Mouriatada, Messinia

Mouriatada[4] and formerly referred to as Mourgiatades or Mourgatada or Mourgiatada, is a mountainous settlement near Kyparissia and administratively falls under the Municipality of Trifylia, in the Prefecture of Messinia.

Location

Mouriatada is located approximately 7 kilometers northeast of Kyparissia[4] at an altitude of 281[1] meters and is approximately 7 kilometers from the coast of the Ionian Sea.

History
Mycenaean era
Main article: Amphigeneia

The area of ​​the settlement, in antiquity, was part of the kingdom of Nestor, ancient Pylos.
Amphigeneia – Archaeological Site of Mouriatada

The Archaeological Site of Mouriatada[5][6][7], which was investigated by archaeologist Spyridon Marinatos, is located approximately 1.5 kilometers from the village, on the hill called Elliniko. Ruins of an extensive fortified settlement with a high defensive wall, from the Late Bronze Age (YE III B[5] - C period), scattered houses on the slopes of the hill and a looted domed tomb have been found.[8][9] In a dominant position is the Palace of Muriatada,[10][11] that is, a palace-type mansion, approximately from the 13th century BC, which is estimated to be from the same period as the Palace of Nestor,[9] but with smaller rooms and not as careful stonework as that of the palace of ancient Pylos, however its floors and walls were plastered. The walls were also decorated with blue and red bands.[5]

From the findings and the area of ​​approximately 40 acres, which this settlement extended, archaeologists conclude that it is a Mycenaean city, which S. Marinatos identifies with the Homeric "Amphigenia" or "Amphigenia",[5] one of the nine major cities of the Kingdom of Nestor.[9]

Venetian rule – Turkish rule

The village itself has a long history. During the Venetian rule it was referred to as Moratades (Moratadhes) or Mouratades or Mouriades or Mourgiades. The village was probably temporarily abandoned and/or destroyed after 1700, during the Pirate period and/or the Turkish rule, for which there is no available historical evidence and it seems that it was repopulated – re-established, around 1800, by shepherd families, who came from Arkoudorrema in Arcadia.[4] The first residents mentioned were members of the Koutsoyiannis family (today Stathopoulou) and the Douvitsei (today Panagiotakopouloi) and Veve families.

According to the official version of the Municipality of Trifylia, as well as local traditions, there are two possible versions for the name of the village. Either from the "berry" of the wild olive tree, or from the "mulberry" tree, as there were several wild olive trees (today concentrated domestic olives), as well as mulberries in the area of ​​the village.[4]

The village is found with the names Mourgiatades or Mourgatada or Mourgiatada in bibliographic sources-references. 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. Mourgiatades (Moratadhes), 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).[12]

Administrative history

Mourgiatada was annexed to the old Municipality of Kyparissia in 1835,[13][14] while it is mentioned, in 1853, in the second volume of "Hellenica" by Iakovos Rizos Ragavis as a village of the Municipality of Kyparissia of the Triphylia Province with a population of 85 inhabitants, based on the 1851 census.[15] In 1899 it 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 the village of Mouriatada was separated from the old Municipality of Kyparissia and became the seat of the Community of Mouriatada, which also included the village of Karvouni.[18][19] Mouriatada remained the seat of the homonymous community from 1912 to 1997, when then, in the context of the changes that occurred in local government, through the "Kapodistrias" plan, it was subordinated to the abolished Municipality of Kyparissia,[20] until 2010. Since 2011, after the new changes of the "Kallikratis" plan, it now belongs to the new Municipality of Trifylia.[4][21] 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.

Residents

The settlement, based on the 2011 census, has 32 permanent residents, who are employed in various agricultural activities, mainly in the cultivation of olive trees and vineyards.[22]
Population Evolution of Muriatada Messinia

Census Population
1689 17[12]
1844 81[23]
1851 85[15]
1879 131[12][24]
1889 146[25]
1896 167[26]
1907 187[27]
1920 192[28]
1928 234[29]
1940 202[30]
1951 292[31]
1961 193[32]
1971 115[33]
1981 120[34]
1991 125[35]
2001 80[36]
2011 32[37]

Buildings – sights

In addition to the houses and the central square, with the traditional cafe, the village has the old closed primary school, which currently houses the Rural Clinic, while in the school courtyard there is the Monument for the village's fallen in the wars of 1821 and 1940.[22] The village's church is the Church of Zoodochos Pigi, the village's patron saint, which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Trifylia and Olympia and celebrates on the first Friday after Easter.[22] Just before entering the village, the road begins that leads to the also mountainous settlement of Karvouni. The most important attraction of the village is considered to be the Archaeological site of Mouriatada, on the hill of Elliniko.[22]

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Πηγές

Οι απογραφές των Προνοητών της Γαληνοτάτης Δημοκρατίας της Βενετίας, Corner (1689), Grimani (1700) Angelo Emo (ίσως το 1708), η αχρονολόγητη απογραφή που αναφέρεται στο χειρόγραφο Querini-Stampalia (ίσως το 1711), είναι τέσσερις από τις διάφορες βενετσιάνικες απογραφές, οι οποίες επιχειρήθηκαν στο χρονικό διάστημα της τριακονταετίας (1683/84-1715), κατά την οποία οι Βενετοί κατείχαν την Πελοπόννησο. Μέχρι σήμερα πλήρως έχει δημοσιευθεί μόνο η απογραφή Grimani, από τον ιστορικό και ομότιμο διευθυντή ερευνών του Εθνικού Ιδρύματος Ερευνών (ΕΙΕ) Βασίλη Παναγιωτόπουλο, στο έργο του "Πληθυσμός και οικισμοί της Πελοποννήσου. 13ος - 18ος αιώνας", (1985).
Βασίλης Παναγιωτόπουλος, "Πληθυσμός και οικισμοί της Πελοποννήσου. 13ος - 18ος αιώνας", Σειρά: Μελέτες Νεοελληνικής Ιστορίας, μετάφραση: Χριστίνα Αγριαντώνη, επιμέλεια: Αγγελική Κόκκου, έκδοση: Εμπορική Τράπεζα Ελλάδος - Ιστορικό Αρχείο, Αθήνα 1985,Sources

The censuses of the Pronoites 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 director of research of the National Research Foundation (NRF) Vassilis Panagiotopoulos, in his work "Population and settlements of the Peloponnese. 13th - 18th century", (1985).
Vasilis Panagiotopoulos, "Population and settlements of the Peloponnese. 13th - 18th century", Series: Studies in Modern Greek History, translation: Christina Agriantoni, edited by Angeliki Kokkou, published by Commercial Bank of Greece - Historical Archive, Athens 1985, 2nd edition: 1987.
Konstantinos Ntokos, "BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE KINGDOM OF MOREA. Narrative historical source or official Venetian document of the Second Venetian Rule in the Peloponnese?", "EOA AND ESPERIA", Vol 1, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.12681/eoaesperia.24 Athens 1993.
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Municipal unit Kyparissia
Municipal Community Kyparissia
Vathy (Βαθύ, το)
Kartelas (Καρτελάς, ο)
Kyparissia (Κυπαρισσία, η)
Mavri Limna (Μαύρη Λίμνα, η)
Memi (Μεμί, το)
Metalleio (Μεταλλείο, το)
Blemenianoi (Μπλεμενιάνοι, οι)
Myloi (Μύλοι, οι)
Rouzaki (Ρουζάκι, το)
Sergiani (Σεργιάνι, το)
Terpsithea (Τερψιθέα, η)
Farmaka (Φαρμάκα, η)
Community Armenioi
Armenioi (Αρμενιοί, οι)
Community Vryses
Vryses (Βρύσες, οι)
Community Mouriatada
Karvouni (Καρβούνι, το)
Mouriatada (Μουριατάδα, η)
Community Myro
Alimaki (Αλιμάκι, το)
Myro (Μύρον, το)
Community Xirokampos
Xirokampos (Ξηρόκαμπος, ο)
Community Perdikoneri
Perdikoneri (Περδικονέρι, το)
Community Raches
Raches (Ράχες, οι)
Community Spilia
Spilia (Σπηλιά, η)
Community Stasio
Stasio (Στασιόν, το)
Community Faraklada
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Faraklada (Φαρακλάδα, η)

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