Poliochni
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Poliochni is a settlement in the Greek
island of Limnos near Livadochori
, it is in the municipal unit of Nea Koutali
. Its 2001 population was 264 for the settlement.
which is located near Kaminia
.
Poliochni in Livadochori had ruins from the medieval period. In a firman of 1796, the settlement was known as Ligkouli (Λίγκουλι) or Likoli (Λικόλι) and was ruined for many years.
In a written document of 1881, the rubble on the name Poliochni:
Lately, Polichni (Πολίχνη) altered its name to Poliochni during the imitation of the prehistoric Poliochne
which was excavated in the beginning of the 1930s near Kaminia.
The area was part of the communal estate of the farm area of Mitropolis in which in 1922 upgraded itself to the Pallimniako School Office, which still exists today.
During the interwar years in the hill, it opened a rural school in which was later shut down after the war.
period.
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
island of Limnos near Livadochori
Livadochori, Lemnos
Livadochori is a village in the Greek island of Lesbos, part of the municipal unit Nea Koutali. Its 2001 population was 474.-Nearest places:*Karpasi, northeast*Kallithea, southeast...
, it is in the municipal unit of Nea Koutali
Nea Koutali
Nea Koutali is a municipality on the island of Lemnos, North Aegean, Greece. Located in the south central portion of the island with a land area of , it accounts for about 15.9% of the island's area, making it the smallest of the four municipalities on Lemnos...
. Its 2001 population was 264 for the settlement.
History
The origin of the name comes from a hill not far from Livadochori in central Lemnos. With the same name, there is another hill in the area of Kaspakas. None of these two hills has similarity with the archeological site of the prehistoric PoliochnePoliochne
Poliochne was a settlement on the east coast of the island of Lemnos, settled in the Late Chalcolithic and earliest Aegean Bronze Age, believed to be one of the most ancient towns in Europe, preceding Troy I. Anatolian features of the earliest layers were affected by cultural influences from...
which is located near Kaminia
Kaminia, Lemnos
Kaminia is a village in the northeast of the Greek island of Lemnos. It is a community of the municipal unit of Moudros. From 1918 until 1998, it was a community. The 2001 population was 319 for the village and 347 for the municipal district. It is located in the southeastern peninsula of the...
.
Poliochni in Livadochori had ruins from the medieval period. In a firman of 1796, the settlement was known as Ligkouli (Λίγκουλι) or Likoli (Λικόλι) and was ruined for many years.
In a written document of 1881, the rubble on the name Poliochni:
- The village of Likoli is deserted... and
- The area of Likoli is known as (definitely Polichni)...
Lately, Polichni (Πολίχνη) altered its name to Poliochni during the imitation of the prehistoric Poliochne
Poliochne
Poliochne was a settlement on the east coast of the island of Lemnos, settled in the Late Chalcolithic and earliest Aegean Bronze Age, believed to be one of the most ancient towns in Europe, preceding Troy I. Anatolian features of the earliest layers were affected by cultural influences from...
which was excavated in the beginning of the 1930s near Kaminia.
The area was part of the communal estate of the farm area of Mitropolis in which in 1922 upgraded itself to the Pallimniako School Office, which still exists today.
During the interwar years in the hill, it opened a rural school in which was later shut down after the war.
Early Aegean
Poliochni is an ancient metallurgical center and is linked with many metallurgical myths. The site was abandoned, with no destructive evidence, at the end of the Early Aegean IIAegean civilization
Aegean civilization is a general term for the Bronze Age civilizations of Greece around the Aegean Sea. There are three distinct but communicating and interacting geographic regions covered by this term: Crete, the Cyclades and the Greek mainland. Crete is associated with the Minoan civilization...
period.
Refounding of Poliochni
Posteriorly, the area was resettled and from 1981, it became a settlement of the community of Livadochori.See also
- List of places in the Lesbos prefecture
- Administrative divisions of the Lesbos prefecture
Sources
- Tourptsoglou-Stefanidou Vassiliki, Voyages and Geographical Sources From Lemnos Island (15th-20th Centuries) (Ταξιδιωτικά και γεωγραφικά κείμενα για τη νήσο Λήμνο (15ος-20ος αιώνας) = Taxidiotika ke geografika kimena yia ti niso Limno (15os-20os eonas))
- 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).