Dessino

Dessino or Desino (Greek, Modern: Δεσινό), older forms: -on, accented forms: Dessinó, Desinó, Dessinón and Desinón, is a village in the municipality of Akrata, Achaia prefecture, Greece. As of 2001, it had a population of 16 for the village. The village is situated in the mountainous area with its mountaintop of 1,118 m to the north. The village was known as Tessino or Tesino (Τεσινόν), older forms: -on, its name is a corrupted form of the word "narrow", it is built on the slopes of Erymanthos.

Nearest places

*Kallifonio, north
*Priolithos, east
*Drovolovo, northwest

Population

Location and transportation

Dessino is located 19 km from Psofida, south of Patras, southwest of Kalavryta, west-northwest of Tripoli and northeast of Olympia and Pyrgos.

The village has about 7 km of gravel road. It has about 23 km of hydro and phone lines.

The village today

Dessino has church, a post office, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest school, gymnasium (middle school) and lyceum (secondary school) are in Psofida.

History

Dessino was ruled by the Ottoman Turks with the exception from 1681 until 1715 with the last of the Venetian rule. Dessino finally became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. It was the few of the villages of the prefecture that did not change entirely its name, its spelling was altered to D after independence.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt and emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991. Dessino became connected with asphalt in the 2000s. more pavement was available in recent years. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In 1997, the ex-community (now a village and a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Aroania.

Today, it is a village with a few inhabitants, it is populated during the summer months. The population depends on olive productions.

ee also

*List of places in the Achaia prefecture
*Administrative divisions in the Achaia prefecture

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3387 Dessino at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.999&longitude=21.996&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=37.999&longs=21.996&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.999,21.996 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=38.999&lon=21.996&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.999,21.996&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.999|21.996&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|37|59|59|N|21|59|58|E|type:settlement(16)_region:GR