Rakita
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Rakita is a location in the community Leontio
close to the communal district of Ano Mazaraki and it belongs to the prefecture of Achaia. It is located at an altitude of about 1,100 m in a plateau near mount Barmpas. In recent years and because of the improved road access it has seen an increase in the number of tourists from many parts of the prefecture of Achaia but mainly from the region of Patras and Aigion.
During recent excavations in the region of Rakita an ancient temple of geometric period sacred to the Goddess Artemis was discovered. Also in the settlement lies the historic old church of Agia Paraskevi (built in 1700) where the Greek rebels under Theodore Kolokotronis attended the holy service just before the crucial victorious battle in Kafkaria against the Turkish general Ibrahim. (25 August 1826).
Leontio
Leontio , older form: -on, is a community former municipality in Achaea, West Greece, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Erymanthos, of which it is a municipal unit. It is built on the foot of the Panachaiko. Its 2001 population was 373 for the village,...
close to the communal district of Ano Mazaraki and it belongs to the prefecture of Achaia. It is located at an altitude of about 1,100 m in a plateau near mount Barmpas. In recent years and because of the improved road access it has seen an increase in the number of tourists from many parts of the prefecture of Achaia but mainly from the region of Patras and Aigion.
During recent excavations in the region of Rakita an ancient temple of geometric period sacred to the Goddess Artemis was discovered. Also in the settlement lies the historic old church of Agia Paraskevi (built in 1700) where the Greek rebels under Theodore Kolokotronis attended the holy service just before the crucial victorious battle in Kafkaria against the Turkish general Ibrahim. (25 August 1826).