Administrative Region : West Macedonia
Regional unit : Florina
Agios Achilleios (Άγιος Αχίλλειος) Florina
Agios Achilleios is an islet of Mikri Prespa and a settlement of the same name in the Prespa Municipality of Florina, Macedonia. Administratively, it belongs to the Prespa Regional Municipality of the Municipality of Prespa in Western Macedonia.[1] The local community of Agios Achilleios also includes the settlement of Pyli.[2] Until 1926, the islet and settlement had the official name of Achilleion.[3]
Agios Achilleios is an islet of Mikri Prespa and a settlement of the same name in the Prespa Municipality of Florina, Macedonia. Administratively, it belongs to the Prespa Regional Municipality of the Municipality of Prespa in Western Macedonia.[1] The local community of Agios Achilleios also includes the settlement of Pyli.[2] Until 1926, the islet and settlement had the official name of Achilleion.[3]
Geography
Island
The islet of Agios Achilleios is located in the northwestern part of Mikri Prespa in a shallow and marshy position of the lake. The islet is located - like the entire lake area - at a high altitude approaching 900 meters, on average. In the southern part there is a peak that reaches 925 meters, the highest point of the islet. It is connected by a 650 m long floating bridge connecting Agios Achilleios with the opposite bank.[4] Its name, like that of the settlement, comes from Agios Achilleios the Cappadocian (note: the spelling is preserved), bishop of Larissa, in the 4th century.[5] Together with the island of Ioannina, it is the second inhabited island in a lake in Greece.[6][7][8][9]
Settlement
Agios Achilleios is a settlement in the northern part of the homonymous islet of Mikri Prespa, at an average elevation of 860. It is located approximately 59 km W. of Florina. The local community is characterized as a rural mountainous settlement, with an area of 38.848 km² (2011).[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Population
Permanent [12][13][14]
Year Population
1991 32 (137)
2001 28 (143)
2011 21 (110)
Real (de facto) [2][10][11]
Year Population
1961 38 (160)
1971 39 (151)
1981 31 (168)
1991 31 (149)
2001 28 (144)
2011 21 (107)
(in brackets the population of the local community)
Administrative changes until "Kallikratis"
As Achilleion
The settlement was recognized in 1918 and annexed to the German community of Florina prefecture. In 1920 it was annexed to the Nivistis community. In 1926 it was renamed Agios Achillios
As Agios Achillios
In 1942 the settlement passed to the prefecture of Kastoria, to return to the prefecture of Florina in 1944. With the Government Gazette 244A - 04/12/1997 the settlement was detached from the community of Agios Achillios and annexed to the municipality of Prespa[3]
Sights
The Basilica of Agios Achillios, a ruined Byzantine church of the 10th-11th century, built on the site of a larger early Christian church of the 6th century. The church was plundered and destroyed by the Alamanni around 1045 and both the sources and the archaeological research show that it was subsequently renovated by the active bishop of Ohrid, Theophrastus, who organized Episcopal and Hierarchical Synods there. It is assumed that the relic of Saint Achilles was placed in the diacanion of the church and that the Bulgarian Tsar Samuel, who occupied the area for about 15 years, was buried in the right aisle. The basilica is one of the largest of its category with dimensions of 22 X 45m. It is three-aisled, wooden-roofed, with a narthex, with two tall columns carrying two rows of arches. It is built at the base of a small hill, with incorporated building material, from buildings of an ancient city (possibly Lyka, a Roman/Byzantine settlement, as excavated inscriptions attest), as has happened with the other churches of the islet.[15][16]
The Basilica of the Twelve Apostles, a ruined church from the 11th century
The monastery of Panagia Porphyra, at the southeastern end of the islet, which preserves frescoes from the 15th, 16th and 18th centuries in its catholicon
The church of Agios Demetrios (14th century)
The church of Agios Georgios, a small single-aisled basilica from the 15th century that preserves its frescoes[7][8][17]
References
«Agios Achillios FLORINAS, Municipality of PRESPON». buk.gr. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
https://www.statistics.gr/2011-census-pop-hous
«ΕΤΑΑ-διοικείτες Καλάβητική τον Κολισμήν». www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
«Saint Achilles: the island in Prespes». Greek-CrossRoads. June 14, 2018. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
«Saint Achilles of Larissa the Miracle Worker». VIMA ORTHODOXIAS. May 14, 2021. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
«Εδος» Ελλάδα
«διακοπες», p. 956
«Κορφες», vol. 117
Structure 35:105
PL 1:169
PLM 1:449
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2011_monimos.pdf
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2001_monimos.pdf
https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_1991_monimos.pdf
Was the Basilica of St. Achilleus not built by Tsar Samuel? Archaeologists question the relevant narrative
«Ministry of Culture and Sports | Basilica of St. Achilleus». odysseus.culture.gr. Archived from the original on August 21, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2022.
Sources
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse Britannica, 1978, 2006 (PLM)
Encyclopedia Papyrus Larousse, ed. 1963 (PL)
Encyclopedia Structure, 1996, 2002-4
Publishing Organization "Ellada", maps (Varelas)
Magazine "Korfes", issue 117 (article by Lazaros Pamperis)
Magazine "Diakopes", ed. D.O.L., 2010
External links
Multimedia related to the topic Agios Achillios at Wikimedia Commons
Gelou, L. G. (2010). "The archaeological research on the islet of Ag. Achillios Prespa from the 1960s to the present". Makedonika 39 (1): 219-233. doi:10.12681/makedonika.700.
| Municipal unit Prespes |
|---|
| Community Agios Achilleios |
| Agios Achilleios (Άγιος Αχίλλειος, ο) |
| Pyli (Πύλη, η) |
| Community Agios Germanos |
| Agios Germanos (Άγιος Γερμανός, ο) |
| Community Antartiko |
| Antartiko (Ανταρτικό, το) |
| Trigono (Τρίγωνο, το) |
| Community Vrontero |
| Vrontero (Βροντερό, το) |
| Community Kallithea |
| Kallithea (Καλλιθέα, η) |
| Community Karyes |
| Karyes (Καρυαί, αι) |
| Oxya (Οξυά, η) |
| Community Laimos |
| Laimos (Λαιμός, ο) |
| Mileonas (Μηλεών, ο) |
| Community Lefkonas |
| Lefkonas (Λευκώνας, ο) |
| Community Mikrolimni |
| Mikrolimni (Μικρολίμνη, η) |
| Community Pisoderi |
| Vigla (Βίγλα, η) |
| Pisoderi (Πισοδέρι, το) |
| Community Platy |
| Platy (Πλατύ, το) |
| Community Prasino |
| Prasino (Πράσινο, το) |
| Community Psarades |
| Psarades (Ψαράδες, οι) |
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