Avlonas, Messinia

Avlonas,[4] officially referred to as Avlon and formerly as Karamoustafa or Karamoustafas, is a mountainous settlement near Sidirokastro and administratively falls under the Municipality of Trifylia, in the Prefecture of Messinia.

Location

Avlonas is located approximately 24 kilometers northeast of Kyparissia and approximately 5.5 kilometers northeast of Sidirokastro. It has an altitude of 589[1] meters and is approximately 15 kilometers from the coast of the Ionian Sea. Near Avlonas, to the northeast, is also Kalitsaina at a distance of approximately 2.5 kilometers.

History

Ancient Avlon

Avlonas was an ancient Messenian city mentioned by Pausanias,[5] Strabo and Xenophon. However, no one had previously determined with certainty whether the relative location of this city was near the village,[6] which was nevertheless given its name in honor of the ancient city in 1922. According to more recent research, the location of Ancient Avlona is now located much further west of the village, near the settlements of Vounaki, Agiannaki and Ano Kalo Nero. Ancient Avlona is therefore located further west of the current village, at the point that has been designated as the Archaeological Site of Vounaki, along with the coastal and marine area.[7][8] There are findings of remains of ancient fortifications and ancient building remains.[9][10]
Name

The village, which is built between two hills of the Nomion Mountains, has a long history that follows the general history of Trifylia. Its foundation dates back to the 16th and 17th centuries and the village was originally named Karamoustafas, a name derived from the Turkish aga of the region, Kara-Mustafa.[4] The newer name of the village, Avlon (masculine), derives from the older historical assumption that the wider area of ​​the village was probably the site of the ancient Messinian city known as Avlon. At times, unofficially, the village is also incorrectly referred to in various sources as Avlona (feminine).

Venetian rule

During the Venetian rule, it was referred to as Kara Moustafa (Carà Mustafà). 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.[11] The village of Carà Mustafà 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 (Phanari province, Arcadia province, Navarino province and Methoni province). It was also mentioned in various references under the names Kara-mustafa or Karamustafa or Karamustafas or Karamustafas.

Recent history

Kara-mustafa was initially annexed to the old Municipality of Avlonas in 1835[12][13][14] and remained there until 1912 when the municipality was abolished. The village is mentioned, in 1853, also as Karamoustafa in the second volume of "Hellenic" by Iakovos Rizos Ragavis, as a village of the Municipality of Avlonas in the Province of Trifylia with a population of 315 inhabitants, based on the 1851 census.[15] The seat of the Municipality of Avlonos at that time, based on the same source, was the village of Sidirokastro. In 1899 the village was transferred from the Prefecture of Messinia and became part of the Prefecture of Trifylia,[16] for about a decade, until 1909, when it returned to the Prefecture of Messinia,[17] as a settlement of the District of Trifylia. In 1912 Karamoustafas was annexed and became the seat of the Community of Karamoustafas,[18][19] which also included the settlements of Kallistaina (Kalitsaina) and Sklaveika (Pteri). In 1916 Troukaki (Panorama) was annexed to this community, while in 1922 Karamoustafas and its community were renamed Avlon and the Community of Avlon respectively. The village remained the seat of the homonymous community (with changes in the name of the village and the community), from 1912 to 1997, when then, in the context of the changes that occurred in the local government, through the "Kapodistrias" plan, Avlon was subordinated to the abolished Municipality of Avlona Messinia,[20][21] until 2010. Since 2011, after the new changes of the "Kallikratis" plan, Avlon now belongs to the new Municipality of Trifylia.[4][22] 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. Avlon today is the seat of the Local Community of Avlon of the Municipality of Trifylia,[4] which also includes the settlements of Panorama and Pteri.

Residents

The settlement, based on the 2011 census, has 125 permanent residents, who are mainly employed in various agricultural tasks.
Population Evolution of Avlonas Messinia

Census Population
1844 280[23]
1851 315[15]
1879 567[24]
1889 521[25]
1896 531[26]
1907 600[27]
1920 571[28]
1928 621[29]
1940 596[30]
1951 572[31]
1961 485[32]
1971 389[33]
1981 381[34]
1991 285[35]
2001 302[36]
2011 125[37]

Buildings – events – sights

In addition to the traditional houses, the square with the century-old plane tree,[38] in the southwestern part of which is the Monument to those who fell for the fatherland and the bust of the doctor and fighter of the National Resistance Panagiotis Th. Kanellopoulos (1906–1979),[39] the old Primary School and the Cultural and Folklore Center of Avlonos, there is the village church, the Church of Agios Georgios, which was built in 1831[38][40] and belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Trifylia and Olympia. There is also the chapel of Panagia, in Lozena. At the entrance to the village there is also the bust of the founder of the "MINION" department stores, Giannis D. Georgakas (1913–2002), who was originally from Avlona and also served as the first president of the Board of Directors of the "Avlonites Association of Athens".[41] The "Avlonites Association of Trifylia" and the "Cultural Folklore Association of Avlona" hold various cultural events in the village.
Neda
Main article: Neda (river)
An important attraction near the village is the area with the gorge, river and waterfalls of Neda.[38]

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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)

Avlonas (Αυλώνας) Achaia
Avlonas (Αύλωνας) Lesvos
Avlonas (Αυλώνας) Messinia

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