- Kalavryta
Infobox Greek Dimos
name = Kalavryta
name_local = Καλάβρυτα
periph =West Greece
prefec =Achaea
province =
population = 8580
population_ref = [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf source]
population_as_of = 2001
pop_dens = 16
area = 531.80
elevation = 758
lat_deg = 38
lat_min = 2
lat_hem = N
lon_deg = 22
lon_min = 7
lon_hem = E
postal_code = 250 01
area_code = 26940
licence = ΑΧ
mayor =
website =
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elevation_max =Kalavryta ( _el. Καλάβρυτα) is a town, a province and a municipality in the eastcentral part of the prefecture of
Achaea . It is the southern terminus of the Kalavryta - Diakopto Road and the eastern terminus of the Patras - Kalavryta Road. It is the largest municipality covering about 18% of the prefecture and is the leastly populated municipality in density. It also has the most number of communes in the prefecture. It is located approx. 40 km S ofAigio , 38 km S of GR-8/E65 , about 190 km W ofAthens , about 85 km NNW of Tripoli and about 130 km NE of Olympia.Nearest places
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Rigoi NECommunes
*Ano
Vlassia
* [http://www.ekalavrita.gr KALAVRITA]
*AnoLoussi
*Doumena
*Drosato
*Flampoura (Kalavryta)
*Goumenissa
*Kalavryta
*Kallifoni
*Kandalos
*Kato Vlassia
*KatoZachlorou
*Kerpini
*Kertezi
*Korfes
*Kouteli
*Lagovouni
*Lapanagoi
*Leontio
*Manesi
*Mikros Pontias
*Petsakoi
*Planitero
*Plataniotissa
*Priolithos
*Profitis Ilias
*Rogoi
*Sigouni
*Skepasto
*Trechlo
*Valta
*Vilivina Historical population
The village has a small school, a lyceum, a gymnasium, a church, a small post office, banks, a train station and a square ("
plateia "). The climate is a little cooler that the lowlands and receives some snow during the winter months but on Chelmos/Aroania, summers are a little cooler than Kalavryta and winter is very common which is used for skiing. Much of the municipality contains forests and mountains except for the regions in the southeast and southwest. The remainder of the municipality contains farmlands.Kalavryta was home to developments that occurred on the
21 March 1821 , which ignited theGreek War of Independence . On13 December 1943 , in what is commemorated as the Holocaust orMassacre of Kalavryta , allegedly in retribution of the killing of 81 German soldiers captured by partisans during the Nazi occupation inWorld War II , German troops ordered all male residents of Kalavryta, aged 12 years and up, to gather in a field just outside the village. There, they machine-gunned down 696 of them. Only 13 survived. After that they burnt down the town before they left and the next day they burnt down theMonastery ofAgia Lavra , birth place of theGreek War of Independence .Post war, the federal Government of Germany offered gestures of atonement in the form of free school books for the high school,scholarships for orphans of the massacre and built an old peoples' home. No German commanders (eg Major Ebersberger who carried out the destruction of Katavryta;Hauptmann Dohnert who led the firing party) were ever brought to book for these eventsThe famous Diakopto-Kalavryta Railway was built by Italian engineers between1885 and1895 . It is the southern terminus. The railway runs through a gorge but for the southern part runs within the road linking Kalavryta and Trapeza. Its length is 22 km and the journey is 68 min long. Kalavryta also has a famousCave Lakes which is filled with lakes inside that cave in the southeast. Kalavryta also has theKalavryta Ski Centre which is located east of town, situated on the slopes of mount Aroania (Chelmos) at 2,341 m is the tallest in Achaia. The monastery is located on a hill situated 8 km SW via the road from Kalavryta. Its elevation is abound 940 m. Another monastery isMega Spilaion which is located in the northeast.ee also
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List of settlements in the Achaia prefecture External links
* [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?tb=1&city=Kalavryta&country=GR Mapquest - Kalavryta]
* [http://www.theplaka.com/kalavryta/ The Plaka - Kalavryta]
* [http://www.culture.gr/4/42/421/42103/42103o/e42103o1.html Museum of the Sacrificed People of Kalavryta]
* [http://www.islandstrolling.com/mainland/peloponnes/english/diakofto_kalavryta_railway.htm/ Diakofto-Kalavryta Railway]
* [http://www.kalavrita-ski.gr/ Kalalvryta Ski Center] (in Greek)
* [http://photodedavid.free.fr/Grece/kalavryta/index.html Pictures of Kalavryta]Jonas Brothers Burnin' Up lyrics
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