg 20px Kehayabey Mustafa br Image Flag of the Ottoman Empire 1453 1844 .svg 20px Ruby Bey strength1 3,000 strength2 5,000 ref Thomas ... 150 rebels dead casualties2 600 700 dead Campaignbox Greek War of Independence The Battle of Valtetsi was fought on May 12 Old Style and New Style dates O.S. , 1821 in Valtetsi village Valtetsi between ... , Piana Arkadia Piana , Chrysovitsi, Vervena and Valtetsi village Valtetsi who were former rebel s dens ... based in Valtetsi. The Muslims were then reinforced on May 1st OS by 4,000 Albanian under Mustafa ... to destroy the Greek positions at Valtetsi village Valtetsi on May 24, 1821 ref Thomas Gordon British ... nor the Argos Argive girls. This place is called Trikorfa, this place is called Valtetsi village Valtetsi . The Greeks achieved a decisive victory and captured two cannon s ref Thomas Gordon British ... Ekdosis Chatzichrisou, 1974. ref Aftermath The Battle of Valtetsi was the first decisive Greek ... Valtetsi, Battle Of Category Conflicts in 1821 Category Battles of the Greek War of Independence Category Battles involving Greece Category Battles involving the Ottoman Empire Category Valtetsi Category 1821 in Greece el fr Bataille de Valtetsi mk ru ... more details
Valtetsi lang el is a village in the municipal unit of Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . It is located .... Valtetsi used to be an isolated place, connected to other villages with three narrow paths only ... returning to Valtetsi in April. When September arrived, they started the herd s move again, this time ... netting plus TV provision finished with centuries of isolation. Today s Valtetsi is a touristic attraction ... and regional political celebrities. Valtetsi during the Greek War of Independence In 1821, when the Greek War of Independence broke out, Valtetsi became the key headquarters of the revolutionary army ... the Battle of Valtetsi , the combined action of the Maniot warriors and the local brigands helped ... and bey of Mani Peninsula Mani arrived to the village with a strong army and camped at Valtetsi ... of Greece, Valtetsi remained very close to Kolokotronis affections. All the villages in the mountainous Arcadia and Valtetsi in particular were extremely loyal to the military party and their leaders ... state. ref Toynbee A. The Greeks and their Heritages , Oxford University Press, Athens 1981 ref Valtetsi ... of Greece during World War II Axis occupation brought a desperate situation to Valtetsi due to the village .... ref Kostas Ath. Sarantopoulos 1944 Valtetsi 1944 Martyrdom , Armos Editors, Athens ... Valtetsi 1944 Martyrdom , Armos Editors, Athens 2003, pg.141 142 ref The communist Partisan military partisans liberated Valtetsi in May 1944 under the command of kapetan Fotis Gatsopoulos . Immediately .... For the National Liberation Front Greece EAM members, Valtetsi was considered a Royal Family of Greece ... them from the village. ref Kostas Ath. Sarantopoulos 1944 Valtetsi 1944 Martyrdom ... later, Valtetsi was about to become a ghost place. ref Kostas Ath. Sarantopoulos 1944 Valtetsi 1944 Martyrdom , Armos Editors, Athens 2003, pg.282 ref Places of interest Image Valtetsi ... prior to the Battle of Valtetsi. In the construction, people form the nearby villages participated ... more details
Manaris lang el is a village in Arcadia , Greece , part of the municipal unit Valtetsi . It is situated at the southeastern end of the plain of Asea, Greece Asea . Valtetsi coord 37 24 N 22 19 E display title region GR type city source GNS enwiki Category Populated places in Arcadia greece geo stub ... more details
Marmaria lang el may refer to several places in Greece Marmaria, Arcadia , a village in the municipal unit of Valtetsi, Arcadia Marmaria, Astypalaia , a settlement in the island of Astypalaia , in the Dodecanese Marmaria, Drama a village in the municipal unit of Nikiforos , Drama regional unit geodis ... more details
wiktionarypar asea Asea may refer to African Securities Exchanges Association or African Stock Exchanges Association, an alliance of African exchanges Allm nna Svenska Elektriska Aktiebolaget , a former Swedish industrial company, now part of Asea Brown Boveri Asea, Greece , a village in the prefecture of Arcadia, Greece, part of the municipality Valtetsi See also Asia disambiguation disambig ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Palaiochouni name local image skyline caption skyline lat deg 37 lat min 24 lon deg 22 lon min 12 elevation min elevation max periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli municunit Valtetsi pop community 42 population as of 2001 population village area village postal code area code licence TP website Palaiochouni lang el is a village in the municipal unit Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . It is situated in the hills on the eastern end of the plain of Megalopoli , at 700 m elevation. It is 2 km east of Mallota, Greece Mallota , 3 km west of Athinaio , 7 km east of Megalopoli and 19 km southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli . The Greek National Road 7 Kalamata Megalopoli Tripoli passes through the village. Palaiochouni had a population of 42 in 2001. Population class wikitable Year Population 1981 85 1991 41 2001 42 External links http arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr arkadia places palaiohouni.htm History and information about Palaiochouni http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8871 Palaiochouni GTP Travel Pages See also List of settlements in Arcadia References references Valtetsi Category Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia ro Palaiochouni ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Athinaio name local image skyline caption skyline lat deg 37 lat min 24 lon deg 22 lon min 15 elevation min elevation max periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli municunit Valtetsi pop community 183 population as of 2001 postal code area code licence TP website Athinaio lang el , before 1928 Alika ref http pandektis.ekt.gr pandektis handle 10442 170838 Name changes of settlements in Greece ref is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . It is situated on a hillside, north of the river Alfeios . Athinaio had a 2001 population of 149 for the village and 183 for the community, which includes the village Marmaria. Athinaio is 2 km southwest of Asea, Greece Asea , 10 km east of Megalopoli and 16 km southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli . The Moreas Motorway Corinth Tripoli Kalamata passes south of the village. Population class wikitable Year Settlement population Population community 1981 294 1991 229 2001 149 183 See also List of settlements in Arcadia External links http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8861 Athinaio on the GTP Travel Pages References references Valtetsi Category Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia ro Athinaio ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Paparis name local image skyline caption skyline city flag city seal lat deg 37 lat min 21 lon deg 22 lon min 15 elevation min 550 elevation max 1280 periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli municunit Valtetsi pop community 129 population as of 2001 population village area village pop municipality area municipality postal code 220 26 area code licence TP website Paparis lang el is a village in the municipal unit of Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . It is situated on the northern slope of the mountain Tsemperou , at 670 m elevation. It is 4 km south of Athinaio , 4 km east of Anemodouri , 12 km southeast of Megalopoli and 19 km southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli . Population class wikitable Year Population 1981 261 1991 232 2001 129 See also List of settlements in Arcadia References reflist External links http arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr arkadia places paparis.htm History and information about Paparis http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8872 Paparis on the GTP Travel Pages Valtetsi Category Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia el ro Paparis ... more details
Other uses Dafni disambiguation Dafni Infobox Greek Dimos name Dafni name local image skyline caption skyline lat deg 37 lat min 21.5 lon deg 22 lon min 16.8 elevation min elevation max periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli municunit Valtetsi pop community 139 population as of 2001 population village area village postal code area code licence TP website Dafni lang el meaning Bay Laurel laurel is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . In 2001 Dafni had a population of 82 for the village and 139 for the community, which includes the village Maniatis. Dafni is situated in a plain at the northeastern foot of the Tsemperou mountain. It is 2 km southeast of Paparis , 7 km south of Asea, Greece Asea , 14 km southeast of Megalopoli and 19 km southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli . Population class wikitable Year Settlement population Community population 1981 194 1991 97 2001 82 139 See also List of settlements in Arcadia External links http arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr arkadia places dafni.htm History and information about Dafni http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8865 Dafni on the GTP Travel Pages References references Valtetsi Category Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Agriakona name local image skyline caption skyline lat deg 37 lat min 19 lon deg 22 lon min 17 elevation min elevation max periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli municunit Valtetsi pop community 83 population as of 2001 area village postal code area code licence TP website Agriakona lang el is a village in the municipal unit of Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . In 2001 Agriakona had a population of 83. Agriakona is situated in a remote area at the southeastern foot of the Tsemperou mountain, at 660 m elevation. It is 3 km northeast of Skortsinos , 5 km south of Dafni, Arcadia Dafni , 7 km northwest of Kollines , 16 km southeast of Megalopoli and 23 km southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli . Agriakona suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires . Population class wikitable Year Population 1991 66 2001 83 See also List of settlements in Arcadia External links http arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr arkadia places agrikona.htm History and information about Agriakona http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8860 Agriakona on the GTP Travel Pages References references Valtetsi Category Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia ro Agriakona ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Kerastaris name local image skyline caption skyline lat deg 37 lat min 25 lon deg 22 lon min 14 elevation min elevation max periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli municunit Valtetsi pop community 75 population as of 2001 population village area village postal code area code licence TP website Kerastaris lang el is a village in the municipal unit of Valtetsi , Arcadia , Greece . It is situated on a hillside north of the river Alfeios . It is 2 km west of Asea, Greece Asea , 2 km north of Athinaio , 9 km east of Megalopoli and 16 km southwest of Tripoli, Greece Tripoli . Population class wikitable Year Population 1981 100 1991 120 2001 75 See also List of settlements in Arcadia External links http arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr arkadia places kerastari.htm History and information about Kerastaris http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8868 Kerastaris on the GTP Travel Pages References references Valtetsi Category Populated places in Arcadia ro Kerastaris ... more details
Image Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis.jpg thumb right 200px Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis during the Greek War of Independence. Kyriakoulis Mavromichalis lang el was a Greeks Greek revolutionary who fought in the Greek War of Independence . He was born in Limeni in the Mani Peninsula , the son of Pierros Pierrakos with Katerina Koutsogrigorakos and was the baby brother of Petrobey . He died fighting in Ammoudia, Preveza Splantza in 1822. When the Greek War of Independence broke out he organised a band of young Maniots into a fighting force. Kyriakoulis fought at Kalamata , Methoni , Koroni and was present at the Siege of Tripolitsa operation as commander in charge of the Valtetsi village Valtetsi headquarters in the incipient revolutionary army. He successfully defended the camp, twice, in the Battle of Valtetsi , leading a far inferior force to strengthen their positions, allowing new reinforcements to succeed in repelling the Turkish attack. With the war against Ali Pasha over, the Souliotes who had sided with the Albanian against the Ottoman Empire Ottomans were in mortal danger because of Hursid Pasha s constant attacks and siege. To deal with this, an inexpert commander Alexandros Mavrokordatos , who was not a soldier but a politician and future statesman, chose Kyriakoulis to command an expedition to bring relief and reinforcements. ref G. Kafentzis. Istoria ton Neoteron Chronon . Athens Ekdosis Chatzichrisou, 1974. ref On his way to Kiafa, his expeditionary force met action with a Turkish Vanguard military tactics vanguard near the seaside village Syvota Mourtos , completely defeating their foes and taking a large number of prisoners. His decision to take his captives to imprisonment in the Peloponnesus rather than to massacre them, as was then common, showed his military ethics, but at the same time weakened his already small regiment composed by 500 Maniots plus some Philhellenes , mostly former Napoleon Bonaparte Bonapartist French people Fr ... more details
Dafni is the name of a number of places in Greece sorted by prefecture Dafni, Achaea , part of the municipality of Paion , Achaea Dafni, Aetolia Acarnania , part of the municipal unit of Naupactus, Aetolia Acarnania Dafni, Arcadia , part of the municipality of Valtetsi , Arcadia in the Athens Prefecture Dafni, Attica , a municipality and a suburb of Athens Dafni BC Dafni Athens is also the name of a Division A2 professional basketball club located therein Dafni, Chaidari is a quarter of Chaidari Dafni also refers to the Daphni Monastery , located here Dafni Athos , is a settlement in Mount Athos serving as an entry point and a port Dafni, Boeotia , part of the municipality of Dervenochori , Boeotia Dafni, Corfu , part of the municipality of Agios Georgios, Corfu Agios Georgios , Corfu Dafni, Corinthia , part of the municipality of Nemea , Corinthia in the Elis Prefecture Dafni, Amaliada , part of the municipality of Amaliada Dafni, Vouprasia , part of the municipality of Vouprasia Dafni, Evrytania , part of the municipality of Viniani , Evrytania Dafni, Kozani , part of the municipality of Tsotyli , Kozani Dafni, Laconia , part of the municipality of Faris , Laconia Dafni, Lemnos , part of the municipality of Atsiki , Lemnos island, Lesbos Prefecture Dafni, Pella , part of the municipality of Skydra , Pella Dafni, Phthiotis , part of the municipality of Ypati , Phthiotis Dafni, Icaria , part of the municipality of Evdilos , Icaria island, Samos Prefecture Dafni, Serres , part of the municipality of Achinos , Serres Dafni, Xanthi , Xanthi Prefecture Daphni musician Daphni is the performance name of the musician Daniel Snaith . geodis it Dafni pl Dafni uk ... more details
Infobox military person name Dimitris Plapoutas br small small birth date 15 May 1786 death date July, 1864 image Image Plapoutas Portrait.JPG 200px caption Portrait of Dimitris Plapoutas nickname Koliopoulos lang el . ref Kolokotronis, Theodoros. Apomnymonevmata Memoirs . Editions Vergina, Athens, 2002. ref birth place Paloumba , Arcadia death place Athens allegiance flagicon Greece old Greece branch serviceyears 18 rank General officer general unit commands battles Siege of Tripoli, Battles of Valtetsi and Maniaki Battle of Maniaki , Capture of the castle at Corinth Korinthos , Battle of Patras, awards relations laterwork Parliament 1844 1847, Senate 1847 1862 Dimitris Koliopoulos Plapoutas lang el May 15, 1786 &ndash July 1865 was a Greece Greek general who fought during the Greek War of Independence against the rule of the Ottoman Empire . He was born on in Paloumba , Arcadia , the son of Kollias Plapoutas, an Armatoloi Armatolos , being this the reason why Theodoros Kolokotronis referred to him simply as Koliopoulos lang el . In 1811, he left Paloumba for the Ionian Islands where he became an officer in the British army . In 1818, he joined the Filiki Eteria , which was planning to liberate Greece from Ottoman control. During the revolution, Dimitris Plapoutas took part in the Siege of Tripoli , the capture of the castle at Corinth Korinthos , the Battle of Valtetsi , the Battle of Maniaki and other battles. After independence, in 1833, along with General Theodoros Kolokotronis and General Kitsos Tzavelas , Plapoutas supported Otto of Greece Prince Otto of Bavaria as the King of Greece. However, later he opposed the Bavarian dominated regency during his rule. He was charged with high treason and on June 7, 1834 he was imprisoned at the Palamidi along with Kolokotronis and sentenced to death. He was later pardoned in 1835. Plapoutas then became involved in Greek politics and served in Pa ... more details
Infobox Greek Dimos name Falanthos name local image map Dimos Falanthou.png map caption Location within the regional unit periph Peloponnese region Peloponnese periphunit Arcadia municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli pop municunit 1310 population as of 2001 area elevation lat deg 37 lat min 34 lon deg 22 lon min 15 postal code area code licence TP mayor website image skyline caption skyline party since Falanthos Greek is a former municipality in Arcadia , Peloponnese region Peloponnese , Greece . Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Tripoli, Greece Tripoli , of which it is a municipal unit. ref name Kallikratis http www.kedke.gr uploads2010 FEKB129211082010 kallikratis.pdf Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior el icon ref In 2001 its population was 1,310. Subdivisions The municipal unit Falanthos is subdivided into the following communities constituent villages in brackets Alonistaina Chrysovitsi Chrysovitsi, Manteika Mainalo, Arcadia Mainalo Piana, Arcadia Piana Roeino Silimna Tselepakos Tselepakos, Davia, Kato Davia Population class wikitable Year Population 1991 1,296 2001 1,310 References reflist External links http www.gtp.gr LocPage.asp?id 8761 Falanthos at the GTP Travel Pages Geographic location Centre Falanthos North Levidi Northeast Mantineia East Tripoli, Greece Tripoli Southeast Tripoli South Valtetsi Southwest Megalopoli West Trikolonoi Northwest Vytina Falanthos Category Populated places in Arcadia Peloponnese geo stub el it Falanthos ro Falanthos ... more details
For a Greek mythological figure Alpheus mythology Infobox River river name Alfeios image name caption origin Peloponnese mouth Ionian Sea br coord 37 36 45 N 21 27 6 E display inline,title basin countries Greece length 110 km elevation discharge watershed right tribs Lousios , Ladon river Ladon , Erymanthos river Erymanthos Alfei s lang el , also romanized as Alpheus , Alpheios is the longest river in the Peloponnese , in Greece . The river is 110 km long, flowing through the regional units of Arcadia and Elis regional unit Elis . Its source is near the village Valtetsi Dorizas , about halfway between Tripoli, Greece Tripoli and Megalopolis, Greece Megalopoli in the highlands of Arcadia . It flows southwest toward Megalopoli, where it has been diverted around open pit lignite mines. At Thoknia it receives its right tributary Elissonas , and continues north towards Karytaina . Below Karytaina the Lousios flows into the Alfeios, and the Alfeios continues northwest, passing north of Andritsaina . Near Tripotamia the rivers Ladon river Ladon and Erymanthos river Erymanthos flow into the Alfeios. The Alfeios then flows west along Olympia, Greece Olympia and empties into the Ionian Sea south of Pyrgos, Elis Pyrgos . The ancient highway linking Patras and Kalamata ran along this river for most of the length east of Olympia. In Greek mythology , the Pineios River Peloponnese Peneus and Alfeios River Alpheus were two rivers re routed by Heracles in his Labours of Hercules fifth labour in order to clean the filth from the Augean Stables in a single day, a task which had been presumed to be impossible. A poem by Roger Caillois , called Le fleuve Alph e the Alpheus River , is mainly about this river. In the Aeneid , Virgil describes the Alpheus as flowing under the sea to resurface at Ortygia on Sicily , or so runs the tale . ref Aeneid , Book III, 694 696 ref Underground river in Western esotericism According to the 1982 controversial non fiction book The Holy Blood an ... more details
Noref date July 2011 Infobox military person name Nikitas Stamatelopoulos br small small image File Nikitaras1.jpg 250px nickname Nikitaras the Turk Eater br small small birth date ca. 1784 birth place Nedoussa, Messenia or Leontari , Arcadia death date 1849 death place Piraeus , Kingdom of Greece Greece placeofburial allegiance Flagicon Greece old Kingdom of Greece Greece branch serviceyears rank unit commands battles Greek War of Independence Battle of Valtetsi , Battle of Doliana , Siege of Tripolitsa , Battle of Dervenakia , Third Siege of Missolonghi , Battle of Arachova and many others awards relations laterwork Nikitaras lang el was the nom de guerre of Nikitas Stamatelopoulos lang el 1784 spaced ndash 1849 , a Greek revolutionary in the Greek War of Independence . Due to his fighting prowess, he was known as the Tourkofagos , literally Turk Eater . The date and place of Nikitaras birth are disputed, but he is thought to have been born either in the village of Nedoussa in the Peloponnesus Peloponnesian province of Messenia or in Leontari in Arcadia circa 1784. He was a nephew of Theodoros Kolokotronis , the most important Greek military leader of the Revolution. Turkish authorities tried to capture him, as well as Kolokotronis, but he escaped and joined his uncle in the British held Ionian Islands . When the Greek war of Independence began, both returned to the mainland. He was with Kolokotronis, who commanded the Greek army at the Siege of Tripoli 1821 Siege of Tripoli early in the war. When the commander and his men tried to escape the city, Nikitaras and his troups cut off the escape of the Turkish commander and his troops and slaughtered them. Nikitas achieved fame and his sobriquet Turk Eater in the Battle of Dervenakia , where he is said to have used five swords four broke from excessive use. During the civil war within the Revolution, he sided with his ... more details
and camped at Valtetsi village Valtetsi so as to take part in the final assault to the Ottoman capital .... The rebels decisive victory in the Battle of Valtetsi and several other victorious clashes in Battle ... more details
Korythio Levidi Mantineia Skyritida Tegea Tripoli Valtetsi Subdivisions The municipal unit of Tripoli ... Northeast East Korythio Southeast Tegea South Southwest Valtetsi West Falanthos Northwest Kallikratis ... more details
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