Agios Alexandros
Encyclopedia
Agios Alexandros is a settlement in the Greek
island of Lemnos
, it is in the municipal unit of Moudros
and the community of Kontopouli
. The population was 13 at the 2001 census. It is located ENE of Myrina
and is connected with a road linking to the southern, central and western portions of the island. The Alyki Lagoon is to the south
.
Agios Alexandros is located in the area of Chloi (Χλόη = Chloe) in the northeast peninsula of Lemnos. It is northeast of Kontopoulou in between of the road to the village of Panagia. It was one of the most important of a series of rural settlements which had during the time of the farmed region of the former community of Kontopouli in which it has 37,000 hectares and has been abandoned.
The toponym survived in the nearby cape of the island in the Bournia Gulf in older maps mentioned by travellers who visited the island by De Launay (1894) as C(ap). Khloé (Cape Chloe) and Fredrich (1904) as C. Chloé.
The small cape Chloe (now Chloi or Hloi) or Kalogeros mentioned is absolutely across the ancient city of Hephaestia. It had several artifacts from Kaveirio in which was excavated around the 1960s.
A surrounding sea cave in which it contains prehistoric writings.
The village was believed the be known as Agios Alexandros, defender of Lemnos, according to a written codex of the 15th century in which it had bodied keptly in the island in 1308 which was stolen by the Venetian Marco Minotto. It had a church named Saint Alexander in which the village is named. Still the central church for the settlement is Saint Pachomius (Agios Pachomios)
In the mid 19th centurym, the area north of Kontopouli was uninhabited. In 1858, the German traveller Conze founded a cultivation in a large part of the field between Kontopouli and Cape Plaka
without any settlement. It had only homonymus cottage, in which its residents were part of a ciflik in which the whole fields were part of Agios Ypatios and Kontopouli
Its estates passed on to Christian
owners and settled new settlements. One of them became Agios Alexandros which mentioned in Fredrich's Map as Hag. Alexandros but not in De Launay's map (1894), it was founded at the end of the 19th century.
After the war, it had 34 inhabitants in 1951, 87 in 1961 and between 1959 and 73 opened a small public school that was opened in spring and fall and ran throughout the settlement, students attended in Kontopouli during the winter months. The school serviced students from the agricultural settlement: Dimosia, Agios Georgios Amniou, Neftina (Νεφτίνα), Saravari (Σαράβαρη) and Geranos. It had 32 students in 1961.
The rise of cotton production in the area brought them several perspectives. In which they ran into a halting some 4 hectares of land. The decline of cotton production and the emigration occurred and the village became deserted, the school closed. It had only one inhabitant in 1981.
A few years before the decling (badword) of a large hotel brought several main perspective growth to the area. Today several people used several parts in the deserted village, several people own and visit during the summer months. Many of the people in the settlement to the road to Kaveirio which it has a beautiful church named Saint Pachomius located in a lowe relevation (badword) and the Alyki Lagoon to the east.
Even though, all of its residents are second house owners which are empty during winter months, even though it is deserted, the village is actually not deserted. Its nearest school is to the southwest.
Greece
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island of Lemnos
Lemnos
Lemnos is an island of Greece in the northern part of the Aegean Sea. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within the Lemnos peripheral unit, which is part of the North Aegean Periphery. The principal town of the island and seat of the municipality is Myrina...
, it is in the municipal unit of Moudros
Moudros
Moudros is a town and a former municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Lemnos, of which it is a municipal unit. It covers the entire eastern peninsula of the island, with a land area of 185.127 km²,...
and the community of Kontopouli
Kontopouli
Kontopouli is a settlement in the northeastern part of the Greek island of Limnos, in the municipal unit of Moudros. Its 2001 population was 661 for the village and 703 for the municipal district. Its total area is around . The vicinity was founded from a tiny characteristic farming settlement....
. The population was 13 at the 2001 census. It is located ENE of Myrina
Myrina
Myrina may refer to:*Myrina, Greece, capital of the Greek island of Lemnos*Myrina , ancient city on the coast of Mysia *Myrina , name of several female characters in Greek mythology...
and is connected with a road linking to the southern, central and western portions of the island. The Alyki Lagoon is to the south
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1951 | 87 |
| 1961 | 76 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1991 | 5 |
| 2001 | 13 |
Archaeological location
The village was mentioned during the Byzantine eraByzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire was the Eastern Roman Empire during the periods of Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages, centred on the capital of Constantinople. Known simply as the Roman Empire or Romania to its inhabitants and neighbours, the Empire was the direct continuation of the Ancient Roman State...
.
Agios Alexandros is located in the area of Chloi (Χλόη = Chloe) in the northeast peninsula of Lemnos. It is northeast of Kontopoulou in between of the road to the village of Panagia. It was one of the most important of a series of rural settlements which had during the time of the farmed region of the former community of Kontopouli in which it has 37,000 hectares and has been abandoned.
The toponym survived in the nearby cape of the island in the Bournia Gulf in older maps mentioned by travellers who visited the island by De Launay (1894) as C(ap). Khloé (Cape Chloe) and Fredrich (1904) as C. Chloé.
The small cape Chloe (now Chloi or Hloi) or Kalogeros mentioned is absolutely across the ancient city of Hephaestia. It had several artifacts from Kaveirio in which was excavated around the 1960s.
A surrounding sea cave in which it contains prehistoric writings.
History
Agios Alexandros finally joined the rest of Greece after the Balkan Wars of 1912.The village was believed the be known as Agios Alexandros, defender of Lemnos, according to a written codex of the 15th century in which it had bodied keptly in the island in 1308 which was stolen by the Venetian Marco Minotto. It had a church named Saint Alexander in which the village is named. Still the central church for the settlement is Saint Pachomius (Agios Pachomios)
In the mid 19th centurym, the area north of Kontopouli was uninhabited. In 1858, the German traveller Conze founded a cultivation in a large part of the field between Kontopouli and Cape Plaka
Plaka, Lemnos
Plaka is a Greek village 35 km ENE of Myrina in the municipal unit of Moudros, Greece. Its 2001 population was 365 people. It is located in the northeast of the island of Lemnos...
without any settlement. It had only homonymus cottage, in which its residents were part of a ciflik in which the whole fields were part of Agios Ypatios and Kontopouli
Its estates passed on to Christian
Christian
A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...
owners and settled new settlements. One of them became Agios Alexandros which mentioned in Fredrich's Map as Hag. Alexandros but not in De Launay's map (1894), it was founded at the end of the 19th century.
After the war, it had 34 inhabitants in 1951, 87 in 1961 and between 1959 and 73 opened a small public school that was opened in spring and fall and ran throughout the settlement, students attended in Kontopouli during the winter months. The school serviced students from the agricultural settlement: Dimosia, Agios Georgios Amniou, Neftina (Νεφτίνα), Saravari (Σαράβαρη) and Geranos. It had 32 students in 1961.
The rise of cotton production in the area brought them several perspectives. In which they ran into a halting some 4 hectares of land. The decline of cotton production and the emigration occurred and the village became deserted, the school closed. It had only one inhabitant in 1981.
A few years before the decling (badword) of a large hotel brought several main perspective growth to the area. Today several people used several parts in the deserted village, several people own and visit during the summer months. Many of the people in the settlement to the road to Kaveirio which it has a beautiful church named Saint Pachomius located in a lowe relevation (badword) and the Alyki Lagoon to the east.
Even though, all of its residents are second house owners which are empty during winter months, even though it is deserted, the village is actually not deserted. Its nearest school is to the southwest.
Sources
- Vassiliki Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou: Journeys and Geographic Sources of the Island of Lemnos (15th-20th Centuries)
- Belitsos, Theodoros, Lemnos and its villages by Th. Belitsos 1994.
- Lemnos/Limnos Province CD Rom (Cdrom Επαρχείου Λήμνου = CD Rom Eparcheiou Limnou): Lovable Lemnos
- Belitsos, Theodoros: Historic route in Lemnos: Livadochori, Lemnos Newspapers, p 531 (June 10, 2008).