Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Messinia
Spilia (Σπηλιά) Messinia
Spilia[3], is a settlement near Kyparissia and administratively under the Municipality of Trifylia, in the Prefecture of Messinia.
Location
The village is located approximately 6 kilometers southeast of Kyparissia[3] at an altitude of 85 meters and is approximately 6 kilometers from the coast of the Ionian Sea.
History
The village has a history that dates back to 1833,[4] when it was founded by the brothers Konstantinos, Georgakis and Ioannis Bitsikas, in a location close to the Aigaleo mountain range, which extends to the east of the village.[3] The first residents were members of the Bitsika, Chinari[3] and Kanellopoulos families.[4] The first two families are believed to have come from the Armenians, while the third family from Raftopoulo respectively. The most prominent of the founders is considered to be Konstantinos Dracopoulos or Bitsikas from the Armenians. Approximately 1 kilometer southeast of the current location of the village, there was, during the Ottoman period, a small settlement called Redemiri, in which the Metropolitan of Christianoupolis Athanasios had settled former slaves, Christians in religion, whom he had bought from the Turks.[4] During the Second Venetian Rule, Rendemiri is also mentioned in various censuses of the Venetian Pronoites of the Serene Republic of Venice, which were conducted during the thirty-year period (1683/84-1715), during which the Venetians occupied the Peloponnese. Rendemiri, in 1689, had 38 inhabitants and belonged 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).[5] According to the official version of the Municipality of Trifylia, the village of Spilia took its name from a small cave located near the Skandali stream,[3] which the residents used as a place to keep their animals.[4] From the late 19th century and the early 20th century, Spilia experienced an increase in population, as did the wider area, thanks to the economic development brought by the "raisin society". During this period, the village's population was gradually added by Tsakones from Kynouria in Arcadia,[4] thanks to whom the settlement of Tsakonorouga was built to the south of the village, as well as other residents who were added from various mountainous villages of the old Municipality of Tripyla (such as the villages of: Dara, Myrou, Lentekada, Sella, Kalogeresi, Tripyla and Lykoudesi).[4]
Spilia was officially annexed to the old Municipality of Kyparissia in 1845.[6][7] In 1899 it was transferred from the Prefecture of Messinia and came under the Prefecture of Trifylia,[8] for about a decade, until 1909, when it returned to the Prefecture of Messinia,[9] as a settlement of the District of Trifylia.
In 1912 the village of Spilia was separated from the old Municipality of Kyparissia and became the seat of the Community of Spilia, which also included the village of Podogora,[10][11] which, in 1927, was renamed Perdikoneri[12] and shortly afterwards, in 1928,[13] it was separated from the Community of Spilia and designated the seat of the Community of Perdikoneri.[14] Spilia remained the seat of the homonymous community from 1912 to 1997, when, as part of the changes that occurred in local government through the "Kapodistrias" plan, it was subordinated to the abolished Municipality of Kyparissia,[15] until 2010. Since 2011, after the new changes of the "Kallikratis" plan, it now belongs to the new Municipality of Trifylia.[3][16] This municipality was established with the Kallikratis Program by merging the pre-existing municipalities of Aetos, Avlonos, Gargaliana, Kyparissia, Filiatra and the community of Tripyla. Spilia is today the seat of the Municipal District of Spilia, which is also the largest in the Municipality of Trifylia.[3]
Residents
The settlement, based on the 2011 census, has 511 permanent residents, who are employed in various agricultural activities, as between the village and Kyparissia, to the west of the village, there is a fertile plain with olive groves and various crops, such as potatoes, watermelons and various vegetables.[3]
Population Evolution of Spilia Messinia Census Population Population Evolution Chart
1879 218[17]
1889 395[18]
1896 523[19]
1907 575[20]
1920 572[21]
1928 635[22]
1940 760[23]
1951 704[24]
1961 657[25]
1971 560[26]
1981 506[27]
1991 588[28]
2001 614[29]
2011 511[30]
Buildings – events
In addition to the houses in the village there are two picturesque squares, based on the street plan village plan drawn up in 1924.[4] The original Primary School of Spilia was established in the mid-19th century. Previously, the education of the children of the village was provided by private teachers, either in various houses or in the church.[citation needed] In 1915, when Anastasios Zacharios was the teacher, the school was relocated to the new building, the Public Teaching School which still exists today,[citation needed] while in 1922 a Primary School for Girls was also established, which operated for about two years as a single-seater. Until 1924, that is, two schools operated, for boys and girls, which were then merged into a mixed 2-year primary school. [citation pending] In 1938, the school had become a 3-year school and approximately 140 students were enrolled in it. The construction of a third hall in it was stopped due to the war of 1940, while later the village's Cultural Center was built.[citation needed] There is also a Gymnasium in the village.[citation needed] Until 1874, when the first church was built, the residents mainly attended church at the Armenian Church, while the new church, the Church of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary, which belongs to the Holy Metropolis of Triphylia and Olympia, was built in 1954.[citation needed] There are also three chapels in the village, those of Saint George, Saint Nektarios, Saint Demetrios and Saint Ephraim.[4] During the feast of the Transfiguration of the Savior (August 6) and the novena of the Virgin Mary (August 22/23), a folk festival with live music is held in the village, while Saint George, Saint Nektarios, Saint Demetrios, Saint Mavra and Saint Constantine are also celebrated in Spilia.[4] Events are also organized by the Philoprodone Association "Hermes" and the Athens Cave Association, which also publishes a newspaper.[citation needed] In 2016, the "Cultural Association of Spilia "Hermes"" together with the Municipality of Trifylia co-organized the 4th Meeting of the Messinian Amphictyony in Spilia.[31][32]
References
Postal Code Spilia Messinia.
Greece Area Codes, Zone 27: Kyparissia: 27610
9) Postal Code Spilia: I Spilia Archived 2017-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, from the website: www.dimostrifylias.gr of the Municipality of Trifylia.
"Messinia: Olive Culture in the land of Messinia" - "Messinia. The Culture of Olives in the Messinian Land", Biotourism Guide - Biotourism Guide, from the website: biopolitics.gr, Biotourism – Olive Culture in the land of Messinia, published by: "Biopolitics International Organisation" - "International Organisation of Biopolitics", Athens 2015, ISBN 978-960-7508-55-3, pp. 316-317.
Spyridon Lambros, "Census of the Prefecture of Methoni under the Venetians Archived 2015-12-09 at the Wayback Machine.", Bulletin of the Historical and Ethnological Society of Greece, volume 2 Archived 2017-11-06 at the Wayback Machine., From the Perris Brothers Printing House, Athens 1883, pp. 686-710. From the Digital Library of the University of Ioannina, Census 1689, No. 140 Rendemiri, pp. 706-707.
Government Gazette 32A - 08/12/1845.
Administrative Changes of Settlements > Spilia (Messenia), from the website: www.eetaa.gr
Government Gazette 136A - 08/07/1899.
Government Gazette 282A - 04/12/1909.
Government Gazette 262A - 31/08/1912.
Administrative Changes of Settlements > K. Spilia (Messenia), from the website: www.eetaa.gr
Government Gazette 306A - 22/12/1927.
Government Gazette 60A - 18/04/1928.
Administrative Changes of Settlements > K. Perdikoneri (Messenia), from the website: www.eetaa.gr
Government Gazette 244A - 04/12/1997.
Government Gazette 87A - 07/06/2010.
Ministry of the Interior, "Statistics of Greece - Population 1879, from the S. K. Vlastos Printing House, Athens 1881. Also: "Statistics of Greece - Population 1879", p. 123.
Ministry of the Interior, Department of Public Economy and Statistics, "Statistics of Greece - Population - Census of 15-16 April 1889", Part Two - Tables A', from the National Printing House and Lithograph, Athens 1890, p. 89.
Ministry of the Interior, Department of Public Economy and Statistics, "Statistical Results of the Population Census, on 5-6 October 1896", Part Two - Tables - A' Population by Prefecture, Provinces, Municipalities, from the National Printing House and Lithograph, Athens 1897, p. 105.
Ministry of the Interior, Census Service, Statistical Results of the General Population Census, as of October 27, 1907", Edited by: Georgios Chomatianou, volume two, from the Michael Nikolaidou Printing House, Athens 1909, p. 395.
Ministry of National Economy, Directorate of Statistics, "Population of the Kingdom of Greece, as of the Census of December 19, 1920", from the National Printing House, Athens 1921. Also: "Population of the Kingdom of Greece, as of the Census of December 19, 1920", p. 240.
Ministry of National Economy, General Statistical Service of Greece, "Population of Greece according to the Census of 15-16 May 1928". (Actual population ratified by the decree of 23 November 1928), from the National Printing House, Athens 1935. Also: "Population of Greece, according to the Census of 15-16 May 1928", p. 280.
Ministry of National Economy, General Statistical Service of Greece, "Population of Greece according to the Census of 16 October 1940". (Actual population by prefectures, provinces, municipalities, communities, cities and villages), from the National Printing House, Athens 1950. Also: "Population of Greece, according to the Census of 16 October 1940", p. 309.
National Statistical Service of Greece, "Population of Greece according to the Census of 7 April 1951". (Actual population by prefectures, provinces, municipalities, communities, cities and villages), from the National Printing House, Athens 1955. Also: "Population of Greece, according to the Census of 7 April 1951 Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine", p. 150.
National Statistical Service of Greece, "Population of Greece according to the Census of 19 March 1961". (Actual population by prefectures, provinces, municipalities, communities and settlements. Approved by the joint decision of the Ministers of Coordination and Interior No. 46929/6877/1961), from the National Printing House, Athens 1962. Also: "Population of Greece, according to the Census of 19 March 1961", p. 145.
National Statistical Service of Greece, "Population of Greece according to the Census of 14 March 1971". (Actual population by prefectures, provinces, municipalities, communities and settlements. Ratified by the joint decision of the Ministers of the Deputy Prime Minister and the Interior No. 3893/Ε637/1972), Athens 1972. Also: "Population of Greece, according to the Census of 14 March 1971", p. 141.
National Statistical Service of Greece, "Actual Population of Greece according to the Census of 5 April 1981". (Ranked by the joint decision of the Ministers of Coordination and the Interior No. 7908/δ'554/12-4-1982), Athens 1982. Also: "Actual Population of Greece according to the Census of 5 April 1981", p. 151.
National Statistical Service of Greece, "Actual Population of Greece according to the Census of 17 March 1991". (Ranked by 24197/Γ' 3812/24-11-1993 joint decision of the Ministers of National Economy and Interior), Athens 1994. Also: "Actual Population of Greece according to the Census of 17 March 1991", p. 184.
National Statistical Service of Greece, "Actual Population of Greece. Census 2001". (Ranked by 6821/Γ5-908/4-6-2002 joint decision of the Ministers of Economy and Finance and Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization), Athens 2003. Also: "Real Population of Greece. Census 2001", p. 183.
"Population - Housing Census 2011. Resident Population", Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT).
The Meetings of the Messinian Amphictyony have taken on the character of a local institution. Every year they are organized in different parts of Messinia: The 1st Meeting took place in 2013 in Platania, Trifylia, the 2nd Meeting took place in 2014 in Poliani, Kalamata and the 3rd Meeting took place in 2015 in Klima, Messinia.
"The 4th Meeting of the Messinian Amphictyony took place in Spilia Archived 2017-08-20 at the Wayback Machine.", 23/08/2016, from the website of the local media www.gargalianoionline.gr
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