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Arcadius
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Dimitrios Gontikas
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Erasmus of Arcadia
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Euthymenes
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Grigoris Labrakis
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Kostas Karyotakis
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Mimis Fotopoulos
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Nick Rhodes
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Nicolas Poussin
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Nikos Gatsos
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Tom Stoppard
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Yiannis Kouros
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Astros (Greek: Άστρος or Μεσογείο Άστρος, "Inland Astros") is a city near the Argolic Gulf in the northeast Peloponnese in eastern Arcadia. The name and the settlement both date back to ancient times, when it was known as Astron. Astros is the seat of North Kynouria municipality (Greek: Βόρεια Κυνουρία), which is the largest in Arcadia and has the greatest number of communities and settlements. Astros is accessible by the road connecting Tripoli and Argos and Tyros and Leonidio and Monemvasia to the south. Its port, Paralio Astros lies to the east and slightly north of the inland town.
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Kaous (Καούς) or Kaounta (Καούντα, Polytonic: Καοῦς) was a city in ancient Arcadia, a region of the southern part of Greece located on the Pelopponese peninsula. The remains of the ancient city have never been discovered.
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Lykaion (1421 m, ; , , , mod. Diaphorti) is a mountain in Arcadia, sacred to Zeus Lycaeus, who was said to have been born and brought up on it, and the home of Pelasgus and his son Lycaon, who is said to have founded the ritual of Zeus practiced on its summit. This seems to have involved a human sacrifice, and a feast in which the man who received the portion of a human victim was changed to a wolf, as Lycaon had been after sacrificing a child. The altar of Zeus consists of a great mound of ashes with a retaining wall. It was said that no shadows fell within the precincts; and that any who entered it died within the year. The sanctuary of Zeus played host to athletic games held every four years, the Lykaia.
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Messenia or Messinia (Μεσσηνία) is a prefecture in the Peloponnese, a region of Greece. Messenia is bounded on the east by Mount Taygetus, on the north by the river Neda and the Arcadian Mountains, and on the west and south by the Mediterranean Sea, more specifically on the west by the Ionian Sea, and on the south by the Gulf of Messenia. The plain is bounded on the north by Mt. Nomia (mod. Tetrasi, 1,800 m, 5210 ft.) and other mountains, on the west by the mountains of Cyparissia (1,550 m, 4000 ft.) the southern continuation of which forms the peninsula of the Morea, attaining its greatest height in Mt. Mathia (mod. Lykódimo about 950 m, 3160 ft.), its current tallest point is Taygetos located to the east. Off the south coast of this peninsula lie the three Oenussae islands and the islet of Theganussa (Venetikó). About less than half of the population live within GR-7, in places from Allagi to south of Kalamata, along with the plain as the Kalamata-Messene metropolitan area, Peloponnese's third largest metropolitan city. Kalamata has an airport 5 km west of Kalamata. A harbor and port named from this city is not far from the downtown, originally connected with train tracks. It is one of the largest waterfronts in the peninsula.
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Parnon (Greek, Modern: Πάρνωνας) or Malevo is a mountain ridge on the east of the Laconian plain and the Evrotas valley. Its height is 1 940 m. It is visible from Athens above the top of the Argive mountains. The western part is in the Laconia prefecture and the eastern part is in the Arcadia prefecture. Its length is approximately 50 km from north to south and from 15 to 25 km wide from east to west. Highest mountain is Megali Tourla (1940 m).
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Tsakonia or the Tsakonian region (Greek Τσακωνιά or Τσακωνικός χώρος) describes the area of the eastern Peloponnese where the Tsakonian language is presently spoken. It is not a formally defined political entity of the modern Greek state, being more akin to such vague regional constructions as "Dixie" in the United States or "West Country" in England.
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- Dimitsana
- Doctor Who
- Doric Greek
- dragon
- Dragon Quest VIII
- Dreamfall
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- Dyrrachi, Arcadia
- Eclogues
- EEST
- Enispe
- Erasmus of Arcadia
- Et in Arcadia ego
- Euthymenes
- Falaisia
- Falanthos
- Final Fantasy XII
- Fire Emblem
- Flag of Greece
- football (soccer)
- fourth crusade
- Giorgos Santas
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- Gortynia Province
- Grace/Wastelands
- Greece
- Greek alphabet
- Greek Civil War
- Greek Dark Ages
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- Halo Wars
- Iraia
- Jacopo Sannazaro
- Joan of Arcadia
- Kaous
- Karyes, Arcadia
- Kleitor
- Kontovazaina
- Korythio
- Kosmas, Greece
- Kostas Karyotakis
- Kynouria
- labiovelar
- Lagkadia, Arcadia
- Latin
- Leonidio
- Leontari, Arcadia
- Levidi
- Lusi, Greece
- Lykaio (town)
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- Lykosoura
- Mainalo
- Mantineia
- Megalopoli
- Megalopoli Province
- Megalopolis, Greece
- Melangeia
- memento mori
- Messenia
- Metal Gear Online
- Methydrio
- Mimis Fotopoulos
- Moira (album)
- Moreas Motorway
- Nestani
- Nick Rhodes
- Nicolas Poussin
- Nikos Gatsos
- North Kynouria
- Orchomenus (Arcadia)
- Oryx (ancient city)
- Ottoman Empire
- Paloumba
- Pan (god)
- Parnon
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- Pelagos
- Peloponnese
- Pete Doherty
- Phoizon
- PlayStation 2
- Preveza
- Rhipi
- Role-playing game
- Russian language
- Semele (Handel)
- Simon LeBon
- Skies of Arcadia
- Skyritida
- Slavic languages
- Sonic Youth
- Sound Horizon
- South African
- South Kynouria
- Sparta-Leonidi Road
- Stemnitsa
- Stratii
- Strika Entertainment
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- Taygetus
- Tegea
- Teuthis
- The Libertines
- The Longest Journey
- The X-Files
- Thoknia
- Tom Stoppard
- Trapezus, Arcadia
- Trikolonoi
- Tripoli, Greece
- Tripoli-Vytina Road
- Tripolis, Greece
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- Tsakonia
- Tsakonian language
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- Turkey
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- Tyros, Greece
- Ukrainian language
- ultramarathon
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- Vytina
- World War II
- Yiannis Kouros
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Arcadia Filmography
Arcadia
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Album releases
So Red the Rose
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Election Day
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Keep Me in the Dark
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Goodbye Is Forever
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The Flame
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Missing
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Rose Arcana
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The Promise
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El Diablo
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Lady Ice
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Say the Word (Theme from Playing For Keeps) (7" edit)
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Election Day (single version)
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Goodbye Is Forever (single mix)
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The Promise (7" mix)
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The Flame (7" mix)
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Say the Word (Theme from Playing For Keeps) (soundtrack version)
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She's Moody and Grey, She's Mean and Restless
The Mixes
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Election Day (Concensus mix)
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Election Day (Cryptic Cut No Voice mix)
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Election Day (Fact & Story mix)
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Goodbye Is Forever (dub mix)
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Goodbye Is Forever (extended mix)
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Rose Arcana (extended)
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Rose Arcana (extended 2)
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Say the Word (extended Intrumental)
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Say the Word (extended remix)
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The Flame (extended remix)
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- Duration: 3:33
- Published: 22 Jul 2011
- Uploaded: 06 Dec 2011
- Author: TOWERofDOOM
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:11
- Published: 07 May 2009
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: elbogodebalvanera
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- Duration: 3:23
- Published: 30 Jun 2011
- Uploaded: 04 Dec 2011
- Author: ARCADIA08PIPRUSH
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- Duration: 4:00
- Published: 05 Apr 2007
- Uploaded: 05 Dec 2011
- Author: LightfootLyric
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- Duration: 4:12
- Published: 20 Nov 2009
- Uploaded: 26 Nov 2011
- Author: darthmarkh
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- Duration: 19:11
- Published: 09 Dec 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: batman9502
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:20
- Published: 07 Dec 2011
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: ARCADIAphilippines
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 3:02
- Published: 03 Jul 2010
- Uploaded: 24 Nov 2011
- Author: ARCADIA08PIPRUSH
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 6:33
- Published: 15 Sep 2010
- Uploaded: 09 Dec 2011
- Author: SpinninRec
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:11
- Published: 05 Oct 2010
- Uploaded: 21 Nov 2011
- Author: darthmarkh
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:48
- Published: 05 Apr 2007
- Uploaded: 08 Dec 2011
- Author: LightfootLyric
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 5:20
- Published: 30 Jul 2007
- Uploaded: 03 Dec 2011
- Author: mindcabbage
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- Duration: 3:36
- Published: 13 Jul 2011
- Uploaded: 07 Dec 2011
- Author: gabrielanddresdenTV
- Order: Reorder
- Duration: 4:03
- Published: 28 Jun 2010
- Uploaded: 03 Dec 2011
- Author: LiberationMusicAus
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- Arcadius
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- Armored Core 3
- Artemisio Tunnel
- Asea, Greece
- Asia (band)
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- Astros, Greece
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name | Arcadia |
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native name | Περιφερειακή ενότηταΑρκαδίας |
native name lang | el |
settlement type | Peripheral unit |
map caption | Arcadia within Greece |
coordinates display | inline,title |
subdivision type | Country |
subdivision name | Greece |
subdivision type1 | Periphery |
subdivision name1 | Peloponnese |
established date | 2011 |
seat type | Capital |
seat | Tripoli |
unit pref | Metric |
area total km2 | 4419 |
population total | 86820 |
population as of | 2011 |
population density km2 | auto |
time zone | EET |
utc offset | +2 |
timezone1 dst | EEST |
utc offset1 dst | +3 |
postal code type | Postal codes |
postal code | 22x xx |
area code type | Area codes |
area code | 2710, 275x0, 279x0 |
blank name | Car plates |
blank info | ΤΡ |
iso code | GR-12 |
website | |
footnotes | }} |
Arcadia ( - Arkadía) is one of the Greek provinces. It is part of the administrative district of Peloponnese. It is situated in the central and eastern part of the Peloponnese peninsula. It takes its name from the mythological character Arcas. In Greek mythology, it was the home of the god Pan. In European Renaissance arts, Arcadia was celebrated as an unspoiled, harmonious wilderness.
Geography
Arcadia has its present-day capital at Tripoli. It covers about 18% of the Peloponnese peninsula, making it the largest peripheral unit on the peninsula. Arcadia has a ski resort on Mount Mainalo, located about 20 km NW of Tripoli. Other mountains of Arcadia are the Parnon in the southeast and the Lykaion in the west.The climate consists of hot summers and mild winters in the eastern part, the southern part, the low lying areas and the central area at altitudes lower than 1,000 m. The area primarily receives rain during fall and winter months in the rest of Arcadia. Winter snow occurs commonly in the mountainous areas for much of the west and the northern part, the Taygetus area, the Mainalon.
History
Ancient history
Medieval history
After the collapse of the Roman power in the west, Arcadia became part of the Greek-speaking Byzantine Empire, until 1460. Arcadia remained a beautiful, secluded area, and its inhabitants became proverbial as herdsmen leading simple pastoral unsophisticated yet happy lives, to the point that Arcadia may refer to some imaginary idyllic paradise, immortalized by Virgil's Eclogues, and later by Jacopo Sannazaro in his pastoral masterpiece, Arcadia (1504); see also Arcadia (utopia).After the fourth crusade, the area briefly became a part of the Principality of Achaea, until recovered by the Paleologos family for the Byzantines In the mid-15th century, the region fell into the hands of the Ottoman Turks with some exceptions in the 16th century for a couple of years.
The Latin phrase Et in Arcadia ego which is usually interpreted to mean "I am also in Arcadia" or "I am even in Arcadia" is an example of memento mori, a cautionary reminder of the transitory nature of life and the inevitability of death. The phrase is most often associated with a 1647 painting by Nicolas Poussin, also known as "The Arcadian Shepherds". In the painting the phrase appears as an inscription on a tomb discovered by youthful figures in classical garb.
Modern history
After 360 years of occupation by the Ottomans, Arcadia was one of the centres of the Greek War of Independence which saw victories in their battles including one in Tripoli. After a victorious revolutionary war, Arcadia was finally incorporated into a newly-created Greek state. Arcadia saw economic growth and small emigration.In the 20th century, Arcadia experienced extensive population loss through emigration, mostly to the Americas. Many Arcadian villages lost almost half their inhabitants, and fears arose that they would turn into ghost towns. Arcadia now has a smaller population than Corinthia. Demographers expected that its population would halve between 1951 and the early 21st century. The prefectural population is in a range to a point that could fall below the 100,000 mark which could make it the next prefecture in Greece to have fewer than 100,000 people.
After World War II and the Greek Civil War, many villages and towns were rebuilt. An enormous earthquake measuring 5.9 on the Richter scale range shook Megalopoli and the surrounding area in 1965. Many buildings were destroyed, leaving people homeless. Within a couple of years, the buildings were rebuilt anti-seismically. In 1967, construction began on the Megalopoli Power Plant. It began operating in 1970, producing additional electricity for southern Greece. A mining area south of the plant is the largest mining area in the peninsula and continues to the present day with one settlement moved.
In July and August 2007 forest fires caused some damage in Arcadia, notably in the mountains.
In 2008, a theory proposed by Classicist, Hellenic historian and researcher Christos A. Mergoupis, states that the mummified remains of Alexander the Great (not his actual tomb), may in fact be located in Gortynia-Arkadia, in the Peloponnesus of Greece. Since 2008, the new research is an ongoing work in progress and is still being currently conducted in Greece. The research was first mentioned on CNN International in May 2008.Alexander the Great New Research: Are His Mummified Remains In Gortynia-Arkadia, Greece? Alexander the Great Discovery-New Important Research Conducted in Greece
Language
When, during the Greek Dark Ages (ca. 1200 BC–800 BC), Doric Greek dialects were introduced to the Peloponnese, the older language apparently survived in Arcadia, and formed part of the Arcado-Cypriot group of Greek languages. Arcadocypriot never became a literary dialect, but it is known from inscriptions. Tsan is a letter of the Greek alphabet occurring only in Arcadia, shaped like Cyrillic И; it represents an affricate that developed from labiovelars in context where they became t in other dialects.Tsakonian Greek, still spoken on the coast of the modern prefecture of Arcadia, in the Classical period considered the southern Argolid coast immediately adjoining Arcadia, is a descendant of Doric Greek, and as such is an extraordinary example of a surviving regional dialect of archaic Greek. The principal cities of Tsakonia are the Arcadian coastal towns of Leonidio and Tyros.
Administration
The peripheral unit Arcadia is subdivided into 5 municipalities. These are (number as in the map in the infobox):
Prefecture
As a part of the 2011 Kallikratis government reform, the peripheral unit Arcadia was created out of the former prefecture Arcadia (). The prefecture had the same territory as the present peripheral unit. At the same time, the municipalities were reorganised, according to the table below.
New municipality !! Old municipalities !! Seat | |||
rowspan=8 | Gortynia | Dimitsana | Dimitsana |
Vytina | |||
Iraia | |||
Kleitor | |||
Kontovazaina | |||
Trikolonoi | |||
Tropaia | |||
rowspan=3 | Megalopolis, GreeceMegalopoli || rowspan=3|Megalopoli | ||
Gortyna, Arcadia | Gortyna | ||
Falaisia | |||
North Kynouria (Voreia Kynouria) | North Kynouria | ||
rowspan=3 | South Kynouria (Notia Kynouria) | Leonidio > | |
Kosmas, Greece | Kosmas | ||
rowspan=8 | Tripoli, GreeceTripoli || rowspan=8|Tripoli | ||
Valtetsi | |||
Korythio | |||
Levidi | |||
Mantineia | |||
Skyritida | |||
Tegea | |||
Falanthos |
Provinces
Arcadia was divided into four provinces:
Ancient and modern towns and cities
The chief cities and communities in the prefecture include Tripoli, Astros, Vytina, Dimitsana, Lagkadia, Tyros, Leonidio, Leontari, Levidi, Megalopolis, Paloumba and Stemnitsa.Ancient cities include Acacesium (founded by Acacus), Asea, Astros, Athinaio, Daseae, Falaisia (Phalesia), Gortys, Hypsus (Stemnitsa), Heraia, Lusi, Lykaio, Lykosoura, Mantineia, Megalopoli, Orchomenus (Orchomenos), Tegea, Thoknia, Trapezus, Trikolonoi, Tropaia, Tripoli, Tyros, other cities includes Basilis, Caphya or Kaphya, Charisia, Ellison, Enispe, Kaous, Karyes, Methydrio, Melangeia, Oryx, Paroria, Pelagos, Phoizon, Rhipi, Stratii, Teuthis and several more. Cities which once belonged in Arcadia include Alea (now in Argolis) and Amilos (now in Achaia).
Economy
A thermoelectric power station which produces electricity for most of southern Greece, operates to the south of Megalopolis, along with a coal mine.In agriculture, potato farms (dominant in central and northcentral Arcadia), mixed farming, olive groves, and pasture dominate the plains of Arcadia, especially in the area around Megalopolis and between Tripoli and Levidi.
Transport
The Moreas Motorway (A7, E65) highway connects Tripoli with Corinth and Athens. It is being extended further southwest to Megalopoli and Kalamata.
Arcadia has two tunnels. The Artemisio Tunnel opened first, followed by the tunnel east of Megalopolis; both serve traffic flowing between Messenia and Athens.
Television
Sports teams
Notable Arcadians
References in popular culture
References
External links
Category:Prefectures of Greece Category:Peripheral units of Greece Category:1833 establishments in Greece
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