Gelanthi
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Gelanthi is a Greek
mountain village located west of Karditsa
in the western part of the Karditsa Prefecture
. Gelanthi is in the municipality of Mouzaki
. Gelanthi had a population of 542 in 2001. Its residents are based in agriculture
.
The two sultans passed into the hands of Liaka (Λιακά). The area was revolted by the Greek War of Independence
but its local battle was crushed. It did not passed into Greek
hands until finally in the Battle of Thessaly in 1881, and also passed into the hands of the farmer Nikos Zografou. The family lived in the village for forty years from 1881 until August 8, 1921, the calendar in which its people bought their villages for 4,991 Drachmas
and 70 cents per side which retired in order to pay for their annual plan with the rate of around 6%, afrom Eleni of Solonas Chr. Zografou and the .
In that same period with 75 1/8 identical "families" parts and in 1985-86 saw their first reforestation. The information from Leake (30 houses) which drove into the passing in which the present village is built in that spot before 1810 in which it had one family, the village actually had 20 houses with the room of Zografou.
It sultan also brought one water ceramic (a canal with water) from the springs of Agios Georgios
and Mavrommati before the liberation and annexation to Greece in 1881. The canal flows into the area in which it was the same sympathy that ran the same to the people. The canal which was given to the Gelanthiotes and Mavrommati until 1930.
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mountain village located west of Karditsa
Karditsa
Karditsa is a city in western Thessaly in mainland Greece. The city of Karditsa is the capital of Karditsa peripheral unit.Inhabitation is attested from 9000 BCE. Karditsa ls linked with GR-30, the road to Karpenisi, and the road to Palamas and Larissa...
in the western part of the Karditsa Prefecture
Karditsa Prefecture
Karditsa is one of the regional units of Greece. It is part of the region of Thessaly. Its name is derived from its capital Karditsa, a small city of approximately 35,000 people.-Geography:...
. Gelanthi is in the municipality of Mouzaki
Mouzaki
Mouzaki is a town and a municipality in the northwestern part of the Karditsa Prefecture, Greece. Mouzaki is located 50 km from Anthiro, 75 km northeast from Vragkiana, 34 km from Petrilo and 28 km west of Karditsa. It is also located 20 km from Trikala and 180 km east of Arta...
. Gelanthi had a population of 542 in 2001. Its residents are based in agriculture
Agriculture
Agriculture is the cultivation of animals, plants, fungi and other life forms for food, fiber, and other products used to sustain life. Agriculture was the key implement in the rise of sedentary human civilization, whereby farming of domesticated species created food surpluses that nurtured the...
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Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 540 |
| 1991 | 667 |
| 2001 | 542 |
History
Until today, the ancient city of Gelanthi was excavated on January 7, 1810 when ethe English archaeologist Leake passedt and headed to nearby Episkopi. He founded Gelanthi in which it had thirty houses.The two sultans passed into the hands of Liaka (Λιακά). The area was revolted by the Greek War of Independence
Greek War of Independence
The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution was a successful war of independence waged by the Greek revolutionaries between...
but its local battle was crushed. It did not passed into Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
hands until finally in the Battle of Thessaly in 1881, and also passed into the hands of the farmer Nikos Zografou. The family lived in the village for forty years from 1881 until August 8, 1921, the calendar in which its people bought their villages for 4,991 Drachmas
Greek drachma
Drachma, pl. drachmas or drachmae was the currency used in Greece during several periods in its history:...
and 70 cents per side which retired in order to pay for their annual plan with the rate of around 6%, afrom Eleni of Solonas Chr. Zografou and the .
In that same period with 75 1/8 identical "families" parts and in 1985-86 saw their first reforestation. The information from Leake (30 houses) which drove into the passing in which the present village is built in that spot before 1810 in which it had one family, the village actually had 20 houses with the room of Zografou.
It sultan also brought one water ceramic (a canal with water) from the springs of Agios Georgios
Agios Georgios, Karditsa
Agios Georgios is a Greek village located 11 from of Karditsa in the western part of the Karditsa peripheral unit. Agios Georgios is in the municipal unit of Mitropoli...
and Mavrommati before the liberation and annexation to Greece in 1881. The canal flows into the area in which it was the same sympathy that ran the same to the people. The canal which was given to the Gelanthiotes and Mavrommati until 1930.