Palaiokastro, Arcadia

Palaiokastro or Palaiokastro (Greek, Modern: Παλαιόκαστρο meaning old castle, Ancient/Katharevousa: -ον "-on"), older form: -on is a Greek settlement in the west-southwest of the Arcadia prefecture Palaiokastro is in the municipal district of Sarakino and the municipality of Gortyna. Kryonero is connected with the road linking Karytaina as well as Atsicholos and Kato Rizospilia as well as the Karytaina-Dimitsana Road and the GR-76 (Krestena - Andritsaina - Megalopoli), several earthened roads and trails are nearby. The Elis prefecture is 1 km to the southwest over the Alfeios. Palaiokasto had a 2001 population of 34 for the settlement.

Distances

Palaiokastro is located about 24 km northwest of Karytaina about 17 to 19 km northwest of Atsicholos, 46 km northwest of Megalopoli, 59 km east-northeast of Andritsaina about 101 km (old: 98 km) north of Kalamata and about 81 km west of Tripoli. The GR-7, the older and the new route is 50 km to the southeast as well as the superhighway.

Nearest places

*Kato Rizospilia, north
*Kryonero, east
*Sarakino, east-southeast
*Theisoa, south
*Matesi, west-southwest

Geography

Palaiokastro is situated in a mountainous slope that overlooks the Alfieos valley as well as the mountains of southeastern Elis prefecture. It is also situated by a valley that lies to the east Palaiokastro has contains forests, grasslands and bushes especially down to the Alfeios, much of the grasslands are at the higher elevations. mountains cover the area and are also made up of rocks in higher elevations. Farmlands are within the village area. The village as well as with its lights during the night can be seen as far as close to Andritsaina and west of Karytaina.

Information

Its main production are olives, citrus, fruits, vegetables and other crops, several common crops are rarely common. The village can be seen as far as to the north and east.

Palaiokastro has several rural roads and approximately 5 km of hydro lines.

Its residential houses and buildings are within the main road and it is about 200 to 300 m long wide at the centre. Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

Population

History

The village used to have a large population before the beginning of the 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, the population began to decline as residents moved to larger towns and cities and outside of Greece. One exception was that the population slightly boomed between the 1991 and the 2001 censuses.

Other

Palaiokastro has a church, and a square ("plateia"), its nearest school and lyceum (middle school) and gymnasium (secondary school) are in Karytaina.

ee also

*List of settlements in the Arcadia prefecture

External links

* [http://arcadia.ceid.upatras.gr/arkadia/places/palaiokastro.htm History and Information about Palaiokastro]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=8607 Palaiokastro on the GTP Travel Pages]
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*Coordinates: coord|37|31|32|N|21|57|50|E|type:city(36)_region:GR