Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Messinia
Margeli (Μαργέλι) Messinia
Margeli,[4] officially referred to as Margelion and formerly as "of Margeli" or Margieli, is a semi-mountainous settlement near Vlachopoulos and administratively falls under the Municipality of Pylos - Nestor, in the Prefecture of Messinia.
Location
Margeli is located northeast of Vlachopoulo, from which it is approximately 11 kilometers away, and northeast of Chora, from which it is approximately 16 kilometers away. It has an altitude of 423[1] meters and is approximately 32 kilometers from the coast of the Ionian Sea. Near Margeli are Papaflessas, approximately 4 kilometers to the northwest, Kontogoni, approximately 3 kilometers to the southwest, Agioi Apostoloi, approximately 4 kilometers to the south, and Aristomenis, approximately 6 kilometers to the east.
History of the settlement
The village, which is built at the foot of Mount Koufieros, with significant water sources and rich flora and fauna, has a long history that follows the history of Messinia and the wider region of Pylia. The area of the village in antiquity was part of the kingdom of Nestor, ancient Pylos. The settlement is mentioned at least since the Venetian period with names such as Marieli or Margeli or "of Margeli".
Second Venetian Rule
Main article: Territory of Methoni
During the Second Venetian Rule, it was referred to as Marieli[5] . 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 Marieli belonged, at the end of the 17th century, according to the Breve descrittione del Regno di Morea to the province of Methoni (Territorio di Modon), which was one of the 4 provinces into which the department of Methoni was then divided (province of Fanari, province of Arcadia, province of Navarino and province of Methoni).[5]
Administrative history
Margeli[6] was initially annexed, in 1835,[7] to the old Municipality of Scarmigos,[8] which had as its seat Scarmiga (today Metamorfosi), until 1840,[9] when this municipality was abolished and the settlement was detached from the Municipality of Scarmigos and annexed to the old Municipality of Voufrasos (later Municipality of Voufras),[10] where it remained until 1912 when the municipality was abolished. At least from 1844 to 1851 the village was officially referred to as "of Margeli" and from 1879 to 1896 as Margieli. From 1896 to 1907 it was referred to as Margeli and from 1907 to 1912 again as Margeli. The village is mentioned in 1853, also as Margeli, in the second volume of "Hellenic" by Iakovos Rizos Ragavis, as a village in the Municipality of Voufrasos in the District of Pylia with a population of 98 inhabitants, based on the 1851 census.[11] The seat of the Municipality of Voufrasos until 1851 was Chantzi (today Chatzis) and from 1851 to 1856 Vlachopoulos and then Chatzis again. In 1912[12] Margeli was annexed to the Community of Kontogoni.[13] The same community was also annexed, in 1912, to the settlements of Maniaki and Kontogoni as their seat. In 1915[14] the settlement of Kontogoni and the Community of Kontogoni were renamed Papaflessas and the Community of Papaflessa respectively. According to one source, from 1928 (reference to the 1928 census) and officially from 1931,[15] Margeli was detached from the Papaflessa Community and designated as the seat of the Margeli Community.[16] From 1912 to 1940 the village was officially referred to as Margeli and from 1940 to the present as Margelion. Margelion remained the seat of the Community of Margelion from 1931 to 1997, when, as part of the changes that occurred in local government, through the "Kapodistrias" plan, Margelion was subordinated to the abolished Municipality of Papaflessa,[17][18] until 2010. Since 2011, after the new changes of the "Kallikratis" plan, Margelion now belongs to the new Municipality of Pylos - Nestor.[19][20] This municipality was established with the Kallikratis Program by merging the pre-existing municipalities of Koroni, Methoni, Papaflessa, Pylos, Nestor and Chiliochoria. Margelion is today the seat and the only settlement of the Local Community of Margelion of the Municipality of Pylos-Nestor.[4]
Residents
The settlement, based on the 2011 census, has 42 permanent residents, who are mainly employed in various agricultural tasks, while in the past the main occupation was livestock farming.
Population Evolution of Margeli Messinia
Census Population
1844 84[21]
1851 98[11]
1879 156[22]
1889 160[23]
1896 188[24]
1907 214[25]
1920 209[26]
1928 202[27]
1940 201[28]
1951 180[29]
1961 146[30]
1971 64[31]
1981 55[32]
1991 74[33]
2001 116[34]
2011 42[35]
Buildings – sights
Except for the traditional houses, there is the village church, the Church of Agios Nikolaos, which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Messinia. At the top of the mountain, which rises above the village, to the southeast, there is also the chapel of Prophet Elias. The sights of the village include the old building owned by Georgios Margelis, which is an important example of the folk mountain architecture of the Peloponnese. The building is two-storey with two large stone arches on the ground floor and an external stone staircase leading to the upper floor. The stonework of the facade is with hewn stone, while all the frames of the building are wooden. Its windows have tzamiliki with 3 pairs of horizontal slats (kaitia) and nailed covers. This building has been designated as a protected work of art.[36] In the area of the village there are also two other historically preserved monuments, the Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary.
Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary
The Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary is located at Karamnitsa, approximately 2 kilometers east of the village, in a small place name that was probably previously called "Kelia".[37] In its catholicon, there is the homonymous single-aisled vaulted church, with a narthex and a prominent semicircular apse to the east, which dates back to the post-Byzantine era.[38]
Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary
In the village area is also the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which is a single-nave church with a gabled roof, covered with Byzantine-style tiles and a semicircular external niche. Based on its construction and morphological elements, the church dates back to the early 19th century.[39]
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Building owned by G. Margeli Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Foreign Affairs/ARCH/DILAP/G/2931/62234/8-11-1982 - Government Gazette 9/B/17-1-1983 Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, […] "We characterize as a work of art that needs special state protection according to Law 1469/1950, the old building owned by Margeli Georgiou, in the village of Margeli, Messinia, it is a wonderful example of folk mountain architecture of the Peloponnese. It is two-story with two large stone arches on the ground floor and an external stone staircase leading to the first floor. The stonework of the facade appears neat with chiseled stone, while the other facades are simple. All the frames are wooden. The windows have tzamiliki with 3 pairs of horizontal slats (kaitia) and nailed covers." […], according to the Permanent Catalogue of Declared Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Greece Archived 2018-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, of the Directorate of the National Archive of Monuments of the Ministry of Culture.
Anastasios Ath. Panagiotopoulos, Medieval Messinia Historical-Geographical and Kontovounio Settlements, Anastasitic Publications D. N. Karavia, Athens 2007, ISBN 978-960-258-103-2, Makrinaria Kontovounio Archived 2020-09-18 at the Wayback Machine, from the website: www.dimos-pylou-nestoros.gr
I. Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Culture and Sports/GDA/ARCH/B1/F30/KHR/16603/592/5-4-2002 - Government Gazette 474/B/17-4-2002 Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, […] "We characterize the Holy Monastery of the Nativity of the Virgin Mary, located in Karamnitsa, Margeli Municipality, Papaflessa Municipality, Pylia Province, Messinia Prefecture, as a historical monument, with the surrounding area being the precincts of the Monastery. The catholicon is a single-nave vaulted church with a narthex and a prominent semicircular apse to the east. On the perimeter of the church it is visible in the largest part of the quay made of raw stones, while east of the foundation, of different masonry (according to the isodomic system). Around the temple, buildings survive that confirm that it was a monastery katholikon. The temple dates back to the post-Byzantine era." […], according to the Permanent Catalogue of Declared Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Greece Archived 2018-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, of the Directorate of the National Archive of Monuments of the Ministry of Culture.
I.N. Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, Ministry of Culture/Arch/B1/F30/59609/1384/20-6-1995 - Government Gazette 575/B/30-6-1995 Archived 2020-09-27 at the Wayback Machine, […] "We characterize the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, Community of Margeli, District of Pylia, Prefecture of Messinia as a historical monument, with a 10m protection zone around it. It is a single-nave church with a gable roof, covered with Byzantine-style tiles and a semicircular external niche. Based on its constructional and morphological elements, the church must be dated to the early 19th century." […], according to the Permanent Catalogue of Declared Archaeological Sites and Monuments of Greece Archived 2018-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, of the National Archives of Monuments Directorate of the Ministry of Culture.
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The censuses of the Pronoei of the Serene Republic of Venice, Corner (1689), Grimani (1700) Angelo Emo (perhaps 1708), the undated census mentioned in the Querini-Stampalia manuscript (perhaps 1711), are four of the various Venetian censuses, which were attempted during the thirty-year period (1683/84-1715), during which the Venetians occupied the Peloponnese. To date, only the Grimani census has been fully published, by the historian and emeritus research director of the National Hellenic Research Foundation (NHRF) Vassilis Panagiotopoulos, in his work "Population and settlements of the Peloponnese. 13th - 18th century", (1985).
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