Frixa

Frixa (Greek: Φρίξα), also with the first i accented is a village in the municipality of Skillounta, Ilia Prefecture, Greece. Its 2001 population was 319 for the village and 523 for the municipal district.

ettlement

*Anemochoraki

Nearest places

*Olympia, north
*Makrissia, west

Population

Location and transportation

Frixa is located south of Patras, west-southwest of the capital city of Athens, east-southeast of Pyrgos, southeast of Krestena, north of Zacharo, northwest of Kalamata and north of Kyparissia. The GR-9 (E55, Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia) is to the west, and the GR-6 is 3 km to the south near Krestena. Makrissia is connected with the road linking Olympia and Krestena and is at around the 8 km, since 1992, the northern portion has been closed, other roads connect with Nea Skillountia and Alfeioussa.

The village has about 7 km of paved road and about 5 to 6 km of gravel road. It has about 6 to 8 km of hydro lines, all of them have been repaired from the tremendous fire, phone lines are around 4 to 5 km.

Geography

Its geography consists of forests that dominate the area with a few bushes and grasslands around the area, much of the area are mountainous, farmlands dominate the area.

History

Frixa was famous during the period of Pausanias which pass from there which sourced that it was destroyed. It was part of the ancient country of Pisatis and next to the city on a hilltop had the temple of Cydonian Athena which Pausanias founded partially destroyed and was still preserved as an altar. The temple was founded in the left bank of the Alfeios (Alpheus) which was built by Clymenus from Kydon in Crete which he was a nephew of Hercules, here Pelops sacrificed before his chariot race with Oenomaus. [Pausanias "Eleaca"]

History between the end of the Roman ahd the Greek War of Independence was rarely recorded and began lost its fame.

Frixa was ruled by the Ottoman Turks, it became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. History between the Byzantine period and the war of independence was almost unrecorded. It adopted its current name in the early 20th century. Many of its inhabitants live in nearby Nea Skillountia. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Alfeioussa became connected with asphalt in the 1960s. More pavement was accessed in the late 20th century. 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. During the creation and recreation of the municipalities under the Capodistrian Plan in 1997, it owes the name to the municipality of Skillounta.

Frixa was affected of the a tremendous fire on Sunday August 26, 2007, during the afternoon hours firefighters along with planes and choppers managed to spread out the blaze and affected the southeastern portions. Blaze spread into the mountains and burned pine, spruce and cypress trees as well as a couple of groves, it destroyed half of its economy and may takes years to repair. Some of its houses are ruined, many escaped the fires.

Economy

Its main economy is agriculture, its main production includes olives, cattle, fruits, vegetables and other crops.

Other

Frixa has a school for the entire municipal district (the former community), a church, a post office, and a square ("plateia"). Its nearest gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are in Makrissi?.

ee also

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

References

External links

* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4672 Frixa at the GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=37.618&longitude=21.7017&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/mapz.aspx?&lats1=37.618&longs=21.7017&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=37.618,21.7017 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=37.618&lon=21.7017&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=37.618,21.7017&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=37.618|21.7017&5style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|37|37|5|N|21|42|7|E|type:city(319)_region:GR