Lampini, Rethymno

Lampini (Λαμπινή ) Rethymno

Lampini is a village in the municipality of Agios Vassilios, in the regional unit of Rethymno, Crete. According to the 2011 census it has 116 inhabitants. It is 27 km from Rethymno and 4 from Spili and is built at an altitude of 460 m. [2]

Etymology

The name comes from Lampini, an adjective that shows a connection with the ancient city of Lappa or Lampi. The old church of the village is known as Panagia Lampini, and the name of the village may come from there. It was formerly the seat of the Diocese of Lampi, when it was re-established during the Ottoman period. [3] Olga Gratsiou has pointed out that the name Panagia Lampini may be due to a lost Byzantine icon with the same name, which came from the Byzantine Lampi. [4]
Historical data

Remains of houses from the Roman era have been found in the area of ​​the village. [5] The village is mentioned by Francesco Barocci in 1577 as Lampini in the province of St. Basil. In the Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrofylakas it is mentioned as Lampini with 74 inhabitants, while Vasilikata also mentions the village in 1630, with the name Lampini. The Ottoman census of 1659 records 15 houses. [2]

In 1829 a janissary from Lampini, known as Albanis, was shot by a fellow villager, but was not killed. Albanis vowed revenge and on January 20, 1829, he surrounded the church of Panagia Lampini, where Christians were worshiping at that time. Some of the Christians, who were armed because of the revolution, closed the doors to defend themselves. Then Albanis and the other Turks started throwing burning rags into the church and burned the door of the temple and then suggested to those inside that if they surrendered it would not bother them. The besieged, although they did not believe him at first, finally threw their weapons out. Then the Turks invaded the temple, killed all the men and took the women and children and sold them in a slave market in Rethymnon. This story was told by one of the women to Robert Pasley, who also recorded it. [2]

The 1834 census, carried out by the Egyptians, records, along with ten other villages in the area. In the 1881 census it belonged to the municipality of Lampis and had 136 Christians and 51 Turkish inhabitants. In the 1900 census it had 154 inhabitants. In the 1920 census it is referred to as belonging to the Darivian rural municipality. [2] Lampini was annexed to the Myxorrouma community in 1925, but in 1931 it was designated the seat of a homonymous community, until the Kapodistrian administrative division, when the village was annexed to the Municipality of Lampis. [6]

Population censuses

In detail, the demographic course of the village according to the censuses:
Census 1900 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
Population [2] 154 186 215 241 246 226 171 187 171 116
Points of interest

In the village is the Byzantine church of Panagia. It belongs to the type of cruciform with a dome. Both the exterior walls and the cylindrical dome have blind arches. Inside are surviving murals in plastic style, which appeared in the early 14th century. The murals are largely worn and their colors have faded. [7]

Also northwest of Lampini is the abandoned settlement of Lofia, of which only two temples survive, the church of Agios Ioannis the Theologian and the church of Agios Georgios, with the second being frescoed. [8]

References

(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Cities and villages of Crete over the centuries, volume BD. Heraklion: Graphic Arts G. Detorakis. pages 457–458.
Kalokyris, Konstantinos (1956). "The diocese of Lampis and Panagia Lampini". Cretan Chronicles I: 305-316. Archived from the original on 2019-12-16. Retrieved on 2019-12-16.
Graziou, Olga (2009). "Our Lady of Lampini. In the footsteps of a lost Middle Byzantine icon from Crete ". Mosaics. Studies in History, Archeology and Art in memory of Stella Papadaki Oekland. Heraklion: University Publications of Crete. pp. 247-248.
LAMPINI.
"Lampini (Rethymno)". Administrative Changes of Municipalities and Communities - Detailed. EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA Retrieved October 21, 2019.
Spatharakis, Ioannis (1999). Byzantine frescoes of the Prefecture of Rethymno. Rethymnon: Mitos. pp. 95. ISBN 960-7857-02-X.
"Lampini - Historical Evidence". www.agios-vasilios.gr. Municipality of Agios Vassilios. Retrieved December 16, 2019.

Municipal unit Lampi
Community Agia Galini
Agia Galini (Αγία Γαλήνη)
Xirokampos (Ξηρόκαμπος, ο)
Community Akoumia
Akoumia (Ακούμια, τα)
Βρύσαι, αι
Triopetra (Τριόπετρα)
Community Ardaktos
Agia Paraskevi (Αγία Παρασκευή)
Aktounta (Ακτούντα, τα)
Ardaktos (Άρδακτος, ο)
Vatos (Βάτος, ο)
Community Drimiskos
Drimiskos (Δρίμισκος)
Community Karines
Karines (Καρίναι, αι)
Community Kentrochori
Kentrochori (Κεντροχώρι, το)
Platanes (Πλατανές, ο)
Community Kerames
Agalianos (Αγαλιανός, ο)
Agia Foteini (Αγία Φωτεινή)
Kerames (Κεραμές, ο)
Community Kissos
Kissos (Κισσός, ο)
Kissou Kampos (Κισσού Κάμπος, ο)
Community Krya Vrysi
Krya Vrysi (Κρύα Βρύση)
Nea Krya Vrysi (Νέα Κρύα Βρύση)
Community Lampini
Lampini (Λαμπινή)
Community Melampes
Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος, ο)
Melampes (Μέλαμπες, αι)
Community Mourne
Mourne (Μουρνέ)
Community Myxorrouma
Agia Pelagia (Αγία Πελαγία)
Ano Myxorrouma (Άνω Μυξόρρουμα, το)
Myxorrouma (Μυξόρρουμα, το)
Frati (Φρατίον, το)
Community Orne
Orne (Ορνέ)
Community Saktouria
Agios Pavlos (Άγιος Παύλος, ο)
Kato Saktouria (Κάτω Σακτούρια, τα)
Παξιμάδια δύο, τα (νησίς)
Παξιμάδια ένα, τα (νησίς)
Saktouria (Σακτούρια, τα)
Community Spili
Δαριβιανά, τα
Spili (Σπήλιον, το)

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