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Periphery:Peloponnese
Prefecture : Arcadia
Apollonas (Greek : Απόλλωνας) is a municipality in Arcadia, Greece. Population 2116 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Tyros.
Apollonas Arcadia municipality, Satellite image
Division of the municipality
- Tyros / Δ.δ. Τυρού [ 1211 ]
- Tyros / ο Τυρός [ 211 ]
- Agios Christoforos / ο Άγιος Χριστόφορος [ 35 ]
- Elliniko / το Ελληνικό [ 44 ]
- Kryoneri / το Κρυονέρι [ 11 ]
- Moni Panagias Karyas / η Μονή Παναγίας Καρυάς [ 79 ]
- Palaiochora / η Παλαιόχωρα [ 0 ]
- Paralia Tyrou / η Παραλία Τυρού [ 831 ]
- Tyros / ο Τυρός [ 211 ]
- Pera Melana / Δ.δ. Πέρα Μελάνων [ 337 ]
- Pera Melana / τα Πέρα Μέλανα [ 295 ]
- Livadi / το Λιβάδι [ 34 ]
- Petra / η Πέτρα [ 8 ]
- Pera Melana / τα Πέρα Μέλανα [ 295 ]
- Sapounakaiika / Δ.δ. Σαπουνακαίϊκων [ 568 ]
- Sapounakaiika / τα Σαπουνακαίικα [ 209 ]
- Paralia / η Παραλία [ 359 ]
- Sapounakaiika / τα Σαπουνακαίικα [ 209 ]
Tyros is a village around 75 km from Tripolis, Paralia Tyrou is like Kryoneri a seaside village. Tyros is derived from "Tyri", Cheese. According to mythology Apollo had a herd of cows and thus he was a protector of milk products. A few km from Pera Melana there was a sanctuary of Apollo, inscriptions were found with the text Apelon Tyritas (for Apollon Tyritas). On the sanctuary, a christian church was build.
Municipalities and communities of the Arcadia Prefecture Apollonas | Dimitsana | Falanthos | Falaisia | Gortyna | Iraia | Kleitor | Kontovazaina | Korythio | Lagkadia | Leonidio | Levidi | Mantineia | Megalopoli | North Kynouria | Skyritida | Tegea | Trikolonoi | Tripoli | Tropaia | Valtetsi | Vytina |
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