Langadia, Arcadia

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Langadia (Greek Λαγκάδια (n. pl. ), Also Lankadia ) is a mountain village with about 400 inhabitants in the highlands of Arcadia in the Peloponnese in Greece. By 2010 it was the seat of an eponymous municipality, which had been elevated to municipality ( dimos ) 1948. On 1 January 2011 this church went up in the newly created municipality Gortynia in which it has since formed a district.

In the past on a hillside site were still alive at the beginning of the 20th century 6,000 inhabitants. He is well known for its hand-knotted carpets.

As the entire region is also the site of abandonment threatened, so that today a number of buildings stands empty and is threatened by decay.

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Overlooking the main square with clock tower

Main road through the town