Dafnousia

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Dafnousia (Greek Δαφνούσια (n. pl. ), Also Dafnoussia ) from 1997 to 2010, a municipality in the Greek prefecture of Fthiotida in central Greece. It was formed in 1997 from three rural towns, and went in 2011 as a district in the new church at Locri. The community was named after Daphnous, the ancient name of Agios Konstantinos.

Location

The municipality is part of the historic landscape Locris. It is located on the coast of Central Greek mainland opposite the island of Euboea (Evia ). In the West Dafnousia bordered on Agios Konstantinos, on the southwest by Elatia, to the south Atalandi. In the north and east was the coast of the northern Gulf of Evia, in the municipality belonging to Cape Arkitsa projects, the municipal boundary.

Character

The majority of the territory of the former municipality is located in a fertile coastal plain, which is crossed by the highway 1 and used for agriculture. Livanates is for potato cultivation known ( the appellation is protected). Furthermore, vegetables, olives, tobacco and cotton are grown. Arkitsa has a harbor and has a ferry pier to Loutra Edipsou on Euboea a certain importance for traffic. The village Goulemi is already in the foothills of the Kallidromos Mountains.

Community structure

The district was formed from three formerly independent communities, today's villages

• Arkitsa, 935 inhabitants, Ferry
• Goulemi, 141 inhabitants
• Livanates, 2,912 inhabitants, the municipal offices.

History

Livanates been inhabited since early times. The Pyrgos -called hill in Livanates seems to have originated from repeated embankments to protect against sieges. He should at Homer in the Catalogue of Ships in the Iliad mentioned Kynos, the Port of Opus, be where lived according to tradition, Deucalion and Pyrrha after the Flood Deukalionischen. Archaeological excavations in the northwestern area showed that the site ( 3,000 BC) to the Byzantine period ( 5th to 6th century AD) was continuously inhabited since the Chalcolithic period.

In Livanates the Armatole Andreas Androutsos was born in 1740, father of Odysseas Androutsos, a hero of the Greek Revolution.

In the area of Arkitsa there was the ancient Alopi. Here Athens landed his troops under Kleopompos to submit Locris and Euboea to dominate. The company ended with the defeat of Locri and the destruction of Thronion. According to Thucydides Alopi was destroyed by an earthquake.

Today's Arkitsa was built from 1750 by newcomers from the surrounding area, but also from the Peloponnese. In 1810 there were about thirty houses. At this time, let Queen Amalia built the first school and the church of Agios Georgios. 1894, the town was destroyed by an earthquake, then rebuilt.

Attractions

Metamorphosis Church at Livanates

Situated in a lovely green area about 4 km from Livantes is the Metamorphosis Monastery. Formerly a monastery, it was converted in 1977 into a nunnery. During the Ottoman rule the monastery, which had large estates, was very wealthy and powerful. Being in the vicinity of the monastery, a Turk was killed, the monastery was exposed to the vengeful wrath of the Turks. During the Greek Revolution it supported Odysseas Androutsos. After the independence of Greece it was closed by King Otto and distributed the land to farmers. The icon of the Metamorphosis ( Transfiguration ) dates from the mid -19th century.

Agia Ekaterina Church

When the district Melidoni the early Christian basilica dating from the 4th or 5th century with preserved mosaics.