Levidi  (Λεβίδι)
Location
Coordinates	37°41′N 22°17′E / 37.683, 22.283Coordinates: 37°41′N 22°17′E / 37.683, 22.283
Time zone:	EET/EEST (UTC+2/3)
Elevation (center):	860 m (2,822 ft)
Government
Country:	Greece
Periphery:	Peloponnese
Prefecture:	Arcadia
Population statistics (as of 2001)
Municipality
- Population:	4,131
Codes
Postal codes:	220 22
Area codes:	27960
License plate codes:	TP

Levidi (Greek: Λεβίδι), Arcadia, Greece is a small town and a municipality located in northcentral Peloponnese about 25 km via the bypass and 20 km north of Tripoli(s). The village sits on the northern part of the slope of the Mainalo mountains and is also built over. The pine forests are surrounding the town while slopes lies to the west. The urban area's longest length from west and the east of about 600 to 800 m long and about 400 m to 500 m wide. The valley which contains potato and mixed farming is about 500 m lower which extends up to near Kandila and is north of Levidi. The city is passed by GR-74 and GR-33 for westbound lanes (Tripoli - Patras and Tripoli - Pyrgos). It also accesses for another road especially to GR-66. It is located about 130 km SE of Patras, S of Stymfalia, about 90 km SW of Corinth, W of Argos, WNW of Sparta, N of Kalamata, NNE of Kyparissia and E of Pyrgos. 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Image File history File links Flag_of_Greece. ... Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus. ... The Peloponnese or Peloponnesus (Greek: Πελοπόννησος Peloponnesos; see also List of traditional Greek place names) is a large peninsula in southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth. ... Tripoli (Greek, Modern: Τρίπολη, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s; see also List of traditional Greek place names), older form and Latin: Tripolis, rarely Tripolitsa, Tripolitza and Tripolizza is a city in the central part of the Peloponnesos, Greece, and the capital of the prefecture of Arcadia and the province of Mantineia which is... 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Greece Interstate 33 is a highway that runs from Patras, originally at Dimitris Gounaris Street, now begins at the beltway, and had a branch ending at Olympia, and ends near Vytina, and Levídi, and some think it still ends at Ellinikon near Andritsaina and Megalopolis. ... Coordinates 38°15′ N 21°44′ E Country Greece Periphery West Greece Prefecture Achaea Province Greece Population 161,114 (2001 [1]) Area 125. ... Stymfalia (Στυμφαλία) is a municipality in Corinthia, Greece. ... Temple of Apollo at Corinth Corinth, or Korinth (Κόρινθος) is a Greek city, on the Isthmus of Corinth, the original isthmus, the narrow stretch of land that joins the Peloponnesus to the mainland of Greece. ... Coordinates 37°37′ N 22°43′ E Country Greece Periphery Peloponnese Prefecture Argolis Province Argos Population 29,505 Area 5. ... Sparta (Doric: Spártā, Attic: SpártÄ“) is a city in southern Greece. ... Kalamata (Greek, Modern: Καλαμάτα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ai), older forms: Kalamai is a city in southern Greece, on the Peloponnesos, by the Mediterranean. ... Kyparissia, rarely Cyparissia (Greek: Κύπαρισσία) is a town of around 4,000 in western Messenia. ... For other places that have the same name, click Pyrgos (disambiguation) Pyrgos (Greek: Πύργος) is the capital of the Prefecture of Ilia in Greece. ...

Communities and subdivisions

• Chotoussa (pop: 108)
• Daras (pop: 474)
  • Diakopi (pop: 48)
  • Kandila Monastery
• Kandila (pop: 876)
• Kardara (pop: 47)
• Komi (pop: 97)
• Levidi
• Limni (pop 260)
• Orchomenos (pop: 16)
  • Roussi (pop: 4)
• Palaiopyrgos (pop: 325)
• Panagitsa (pop: 115)
• Vlacherna (pop: 568)

Dara (Greek Modern: Δάρα, Ancient/Katharevousa: -s), older Daras is a community in the municipality of Levidi in the northern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. ... Kandyla may refer to several villages that begin with this name in Greece: Kandyla, a village in the Aitolia-Acarnania prefecture Kandyla, a village in the Heraklion prefecture Categories: | ... Orchomenos (Greek: ), the setting for many early Greek Myths, is a rich archaeological site in Boeotia, (modern Viotia, Greece) that was inhabited from the Neolithic through the Hellenistic periods. ... Panagitsa (Greek: Παναγίτσα), older form: Panayitsa is a community located ath the 120th km of GR-33 in the municipality of Levidi in the northern part of the prefecture of Arcadia. ...

Information

It was the site of several battles during the Greek War of Independence from the Ottoman Empire. Combatants Greek revolutionaries United Kingdom Kingdom of France Russian Empire Ottoman Empire Egyptian Khedivate Commanders Theodoros Kolokotronis Alexander Ypsilanti Georgios Karaiskakis Omer Vryonis Mahmud Dramali Pasha ReÅŸid Mehmed Pasha Ibrahim Pasha. ... Motto دولت ابد مدت Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (The Eternal State) Anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Borders in 1680, see: list of territories Capital Söğüt (1299–1326) Bursa (1326–65) Edirne (1365–1453) Constantinople (Ä°stanbul, 1453–1922) Language(s) Ottoman Turkish Government Monarchy [[Category:Former monarchies}}|Ottoman Empire, 1299]] Sultans  - 1281–1326...

The surname Tsardikos originated in Levidi.

Other

Levidi has a school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, banks, a post office, taverns, a hotel including one that is named Arkadia and squares (plateies) which is located slightly west of the town hall at GR-74/northbound GR-33 near the forests. Plateia (πλατεία) is the Greek word for town square. ...

Historical population

Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 2003 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

External links

• Mapquest - Levidi, street map not yet available
• Coordinates: 37°41′N, 22°18′E
• http://users.esc.net.au/~conpapa/
• http://levidi.tripod.com/
• http://www.levidi.com/
• http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/lebidi.htm
• http://www.hellastourism.gr/levidi.html
• In Greek:
  • http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/lebidi.htm
  • http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/engversion/places/lebidi.htm
  • http://www.inarcadia.gr/dd/levidi/levididiamoni.htm
  • http://www.inarcadia.gr/dd/levidi/levidigenika.htm - General
  • Directory of Levidi
  • http://ta-nea.dolnet.gr/print_article.php?e=A&f=18139&m=N38&aa=1

See also

• Communities of Arcadia