Administrative Region : Thessaly
Regional unit : Larissa
Melia (Μελία) Larissa
Melia is a lowland village in the Prefecture of Larissa. It is located in the municipality of Kileler and in the municipal unit of Platykampos. It is 19.5 kilometers away from Larissa and has an altitude of 62 meters.
During the administrative division of Greece with the “Kapodistrias” plan, until 2010, Melia belonged to the Local Department of Melia, of the former Municipality of Platykampos in the Prefecture of Larissa.
History
The village was formerly called Tsoular (until 1920), and in 1883 it was annexed to the municipality of Onchistos[1]. In 1912, it was designated as the seat of the Tsoular community[1].
Kileler Uprising
In the early 1910s, the main demand of the peasants was the expropriation of the land and the distribution of the estates to its cultivators, on the basis of small family ownership.
The peasants had planned a pan-Thessalian rally in Larissa on Saturday, March 6, on the occasion of the discussion of the agricultural bill in Parliament. Early in the morning, demonstrators from the surrounding villages began to flock to the city. At the railway station of Kileler, some 200 villagers wanted to board a train without paying a ticket. The director of the Thessalian Railways, Politis, who was on the train, refused to let them in. The villagers became enraged and began to throw stones at the train, breaking the windows of the carriages.
The train moved away, but a kilometer away the same scenes were repeated by a group of 800 villagers. The military men who were on the train and were traveling to Larissa for the rally were ordered by their leader to shoot in the air to intimidate them. The villagers became enraged and attacked them with stones and sticks. The soldiers fired again, resulting in the killing of two or according to others four villagers and the wounding of many. Similar incidents[2] also occurred in the village of Tsoular (the old name of the village), with two villagers dead and 15 injured.
The clashes between unarmed demonstrators and the forces of repression also spread to Larissa, when the farmers were informed of the bloody incidents in Killeler and Tsoular. Two peasants fell dead when the cavalry took action. The rally was finally held peacefully at 3 pm in Themis Square.
For the riots in Killeler, Tsoular and Larissa, many people were arrested and remanded in custody. Several farmers were subsequently acquitted by parliament, while a total of 62 demonstrators were brought to trial. They were all acquitted on June 23, 1910, in an attempt to defuse the situation.
World War II
This village was destroyed by 2/3 on the night of August 21 to 22, 1944 by the German assault battalion, which was based in the neighboring village of Platykambos, in retaliation for sabotage committed the rebels provoked.
Athanasios Dovas protected the remaining 1/3 of the village. He is awarded every year by the rebel association of Larissa Prefecture.
Structure
In the village there is the church of Saint Athanasios, who is also the patron saint of the village, and celebrates on May 2[3], as well as a primary school, which is no longer used for classes.
In 2019, the opening of the church of Saint Tryphon in the Hadzilazaro district[4] took place.
It was formerly a Community, which included the villages of Modestos (Sarkhanlar[5]), Anagennisis (Sarkolon[6]) and the settlement at the railway station[3]. Today it is a municipal district of the same name.
The most common occupation of the residents is agriculture and livestock farming, while women usually deal with household chores.
Population
In 1950, it had 864 inhabitants. In the 2001 census, it had 841 inhabitants and 309 inhabitants in 2011.
"Administrative Changes of Settlements". EETAA. Retrieved on 18 December 2020.
"Kileler - Skouries Halkidiki: Two cases of state violence". Avgi. 29 March 2013. Retrieved on 18 December 2020.
"New Page 3". pekp.gr. Retrieved on 18 December 2020.
"Thyranoixia of Saint Tryphon in Melia - I.M. of Larissa & Tyrnavos". Retrieved on 18 December 2020.
"Pandektis: Sarchanlar -- Modestos". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
“Pandektis: Sarkolon -- Anagennisis”. pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
Sources
Simea .gr, San. “The Revolt of Killeler”. San Simera .gr. Retrieved December 18, 2020.
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