Tsimandria
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Tsimandria is a village on Lemnos
, a Greek
island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea
. It is part of the municipal unit of Nea Koutali
since the late 1990s. It is close to a few beaches, including Diapori and Alagomandra. Its 2001 population was 314.
and is connected with the southern branch road linking Myrina and its airport.
period and for many centuries, it had a small monastery in the area of Tsimandria. In 1284, it was known as Pteris (Πτέρις) or Pterin (Πτέριν), a village next to modern Tsimandria. It has six monasteries, three built in 1326, 1331 and 1336, two in the 14th century and another in the 15th century.
The village is built in a protected location behind the Filonikos (Φιλόνικος) hill and was formed at the end of the 18th century, one and meant in 1785 east of Kontia, anonymously as a Village (pronunciation: vee-YAZH) in the Choiseul-Gouffier paper. It ran the village of Stratis Tzariaklis in 1844 was one of the members of the eight-member commission.
In 1856, it had 122 military men in which it paid 1,909 piasters for leaving the army. In 1858, Conze visited the village and intense of the covering of a marble sarcophagus under a spring. It recorded 73 famiies in 1863 which rose slowly to 80 in 1874, it was evidently clear it had a population growth. The village had 96 houses in 1874. The same were included that the subjected in the mayor (koli) of Kondia. The Tsimandriani received a representative in the regional council. The community of the village were organized and in the late 19th century, sold its small change for its small exchange with the. Excluded the agricultural employment, it also had captains, as the shipowner Alkiviades which happened around 1875.
and the settlement which was founded and entered from the failure to capture Gallipoli
. In 1918 until 1921, Russian émigrés immigrated onto the island, soldiers of Vragel and politician which fled into Lemnos.
In 1918, Tsimandria became a commune which ran in 1918-19 and the Angariones as a settlement. Between the two World Wars, the village did not have any development. It had 720 inhabitants and 120 buildings. It extended its school and built a covered fountain in 1935 by the square with many springs which was spended by Sotitis Kotsinadelis, it created cotton farms, ran the Kehagiades Countil, which actioned until today and had a large information in traditional music, songs, dances and of Lemnos. The last live link with the past is the flutist Thanassis Kotsinadellis, which he had used the flute and the voices in discs all of the island's old music.
After the war and in 1981, the settlement of the community known as Kombi with the lighthouse and the two nearby islets of Kombi and Kastria. As the rest of Lemnos, Tsimandria lost a large part of the population due to emigration to the developed nation. From 700 in 1951, it lost to 292 in 1991. The village today has a nice square, taverns, houses and a nearby beach.
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...
, a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
island in the northern part of the Aegean Sea
Aegean Sea
The Aegean Sea[p] is an elongated embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located between the southern Balkan and Anatolian peninsulas, i.e., between the mainlands of Greece and Turkey. In the north, it is connected to the Marmara Sea and Black Sea by the Dardanelles and Bosporus...
. It is part of 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...
since the late 1990s. It is close to a few beaches, including Diapori and Alagomandra. Its 2001 population was 314.
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1918 | 720 |
| 1951 | 700 |
| 1981 | 308 |
| 1991 | 292 |
| 2001 | 314 |
Location
Tsimandria between 14 and 15 km east of MyrinaMyrina
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 the southern branch road linking Myrina and its airport.
Byzantine settlement
In the late ByzantineByzantine 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...
period and for many centuries, it had a small monastery in the area of Tsimandria. In 1284, it was known as Pteris (Πτέρις) or Pterin (Πτέριν), a village next to modern Tsimandria. It has six monasteries, three built in 1326, 1331 and 1336, two in the 14th century and another in the 15th century.
Historical archives
The first reference to the village's name was in 1569 as Semandra (Σεμάνδρα). Conze (1858), De Launay (1898) and Fredrich (1903) which was known as Smandria, in the communal writing of the 19th century was read as Tzimandra (Τζημάνδρα). It was the name that came from the translation: in the fold from the pastoral fold which had there. The source with the Tsimskis fold which into the past were romantic and arbitrary.The village is built in a protected location behind the Filonikos (Φιλόνικος) hill and was formed at the end of the 18th century, one and meant in 1785 east of Kontia, anonymously as a Village (pronunciation: vee-YAZH) in the Choiseul-Gouffier paper. It ran the village of Stratis Tzariaklis in 1844 was one of the members of the eight-member commission.
In 1856, it had 122 military men in which it paid 1,909 piasters for leaving the army. In 1858, Conze visited the village and intense of the covering of a marble sarcophagus under a spring. It recorded 73 famiies in 1863 which rose slowly to 80 in 1874, it was evidently clear it had a population growth. The village had 96 houses in 1874. The same were included that the subjected in the mayor (koli) of Kondia. The Tsimandriani received a representative in the regional council. The community of the village were organized and in the late 19th century, sold its small change for its small exchange with the. Excluded the agricultural employment, it also had captains, as the shipowner Alkiviades which happened around 1875.
Modern period
On October 8, 1812, it was the first village in Lemnos that was liberated by the Greek Army in which they landed in the nearby coast of Vourlidia (Βουρλίδια). With the pride of the inhabitants shown at the bridge near the school, where Greek flag was waved for the first time. It welcomed many soldiers from BritainUnited Kingdom
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and the settlement which was founded and entered from the failure to capture Gallipoli
Battle of Gallipoli
The Gallipoli Campaign, also known as the Dardanelles Campaign or the Battle of Gallipoli, took place at the peninsula of Gallipoli in the Ottoman Empire between 25 April 1915 and 9 January 1916, during the First World War...
. In 1918 until 1921, Russian émigrés immigrated onto the island, soldiers of Vragel and politician which fled into Lemnos.
In 1918, Tsimandria became a commune which ran in 1918-19 and the Angariones as a settlement. Between the two World Wars, the village did not have any development. It had 720 inhabitants and 120 buildings. It extended its school and built a covered fountain in 1935 by the square with many springs which was spended by Sotitis Kotsinadelis, it created cotton farms, ran the Kehagiades Countil, which actioned until today and had a large information in traditional music, songs, dances and of Lemnos. The last live link with the past is the flutist Thanassis Kotsinadellis, which he had used the flute and the voices in discs all of the island's old music.
After the war and in 1981, the settlement of the community known as Kombi with the lighthouse and the two nearby islets of Kombi and Kastria. As the rest of Lemnos, Tsimandria lost a large part of the population due to emigration to the developed nation. From 700 in 1951, it lost to 292 in 1991. The village today has a nice square, taverns, houses and a nearby beach.
See also
- List of places in the Lesbos prefecture
- Administrative divisions of the Lesbos prefecture