Anavryto

Anavryto

Anavryto (Greek, Modern: Αναβρυτό), also Anavrito, older forms: -n is a community divided into two villages, Ano Anavryto which is on the western part of mount Tsiberou, and Kato Anavryto on the other side of the valley, west of Anavryto.

Distance

Distance from Megalopoli is 16 km, and 38 km from Tripoli.

Nearest places

The nearby places are Amenodouri to the north.

Geography

*Location:
**Latitude:
***Anavryto: 37.344 (37° 20' 30") N
***Kato Anavryto: 37.335 (37° 20' 7") N
**Longitude:
***Anavryto: 21.2407 (22° 14' 18") E
***Kato Anavryto: 21.233 (22° 14') E
*Postal code: 220 21
*Elevation: 670 m (Anavryto), 630 m (Kato Anavryto)
*Dialing code: +11+30-27910 (030-27910)

Historical population

About Anavryto

Anavryto has a school in the north end, a church named Agia Marina, a mailbox, and transmitters for Megalopoli on top of Tsiberou. The eastern part has one street name. Ano Anavryto is bypassed to the east. Kato Anavryto is mainly residential. Much of the area are deforested and rocky. The center of Ano Anavryto is in the eastern part while residential homes are to the west. Much of the population left and much of the houses are abandoned. Its population had age and the median age is around 60 to 70 and is expected to become a ghost town or a village that all of its inhabitants will be for summer use or have their winter houses. Kato Anavryto ended its long decline and the population restored its growth by nearly 9%.

Until 1927, the village was known as Gardiki (Γαρδίκι). After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt.

Until the 1960s, the village was isolated, it did not have electricity and didn't had paved roads or the little perimeter road. Until the mid-1980s, much of the houses were stone-built. Anavryto was strucked by a forest fire on Sunday August 26, 2007 during the late afternoon hours and ravaged the area along with its forests, flames arrived from the neighbouring Anemodouri, several houses were burnt, several were saved, firefighters along with choppers and airplanes battled the blaze and continued through the night. The flames did not advance into Paparis to the east but to the south but slowly.

Panorama

The village offers panoramic views of the mountains around the area including the west, the north, the east and to the south.

External links

* [http://www.arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/anavrito.htm University of Patras on Anavryto] (in Greek)
*Map and Aerial Photos:
**Street Map Information: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.207&longitude=22.344&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=37.207&longs=22.344&alts1=35 LiveLocal] , [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.207,22.344 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.207&lon=22.344&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.207,22.344&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.207|22.344&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth]
*Coordinates: coord|37|20|30|N|22|14|18|E|type:city_(60)_region:GR

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Anavryto — Αναβρυτό …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Falaisia — Gemeinde Falesia Δήμος Φαλαισίας (Φαλαισία) DEC …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Routsi — (Greek, Modern: Ρούτσι, Ancient/Katharevousa: on), older form Routsion is a village and is in the eastern part of the municipality of Falaisia. Distance from Megalopolis is 11 km SE. The nearby communities and villages are Perivolia to the NW,… …   Wikipedia

  • List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture — This is a list of settlements in the prefecture of Arcadia, Greece. Contents 1 A–B 2 C–D 3 E–F 4 G–I …   Wikipedia

  • Falaisia — Infobox Greek Dimos name = Falaisia name local = Φαλαισία periph = Peloponnese prefec = Arcadia province = population = 3229 population as of = 2001 population ref = pop dens = area = elevation = 758 lat deg = 37 lat min = 17 lat hem = N lon deg …   Wikipedia

  • Anemodouri — (Greek, Modern: Ancient/Katharevousa: on from anemos wind), older form o and on is a village located on the northwestern slopes of Tsiberou in eastern Falaisia in the southwestern part of the prefecture of Arcadia, Greece. Anemodouri is linked by …   Wikipedia

  • Falesia — Stadtgemeinde Falesia (1997–2010) Δήμος Φαλαισίας (Φαλαισία) …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Filiates — Φιλιάτες Location …   Wikipedia

  • Mallota, Greece — Mallota Μαλλωτά Location …   Wikipedia

  • Voutsara — or Voutsaras (Greek: Βουτσαράς) is a Greek village in the Arcadia prefecture located around 10 km southeast of Megalopoli, 8 km east from the nearest interchange with the GR 7/E65 (Kalamata Megalopoli Tripoli) east of Leontari and 60 km from… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”