Anavryto is a community divided into two villages, Ano Anavryto which is on the western part of mount Tsiberou, and Kato Anavryto on the other side of the valley, west of Anavryto.

Geography

The distance from Megalopoli is 16 km, and 38 km from Tripoli

Tripoli, Greece

Tripoli is a city of about 25,000 inhabitants in the central part of the Peloponnese, in Greece. It is the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the centre of the municipality of Tripolis, pop...

. The nearest village is Anemodouri

Anemodouri

Anemodouri is a village located on the northwestern slopes of Tsiberou in eastern Falaisia in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece. Anemodouri is linked by a provincial road with Anavryto and the main highway...

 to the north.

• Location:
  • Latitude:
    • Anavryto: 37.344 (37° 20' 30") N
    • Kato Anavryto: 37.335 (37° 20' 7") N
  • Longitude:
    • Anavryto: 21.2407 (22° 14' 18") E
    • Kato Anavryto: 21.233 (22° 14') E
• Postal code: 220 21
• Elevation: 670 m (Anavryto), 630 m (Kato Anavryto)
• Dialing code: +11+30-27910 (030-27910)

Historical population

Year	Total population	Anavryto Population	Kato Anavryto Population
1920	469	-	-
1961	186	-	-
1991	116	83	33
2001	96	60	36

About Anavryto

Anavryto has a school in the north end, a church named Agia Marina, a mailbox, and transmitters for Megalopoli on top of Tsiberou. The eastern part has one street name. Ano Anavryto is bypassed to the east. Kato Anavryto is mainly residential. Much of the area are deforested and rocky. The center of Ano Anavryto is in the eastern part while residential homes are to the west. Much of the population left and much of the houses are abandoned. Its population had age and the median age is around 60 to 70 and is expected to become a ghost town or a village that all of its inhabitants will be for summer use or have their winter houses. Kato Anavryto ended its long decline and the population restored its growth by nearly 9%.

Until 1927, the village was known as Gardiki (Γαρδίκι). After World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 and the Greek Civil War

Greek Civil War

The Greek Civil War was fought from 1946 to 1949 between the Greek governmental army, backed by the United Kingdom and United States, and the Democratic Army of Greece , the military branch of the Greek Communist Party , backed by Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Albania...

, its buildings were rebuilt.

Until the 1960s, the village was isolated, it did not have electricity and didn't have paved roads or the little perimeter road. Until the mid-1980s, many of the houses were stone-built. Anavryto was struck by a forest fire on Sunday August 26, 2007 during the late afternoon hours; the area was ravaged along with its forests, flames arrived from the neighbouring Anemodouri, several houses were burnt, several were saved, firefighters along with choppers and airplanes battled the blaze and continued through the night. The flames did not advance into Paparis to the east but to the south but slowly.

Panorama

The village offers panoramic views of the mountains around the area including the west, the north, the east and to the south.

External links

• University of Patras on Anavryto (in Greek)