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Administrative Region : Peloponnese
Regional unit : Argolida

Seliana (Greek: Σελιάνα)[1] also known as Phelloe (Greek: Φελλόη) is a village in the municipal unit of Aigeira, in the eastern part of Achaea, north Peloponnese, Greece. The village is built at an altitude of ~750 m on the foothills of the fir forest of Sarantapikho and on the eastern slope of the valley of river Krios. The village had a population of 305 [2] in 2001. Aigeira is 10 km to the north, and Kalavryta is 21 km to the west. Seliana is connected by a 19 km road that leads to the town of Aegeira and the Greek National Road 8A, Athens - Corinth - Aigeira - Patras.


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The village of Seliana coincides with ancient Phelloe, a small town of ancient Greece described in Pausanias book "Description of Greece - Achaea"[3][4] Turning right at the 18,5 km a small road drives to the remnants of ancient Phelloe. Beside a large platanus tree (trunk circumference 4.5 metres) and beside the old chapel of St. Basil are the ruins of ancient buildings.
Notes

Alzinger W., Die Bauten der nachmykenischen Zeit, 426-451, in: W. Alzinger und Mitarbeiter, Aigeira-Hyperesia und die Siedlung Phelloe. Österreichische Ausgrabungen auf der Peloponnes 1972-1983. Teil I: Akropolis, Klio 67 (1985) 391-451 (In German)
Αθ. Φωτόπουλος , "Ιστορικά και Λαογραφικά της Ανατολικής Αιγιάλειας και Καλαβρύτων , Αθήνα 1982 (In Greek)

References

^ Info about the village of Seliana - from the official information gate to greek rural tourism www.agrotravel.gr (Greek)
^ National Statistical Service of Greece - Census 2001 (PDF, Greek)
^ Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.26.10-11 (Perseus Project Digital Library - University of Tufts)
^ Photo of a three-legged lebes (725-700 B.C.) found in Seliana (Archaeological museum of Aigion)

Municipal unit Aigeira
Community Aigeira
Aigeira Αιγείρα, η)
Community Aiges
Aiges (Αιγές, οι)
Almyros (Αλμυρός, ο)
Lampinos (Λαμπινός, ο)
Community Ampelokipoi
Ampelokipoi (Αμπελόκηποι, οι)
Paliokatona (Παλιοκάτωνα, τα)
Pimpaiika (Πιμπαίικα, τα)
Community Vela
Vela (Βελά, η)
Community Exochi
Exochi (Εξοχή, η)
Community Monastiri
Monastiri (Μοναστήρι, το)
Community Oasi
Oasi (Όασις, η)
Community Periothorio
Perithorio (Περιθώριο, το)
Community Seliana
Seliana (Σελιάνα, η)
Community Sinevro
Sinevro (Σινεβρό, το)
Community Chrysanthio
Kasaneva (Κασάνεβα, η )
Chrysanthi (Χρυσάνθιο, το)

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