Neapoli Voion, Lakonia

Neapoli Voion (Νεάπολη Βοιών) Lakonia

Neapoli Voion or Vatika is a seaside town in the Laconia Regional Unit. [1] With the Kapodistrias program, Neapoli was the seat of the municipality of Voion, while according to the Kallikratis program, it belongs to the municipality of Monemvasia, which has the city of Mola as its capital.

General and historical data

It is the southernmost city in mainland Greece and is located on the site of the ancient city of Voion, in a quiet bay. Behind Neapoli Voion is the mountain range of Krithina, which ends at Cape Maleas. Neapoli Voion is connected by ferry to Kythira and Antikythera. It was built between 1837 and 1840 on the site of the ancient Voion (Vatica). [2]

Boeotia was an ancient city, created between 1050 BC. and 950 BC. from Heraclides Voias, belonged to the Common of the Free Liberals, which consisted of 18 cities. The city flourished during Roman times as a trading port, but by late antiquity it had declined. Then various settlements appeared known as Vatika (corruption of the word Viatika). During the Middle Ages, the inhabitants of the area seem to have spoken a language idiom similar to that of the Tsakonian [3].

Today's city was designed in 1837 by the Bavarian architect Birmah, who also designed Sparta and Karystos. [4] In 1845 it was designated the seat of the municipality of Voion and remained its seat until 1912, when the municipality was abolished, and became the seat of the community of Neapoli . In 1994 it became the seat of the municipality of Neapoli Voion and in 1999 of the municipality of Voion. [5] Since 2011 it belongs to the municipality of Monemvasia, whose capital is Molai. [5]

Neapoli Voion has accommodation, restaurants and a long, narrow beach. In the central square of the coastal road is the statue of Vatikiotis Thalassinos , made of brass. The Holy Trinity Church is visible from all over the city. [6]

The Museum for the Promotion and Promotion of Maritime Tradition [7], founded in 2015 in order to promote the maritime tradition of the place, is located in the old Primary School. Finally, since the same year, the Archaeological Museum of Neapoli Voion has been operating with a number of finds from the Malea Peninsula. [8]

References

"Neapoli of Laconia". www.visitvatika.gr. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
Dimitra Stathopoulou, Population Development in Laconia and mentalities during the second half of the 19th century (1850-1900), Doctoral dissertation, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens 2006, p. 112.
Charalambos P. Symeonidis, The Tsakones and Tsakonia, Center for Byzantine Studies - Byzantine Texts and Studies, volume 5, Thessaloniki 1972, p. 135.
"Naples". Municipality of Monemvasia. Retrieved March 2, 2017.
"Neapolis N. Laconia". Administrative changes of Local Government Settlements. ΕΕΤΑΑ. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
"Naples". inlaconia.gr. Archived from the original on September 2, 2013. Retrieved August 22, 2013.
"Museum of Naval Tradition".
"Archaeological Museum of Neapoli Voion - Museum of Neapolis". Museum of Neapoli, Retrieved March 2, 2017.

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