It is situated in the mountains, in ancient Akroreia (meaning limits of the mountains) where the prefectures of Elia, Achaia and Arcadia are being bordered. Panopoulo is the capital and it consists of 6 local districts. The area is characterized by rugged mountains, oak forests, pine trees, tranquil meadows, gorges and ravines. The name derives from the homonymous ancient city which lay in the area of Kouti.
The name derives from the homonymous ancient city which lay in the area of Kouti. Lasios in ancient Greek means lush vegetation so the morphology does not seem to have changed mush since then. Due to its strategic position, as it was able to control the areas of Elis and Pissa, it was the bone of contention between the Elians and the Arcadians. It was finally razed by Alaric in AD 396.
You can still see today the remains of the citadel, the city and the cemetery of Lassion. During the Frankish rule a fort was built over the ruins of the ancient city. Apart from the breathtaking natural surroundings it is well worth visiting the Mycenaean cemetery in Palioboukouvina, the largest necropolis discovered in Elia, where 50 domed tombs have been unearthed. The cemetery of Aghia Triada is located on the top of a steep hill near river Peneios, this also includes around 50 domed tombs of the late-Helladic period.
Added, also, in the natural beauty of place are historical sights such as Mykinaiko cemetery of 50 thalamoeidon graves in the place Paliompokobina in the borders Antroniou (Panopoylo) and Mpokovinas (Ag.Triados). Furthermore, the ruins of ancient city Lasion, that finds itself in the splendid place Kouti (where was built the castle) which was discovered by the archaelogist Welker in 1842.
The mykinaiko cemetery of Saint Trinity (Agia Triada) is found in the mountainous north-east area of Ilia, in the borders with the Prefecture Achaia. It occupies a big area in the top of a mountainous side that leads abruptly to Penaeus river. It is developed in two clumps in the places Agiannis and Caves Paliompoukouvinas. It was located in 1988 and includes round the fifty thalamoeideis graves of Ysteroelladikis of III Season.
The Byzantine Temple of Saint Anargyron is found in the cemetery of Antroniou that is characterized as "Byzantine antiquity". Internally, it is painted with unique murals that have suffered irreparable damages from the humidity.
Between the murals in the means and right the Temple exist Saint Christoforos, Reprobos, with head of dog of (likely hunter), keeping in his right hand a cross.
A lot of and various caverns are found scattered in Lasiona of Prefecture Ilia. However, particularly the villages Kertiza, Tsipiana and Berbini have been characterized as cavern-holders (spilaiogeni) due to the significant number of different kinds of caverns. The cavern of Amarkianou is found in a 1000 meters altitude. On the old road Tsipianon-Kertizas near the limits and in a half hour distance from Tsipiana, is found a small path on the right that leads to one big plateau. From that point are visible ruins of stone buildings, next to which is found the entry of cavern.
In the archaeological site of ancient Lasionos, between the villages Koumani and Antroni in the place Kouti, exist the ruins of a small church. It is found at the hill of the local acropolis. According to the locals it was dedicated to Saint Dimitrios. It is monoklitos with a semicircle arch, which sticks out from the aligned ancient wall. The height of its existing walls does not exceed the 1m. The arch has string of length 2,78m. and beam 2,5m. Internally, the length of the central temple is 6,9m.
North to the village Kakotari of Lasiona, beyond the river Penaeus in the place Dipotama, is found a medieval settlement, known as castle of Orias or Ochias. At the hill of castle, between the ruins of buildings, exists an area with the name "Monastery". Westwards of the castle - hill another place, "Paliokklisi", provides proofs of the existence of a cemetery, without being the church visible. Only at the top of castle, that is surrounded by a delimited region , it could be seen the ruins of un-named temple.
The gorge is rich with broadleaved and evergreen types. Its sides are full of oaks, heaths, sfakes, koutsoupies, koumaries, myrties and in the banks there are a lot of planes and various climbing plants. During the spring, particularly, the gorge and in general the region offers a variety of colors and attractive perfumes. It could be easily seen a lot of species of country-flowers and herbals such as skroumpo (for the wounds), agrampeli (for the abscesses), skarfi (for pain of tooth) and aromatic plants from throumpi, rigani, spentzes, mint and wild orchids.
Near the village Koymani, is found the gorge of Erymanthou, that is included between the most impressive but also hard to transverse in Greece. That is why it attracts foreigner "kagiakers". The river Erymanthos, tributary of Alfios is ideal for free canoe, in spring but also in the summer months. The most impressive way which prefer bold fysiolatres is the gorge of Erymanthou from Tripotama as Nemoyta. During the spring, a lot of tourists visit the region and make canoe in Erymanthos.
Our village “Saint Sunday” is found North-easternly by the National street Patrases Tripoleos, that has name (111). Pre few meters first fthasomen to the settlement Spartoylia Antronioy, we turn left and to distance of seven kilometres with asfaltostromeno street it is our village Saint Sunday. This street continues and communicates with the villages Tsipiana and Kryobrysi.
It is found in their foot of his southern side terms Erymanthoy, in distance of 45 km From Ancient Olympia, 65 km from Patras, 50 km from the Tower and 50 km from Amaliada, in altitude of 950 meters.
In the NE Ilia, near the borders of prefectures Ilia and Achaia and in small distance of Easternly village of Saint Trinity, has been searched extensive mykinaiko cemetery of thalamoeidon graves. They are laxeymenoi in klity lofiskoy, and cubed in lines, with orientation B-n and A-d.
They were in total searched fifty (50) graves, which apedosan most important discoveries. They were found roughly five hundred (500) vessels: pseydostomoi amphoras - that it is also the most common form big binaural and tetraotoi amphoras, pithamforiskoi, alabasters, kyathoi, prochoi, likythoi, aota overall vessels, ptinoschima etc., while they were found also two new types of vessels.
In the decoration of vessels dominate the semicircles, the triangles, the flowers, the undulate lines, the films etc. The eikonistika subjects are few. Most important is the representation of intention of dead, that was maintained in shells of crater and it is dated in medium YE III G period.
In the 1500 roughly amount also mikroeyrimata, that emanates from the cemetery. Most important are: two cupreous buckles, cupreous and osteines pins, razors, golden periapto and one of oreia crystal, a golden necklace, eight hunderd (800) roughly beads of various types (from sardio, fagentiani and yalomaza), two quills, thirteen sfragidolithoi, eight cupreous knives, five lances of spears, enough odontes boar from odontofrakta helmets, a sword, two cupreous vessels, stone uterus etc.
The cemetery of Saint Trinity is dated from the start her YE III A up to the end of YE III G of period and constitutes one from the more important places in Ilia.
Androni
The municipal apartment Antroni is found in distance of 45 kms from the Tower and 60 kms by Patras, in altitude 616 meters. He is built in the plateau “Foloi” (was named thus because there lived Kentayros Folos) on big abrupt ravines, which they cross from the one Paliopotamo with the streams and a lot of planes, and from the other Piniakos Ladonas. There takes shape the gorge round Antroni, that is characterized as ecotope big historical and ecological value. I residents of Antronioy emanate mainly from the ancient city Lasion, where they were moved afterwards her destruction in the place that is now, as well as from chased Greek fighters, from Fragkoys, Byzantines and Toyrkoys conquerors. Current his thesiepilechthike because there was a natural Fortress (Cavern) ancient Lasiona from where it took also his name. Chtistike between two abrupt wooded ravines with three difficult crossings and a lot of caves I bend (Koytalianoy, toyStoypa, Klapanari, Mr a.) . The time of foundation of Antronioy is not acquaintance. However exist elements from which it results that it existed before the 1.200 A.D. In the duration of first period from 1204 until 1460 he is subjugated in the two competitive small states of Occidental Prigkipatoy and Byzantine Despotatoy. The second phase begins with the Ottoman sovereignty in 1460 that we name first Ottoman domination and it finishes to1685. In the inventory that made in 1462 the Turks afterwards the occupation of Peloponnese they recorded in the village 12 adults, where most residents were not registered. Antroni became more widely acquaintance for the battles that it gave with thiriodeis Toyrkalbanoys of Lala. In the triakontaeti possession by their Enetoys (1685-1715) and concretely in inventory (GRIMANI) the 1.700 A.D. is reported with Latin elements “ANDRONI” with population 60 residents: 13 families, 17 men, 19 women, 6 boys and 18 girls until dekaxi of years.
Kakotari
4 km from Panopoylo seat of municipality Lasionos and the EO 111 that connects Patras with Tripoli, is found Kakotari (Ntineika). The extent of D.D is 13,6 acres.
Former name Berbini or Derbini Kryobrysi (older name Berbini and from parafthora knowner as Derbini is village of Prefecture Ilia.
Kryobrysi Ilia Prefecture Ilia Municipality Lassionos Population 600 (2001) Altitude 1,000 m Former name Berbini or Derbini
Kryobrysi (older name Berbini and from parafthoras Derbini) is village of Prefecture Ilia. Former independent community, today constitutes municipal apartment of Municipality Lassionos 1. Is found in term Erymanthos and is the most mountainous village of Prefecture Ilia in altitude of 1.000 meters. Kryobrysi is built in firs, gone around from two mountainous volumes of Erymanthoy and Lampeias. Very near exist big cavities with permanent snow (glaciers) and caverns. It is roadly connected with Tripotama and with the Dew Achaia. The winter the village is excluded from snowball.
The point that is found is unique mountainous of prefecture Ilia and it borders on the prefecture Achaia. In small distance they are found scattered syntrimia from planes after in the region in 1940 became air combat. Also in the village springs the river Erymanthos that dipla is found him Drakotrypa or Diakotrypa 2. Today it has few permanent residents that according to the inventory 2001 reached the 600. In 1840, Kryobysi was reported in list as municipal apartment of then Municipality Lampeias 3.
At the mythology, Aphrodite “petrose” Erymantho because him she saw making bathroom with Adoni.O Apollo in order to it revenges transformed herself in wild boar and it killed Adoni, there killed Iraklis Erymanthio kapro.O Erymanthos presents the season of last flood organize societies of persons and teach Arcadian weaving. Known descendants him Zakynthos and Dardanos.O first was the settler of island Zakynthos and second founded Troia and Dardanelia, his station was also Samothrace where exist plates Kabirion of mysteries with the name Dardanos. 4.
Tsipiana
Tsipiana belonged up to 1912 in the Municipality Lampeias of (6 ' Order) and in 1889 had population 427 residents, the 1928443, in 1961 437,333 in 1971 and 365to 1981. They have extent of 25 t. km, mesostathmiko ypsometro1.000 m. in his their foot terms Erymanthoy and Lampeiaion oreon. Their ground is mountainous and is covered: 2.000 acres from cultivated extents, 15.200 acres from pasture lands, 7.300 acres from wooded extents and 600 acres from houses, streets, rocks, waters Etc.
The region of Tsipianon has been characterized as spilaiogenis because her a lot of caverns and barathrospilaion. Eminent is the theater - cavern Saint Markianos or at parafthora Amarkianos that investigated the speleologist Anna Petrocheiloy in September 1971. The cavern is 500.000-year-old roughly, has dimensions 80Ch50 meters, height 15 meters, with vaulted dome. Stalactites on epallilon lines lend a particular picture in the cavern which was very probably used as place of adoration at the prochristianikoys and protochristianikoys years. The natural space is offered for theatrical representations, concerts etc.
The mythology is closely connected with the above caverns, with their Kentayroys of their Folois opoi¬oys exterminated Iraklis and with Erymanthio Boar.
The region presents big interest from side of archaeological importance of residues of past. Unfortunately however he remains unexploited because lack of road network. First visited him to1830 the French archaelogist Peitie and later the German archaelogist Koyrtios. Westwards the village in altitude of 1500 roughly meters, is raised despite the left bank of river Penaeus, the hill Pebble on which were found from archaelogist splinters of vessels (shells) prehistoric years, which belong in containers of domestic use of beginning of 2nd millennium B.C. as well as cores pyritolithoy by which were manufactured tools and arms. This clues convince peri the existence of settlement of prehistoric years on the hill in question. Alloste and the meaning geographic place of this despite royn the river Penaeus in point of elegxoy exit of mountainous Achaia to the plateau of Folois, it speaks in favor a such installation.
From geological opinion the region very probably was presented at the first period of kenozoikoy century, as they show the abundantly marine shells. In the region the first place possesses titanolithos, in certain parts the porinos stone, very very little in the banks of Penaeus exists krokalopagi rocks. Lower, despite the bank of river, in the place “Bath”, is saved department of wall of big ancient building. In this place was discovered accidentally a ancient necropolis with kibotioschimoys graves. In the bank of Penaeus, against the elevation “Pebbles”, in the elevation “Paliochori”, are right saved the departments of walls that belong in ochyromatikoys periboloys and in buildings of historical years.
In the 10-10-1971 visited the region the Governor of antiquities of Ancient Olympia Dora Karagiorga with garage of archaelogists, With autopsy were realized the existence prehistoric, historical, classic, hellenistic, Byzantine and medieval settlements. Ascertainments it made, after his visit in the region on 23 June 1974 and the director of German archaeological service and director of excavations of ancient Olympia, archaelogist Alfredos Malbits.
In the region it has been found - and unfortunately thraysthei from the residents - jar enough big with apotefromena bones, proof of combustion of deads of prehistoric season. Two “nekropoleis” big dimensions they brought in the light the plow and the agricultural hoe. A A of. Penaeus of river in the locality Bath and the other D of. parapano river in the locality Saint Nikolaos. The graves are kibotioschimoi.
Walls, likely cyclopean, they exist in his top terms Misoboyni, that however no one of the archaelogists did not visit because his inaccessible ground. Also, cyclopean walls exist also in the locality Palaiochorio. In the end of village it exists today trischilietis wildy drys (holm oak), at the experts, that it brings the name “petritis” and that was in the old days church of Apostle Petros.
Unfortunately, because it has not been rescued the relative village of Paysania, it is not possible we determine the settlements of region and where they was found the 4 famed cities of Akroreias of (mountainous Ilidos), Eypagio, Alio, Thraysto and Opoynta. The precise determination will become after anaskapses in each space separately.
Strategic importance of control of Roy of river Penaeus has also the elevation of Castle in the place Dipotama, where the saved ruins are Medieval and are reported by the popular delivery as the “Castle of Orias” or “Castle of Ochias”. In the top is saved the northern goniaios tower and near him ruins of kamaroskepoys building with gate to north-eastern. Ruins of residences are distinguished in the western side of Castle to me¬ros Skiadoboynioy. The archaelogist Karagiorga evaluated the medieval city of Castle of Orias she has been built in the ruins of previous city. In the place in question exist above 1.000 residences, many from which they have height of 2 meters and beyond. If we take into consideration our the recording of his fortresses Molecules from Stefanos Maggvo, in 1467, where it is reported in the Castle sipianon with clue R/OVNANDI /ZIRIANA that is to say devastated Castle Tsipianon, should the castle of be previous season, that is to say Byzantine, Residues of this are ruins of 24 churches that bring names of Orthodoxe Saints.
At the years of Ottoman domination the region Tsipianon paid taxes of submission in their Toyrkalbanoys of Lala and Kakotarioy, Tsipiana participated in the Big Greek Revolution 1821 in which they were distinguished:
Georgios Rodopoylos of Rodi in which it was granted by the free Greek State on 25 April 1844, argyroyn aristeion for in favor his independence ekdoyleyseis. Above it recommended dikotoy military body with thirty soldiers which it paid with his own money, It fought under the orders of various Chieftains in a lot of battles (Poysi, Patrases, Athens and in all Ilia) (File of Fighters 1821 - National Library).
Chrysanthakis Koyrmpakis This having under the directives twenty soldiers, took part in the battles of Politzas, Poysi, Patrases, Messolonghi, Athens and at Impraim in Ilia. It many times over showed exemplary bravery at the Fight and put himself in danger (File of Fighters 1821 - National Library).
Theodoros Ntinos Elabe took part in the battles Poysioy, Patrases and in all in Ilia. It was distinguished as aristos soldier (File of Fighters 1821 - National Library).
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