Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Messinia
Agaliani (Αγαλιανή) Messinia
Agaliani[2] is a semi-mountainous settlement near Sidirokastro and administratively falls under the Municipality of Trifylia, Messinia Prefecture.
Before the Kallikrates program and the Kapodistrias plan, it belonged to the Trifylia province of Messinia Prefecture, in the geographical department of Peloponnese.[3][4][5][6] The homonymous local community of Agaliani also includes the settlements of Vlassada, Xyfara, Paliovlassada and Pigadoulia. Agaliani is informally distinguished into Pano Chorio (Pano Rouga) and Kato Chorio (Kato Rouga).[7][8]
Location
Agaliani is located approximately 14 kilometers northeast of Kyparissia and approximately 5 kilometers northwest of Sidirokastro. It has an altitude of 377[9]- 404[2] meters and is approximately 5 kilometers from the coast of the Ionian Sea. Near Agaliani, to its southeast, is Vanada at a distance of approximately 3 kilometers and to its west is Agiannakis at a distance of approximately 4.5 kilometers respectively.
History
The village, which is located in a hilly area (Ag. Panteleimonas) facing the Gulf of Kyparissia, has a long history that follows the history of Trifylia and the wider area of Kyparissia, Avlona and Sidirokastro.
Byzantine period – Middle Ages – First Venetian rule – First Turkish rule
During the time of the Byzantine Empire[7] the inhabitants of the agricultural settlements of the area had built various churches and monasteries in honor of their venerated saints. All these small churches were deserted after the first Turkish rule, because the Turks did not allow their operation. The area of the village was a territory that belonged to the Barony of Arcadia (1262-1432), which was a state vassal to the Principality of Achaia (1205-1432).
Second Venetian Rule
Later, it seems that the families of the inhabitants were settled by the Venetian conquerors (Barony of Methoni) in the current location of the village during the period of the second Venetian Rule of the Morea (1685), for easy taxation.[7] During the Venetian rule, the village was referred to as Agaliani. The settlement is also mentioned in various censuses of the Venetian Pronoites of the Serene Republic of Venice, which were made during the thirty-year period (1683/84-1715), during which the Venetians occupied the Peloponnese. The village of Agaliani belonged, in 1689, to the province of Arcadia (or Arcadia, i.e. the area of present-day Kyparissia), which was one of the 4 provinces into which the Methoni district was then divided (Phanariou province, Arcadia province, Navarinou province and Methoni province). Based on the Venetian census of 1689, the village had 29 inhabitants.[10]
Second Ottoman occupation
After 1715, when the Turks expelled the Venetians from the Morea and returned, they renamed the Barony of Methoni to Vilayeti of Arcadia, and appointed two agades in Agaliani who collected the tithe from the inhabitants of the area from their agricultural production. It is unclear whether it was the seat of one or two Agades.[2] According to local tradition, there are two versions: The first version that the Agas was weak, thin = thin, therefore Aga-lianos = Agaliani.[2] The second version that the second compound of the word liani in Turkish means the hangout, the lodge, the summer residence of the Agas.[2]
From these two agades (Agadiani > Agaliani) the current name of the village seems to come, although this view is not fully documented.[8][11]
According to the collective two-volume work, "Messenia. Place, time, people", during the mid-Byzantine period, between 1200–1300, livestock farming in the Messinian region declined and intensive cultivation of olive trees and vines began. At that time, large estates were created and a tendency towards autonomy of the large landowners, etc. against the central government appeared. Large landowners of that era left their names in the place names of the region such as: Gargalianoi, Agalianou, Lagouvardou, Kountoura, Romanou, Chandrinou, etc.[2][12]
Revolution of 1821
In the Revolution of 1821, Agaliani actively participated in the struggle and several of its inhabitants were held as hostages in Methoni, according to this custom of the Turks. After the liberation, it remained isolated for a long time, like all the villages in the area, due to the lack of a road network.
Modern period
The population of the village increased greatly after the Occupation, with 512 inhabitants in 1951.[11]
Administrative history
Agaliani was initially annexed to the old Municipality of Avlonos in 1835.[13][14][15] The village is mentioned in 1853, also as Agaliani, in the second volume of "Hellenic" by Iakovos Rizos Ragavis, as a village in the Municipality of Avlonos in the Province of Trifylia with a population of 136 inhabitants, based on the 1851 census.[16] The seat of the Municipality of Avlonos at that time, based on the same source, was the village of Sidirokastron. In 1899, the village was transferred from the Prefecture of Messinia and became part of the Prefecture of Trifylia,[17] for about a decade, until 1909, when it returned to the Prefecture of Messinia,[18] as a settlement of the Province of Trifylia. In 1912, Agaliani was annexed and became the seat of the Community of Agaliani,[19][20] which also included the following settlements: Agianakis, Vlassada, Kaymeni Nyanga (today Prodromos), Kaloneron, Aiseri (later Agios Seraphim, abolished in 1940) and Bouzi (today Elaia). The village remained in the Community of Agaliani from 1912 to 1997, when then, within the framework of the changes that occurred in the local government, through the "Kapodistrias" plan, Agaliani, Pigadoulia (recognized in 1991) and Vlassada were subordinated to the abolished Municipality of Avlona Messinia,[21][22] until 2010. Since 2011, after the new changes of the "Kallikratis" plan, Agaliani now belongs to the new Municipality of Trifylia.[2][23] This municipality was established with the Kallikratis Program by merging the pre-existing municipalities of Aetos, Avlona, Gargaliana, Kyparissia, Filiatra and the community of Tripyla. Agaliani is today a settlement and the seat of the Local Community of Agaliani of the Municipality of Trifylia,[2] which also includes the settlements of Vlassada, Xyfara, Paliovlassada and Pigadoulia. The community of Agaliani has an average elevation of 281 meters (377 meters for the village) and an area of 15,757 km2. It is located approximately 67 km from Kalamata, to the NW.[4][24][25]
Residents
The settlement, based on the 2011 census, has 207 permanent residents, who are mainly employed in various agricultural activities and mainly in olive cultivation.[7]
Population Evolution of Agaliani Messinia Census Population Population Evolution Chart
1689 29[10]
1844 204[26]
1851 136[16]
1879 418[10][27]
1889 384[28]
1896 411[29]
1907 423[30]
1920 430[31]
1928 411[32]
1940 464[33]
1951 512[34]
1961 396[35]
1971 257[36]
1981 171[37]
1991 225[38]
2001 232[39]
2011 207[40]
Buildings - events
In addition to the traditional houses, there is the old Primary School of the village, as well as the old Community Office, in the courtyard of which is also the monument to the fallen. There are also 2 churches: The parish church of the village, the Church of Prophet Elias and the Church of Saint Panteleimon (cemetery church), which belong to the Holy Metropolis of Trifylia and Olympia. Various cultural activities in the village are also organized on a regular basis by the Cultural and Beautification Association of Agaliani, which was founded in 1971 and also publishes the newspaper "Agaliani". There is also an olive press in the village.[7]
See also
Kyparissia
Sidirokastro
Municipality of Trifylia
Administrative division of the Regional Unit of Messinia
Administrative division of the prefecture of Messinia
former Municipality of Avlona, Messinia
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| Municipal unit Avlonas |
|---|
| Community Agaliani |
| Agaliani (Αγαλιανή, η) |
| Vlassada (Βλασσάδα, η) |
| Xyfara (Ξυφάρα, η) |
| Paliovllassada (Παλιοβλασσάδα, η) |
| Pigadoulia (Πηγαδούλια, τα) |
| Community Avlonas |
| Avlonas (Αυλών, ο) |
| Panorama (Πανόραμα, το) |
| Pteri (Πτέρη, η) |
| Community Vanada |
| Vanada (Βανάδα, η) |
| Community Elaia |
| Agiannakis (Αγιαννάκης, ο) |
| Elaia (Ελαία, η) |
| Fonissa (Φόνισσα, η) |
| Community Kalitsaina |
| Kalitsaina (Καλίτσαινα, η) |
| Community Kalo Nero |
| Ano Kalo Nero (Άνω Καλόν Νερόν, το) |
| Vounaki (Βουνάκι, το) |
| Drekolaiika (Δρεκολαίικα, τα) |
| Kakkavas (Κάκκαβας, ο) |
| Kalo Nero (Καλόν Νερόν, το) |
| Marmaro (Μάρμαρο, το) |
| Stasi Sidirokastrou (Στάση Σιδηροκάστρου, η) |
| Community Karyes |
| Karyes (Καρυαί, οι) |
| Community Platania |
| Platania (Πλατάνια τα) |
| Community Prodromos |
| Prodromos (Πρόδρομος, ο) |
| Community Sidirokastro |
| Sidirokastro (Σιδηρόκαστρον, το) |
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