View of Neapolis from Faraklo

The Vatika (Greek: Βάτικα) is a rural municipality (Greek: Δήμος) of Greece found in the prefecture of Laconia on the southerly tip of Cape Malea. It is a predominantly agricultural region with a few minor villages and one dominant town. Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Laconia (Λακωνία), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta. ... Here are a lists of the provinces (Greek: επαρχεία, eparcheia fr. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Here are list of postal codes in Greece. ... This is an alphabetical list by town of dialing codes in Greece. ... ... The Greek car license plates are composed of three letters and four digits per plate (f. ... Municipality of Vatika in the prefecture of Laconia of Greece. ... A municipality or general-purpose district (compare with: special-purpose district) is an administrative local area generally composed of a clearly defined territory and commonly referring to a city, town, or village government. ... Greece consists of 13 administrative regions known as Peripheries of Greece, which are further subdivided into 51 prefectures (nomoi, singular - nomos): External link Map Categories: Lists of subnational entities | Prefectures of Greece ... Laconia (Λακωνία), also known as Lacedaemonia, was in ancient Greece the portion of the Peloponnesus of which the most important city was Sparta. ... Cape Malea is a peninsula found in the southeast of the Peloponnese in Greece. ... A village is a human settlement commonly found in rural areas. ...

Vatika is the common term for the area, but Vion is used in a more official context, particularly for postal situations.

Neapoli is the administrative capital of the municipality, and is also the urban center to the numerous villages that surround the hinterland. This page is about the modern Greek town of Neapoli found in the municipality of the Vatika. ...

Historical population

1981 is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Geography

There is a single mountain range that runs through the center of the municipality dividing it into two parts, both an east and west section.

Adjacent to the west coast of the region lies the island of Elafonisos which is administratively, politically and geographically part of the Vatika. The island contains some of the oldest evidence of human inhabitance in the whole of the Peloponnese. Elafonissos is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. ...

History

The name of the region derives from the initial name of the town of Neapoli, Voiai (Greek: Βοιαι pronounced "Vi - e"), which is thought to have been founded in the second century BC. The ancient writer, Pausanias wrote that Voiai was founded "by Voios, one of the children of Herakles, who is supposed to have gathered the people from three cities: Etis, Aphrodisias and Side". Voios was a Heracleidae. Pausanias was Greek traveller and geographer of the 2nd century A.D., who lived in the times of Hadrian, Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius. ... Hercules and Cacus, by Baccio Bandinelli, 1525 - 1534. ... Aphrodisias was a town in Caria, now part of modern Turkey, about 230 km (142. ... Heracleidae, the general name for the numerous descendants of Heracles (Hercules), and specially applied in a narrower sense to the descendants of Hyllus, the eldest of his four sons by Deianira, the conquerors of Peloponnesus. ...

Places of Interest

Villages:

• Faraklo (Φάρακλο)
• Lachi (Λάχι) - Site of the Ancient city named Itis.
• Mesochori (Μεσοχώρι) - A village with Byzantine origins.
• Agios Nikolaos (Άγιος Νικόλαος) - The Agricultural center for the Municipality.
• Paradisi (Παραδέισι)
• Ano Kastania (Ανό Καστανία) - The location of many Byzantine Churches and Monasteries.
• Kato Kastania (Κάτο Καστανία)
• Elafonissos, A Small island just 500m of the coast of Vatika

Agios Nikolaos is a small village in the south of Greece, located in the municipality of Vatika, Laconia. ... Elafonissos is a small Greek island between the Peloponnese and Kythira. ...

External links

• Official Site of the Municipality of the Vatika (In Greek)
• Neapolis Site (In English)
• GTP - Municipality of Voia/Vatika

See also:

• Communities of Laconia