- Ano Lechonia
Ano Lechonia or Ano Lehonia (Greek: Άνω Λεχώνια) is a Greek tpwn located 11 km east of
Volos in thePelion area in theMagnesia prefecture. Xinovrysi is connected with a road linking withTrikeri and the GR-34. Ano Lechonia is the seat of the municipality of Artemida. Its population in 2001 was 1,221. The sea is 1 km south near the settlement ofPlatanidia ubdivisions
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Platinidia Nearest places
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Platinidia , south
*Volos , westPopulation
Geography
The mountains dominate the northeast, the
Pagasetic Gulf covers the southern part and farmlands are within the village and it produces fruits, olives and vegetables.History
Ancient times
The name Lechonia along with nearby
Kato Lechonia comes from the Slavic words "leh" meaning fields and from one Lechona, hegemony of the area. It said it was the ancient Methone. At the hill namedNevestiki (Νεβεστίκι) saved the artifacts from the ancient wall. The residents took places in theArgonautic league with ships that they brought to them.Byzantine Era
During the Byzantine Era, the sources said as the
Frankish Empire . That time,Michael II Palaeologus married someong who was with the AchaeanVillehardoun .Ottoman period
When the Ottomans invaded
Greece , it was to be inhabited by the Turks and built homes.The
Greek War of Independence of 1821 did not saw victory in the village, the village was not Greek for the next 60 years.Greek Ano Lechonia and modern times
The village joined
Greece in 1881 when the Greeks liberatedThessaly and the Turkish population fled the area. The village became Hellenized and Christianized once again.The village saw a factory opened in 1875, it became linked with rail in 1996, another factory was built in Koutoupi (Κουτούπη) in 1900, rich people moved and built companes (Archontika Kontou, Kassiopoulo, Chatzikyriaki or Hatzikiriaki)The union (SPOLK) who made poles which entered the international marked. The ice factory opened in 1920 and first produced and received electricity to the town.
After
World War II and theGreek Civil War , things changed a lot, it opened a school in 1956, paved roads, a health center added, a kindergarten school, today, the town is the easternmost suburb of Volos.Other
Ano Lechonia has a school, church, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (high school), banks and a few squares ("
plateia ").External links
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=13021 Ano Lechonia on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
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*Coordinates: coord|39|19|31|N|22|2|54|E|type:city(1,215)_region:GRee also
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List of settlements in the Magnesia prefecture
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