Tuesday 5 April 2016

DESKTOP 980 - LANGADIA, GREECE

Langadia (Greek: Λαγκάδια) is a mountain village and a former municipality in Arcadia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Gortynia, of which it is a municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was the village Langadia.

The village Langadia is situated on a mountain slope, at about 1000 m elevation. It is 5 km east of Lefkochori, 10 km north of Dimitsana and 36 km northwest of Tripoli. The Greek National Road 74 (Pyrgos - Olympia - Tripoli) passes through the village. The village has a school, a church, a post office, and a square. It is known for its local weaving mill.

Langadia used to be famous in Greece mainly because of its builders (called pelekanoi), that made stone-built houses all over the Peloponnese peninsula, and especially in Mani. Kanellos Deligiannis, one of the many heroes of the Greek War of Independence against the Turks in 1821, was born here.

This post is part of the Our World Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Trees & Bushes meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme.

6 comments:

  1. Wow - what an impressive view!
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  2. Love the Mediterranian coast for views like these! Oh, this makes me like to go again:)

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  3. How beautiful, Nick ... and I love getting some history with it. Makes it that much more interesting.

    Andrea @ From The Sol

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  4. It looks beautiful, but I don´t want to live at the top :)

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  5. I'm always amazed at how they build on the mountain slope. It's a lovely village. Thank you for sharing.

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