Milies , Ilia

Milies (Μηλιές) Ilia

Milies, Ilia, is a village in the prefecture of Ilia. Administratively it belongs to the Municipality of Ancient Olympia [1], while previously it belonged to the Kapodistrian Municipality of Foloi (municipal district of Milea) [2]. In the 2011 census it had 111 permanent residents. Milies is also home to the Mayor of New Philadelphia-Chalcedon, Aris Vassilopoulos.

Geography

Milies is located at the foot of Mount Foloi and north of Ancient Olympia. They are 40 km away from Pyrgos, while they are west of the village of Lala on the same plateau, but at a lower altitude (540 meters). The population of the village is about 240 inhabitants (2001 census). Neighboring villages are Persaina, Bodini, Neraida, Doukas and Achladini.

North of the village, in the place "Paliovresta" is the church of Panagitsa, the first church in the area and in the village, which was built around 1849. West of the village, at a distance of 2 km is the river Enipeas, by the eponymous hero Greek mythology, the sources of which are known to the locals as Aura. The renovated chapel of Agia Paraskevi is also built at the sources of the river.

Theodoros Kolokotronis used to cross the river next to the river during the Revolution of 1821 to go to Zakynthos, where he met prominent people and captains of mountainous Ilia [4] and discussed issues related to the struggle and operation of the Aurora gunpowder mills. The gunpowder mills and watermills in the area were a little further away, as were the water mills for textiles.

In the center of the village is the church of Agios Ioannis the Theologian, who is the patron saint of the village and celebrates with a festival every year on May 8. To the east of the village is the Milia plain, which reaches the villages of Lala and Achladini. In the eastern part of Mount Foloi there is the small church of the Ascension.
History

The first inhabitant of the village is said to be An. Bakovasilis, but no descendants retained the specific surname.

The settlement of Milies must have been created in 1700: historical references are made for the first time in the years 1685-1717 [6]. The village has 450 inhabitants. The inhabitants of Milea are of Arvanite origin. [7] [8]

On the eastern side of Mount Foloi is the site of "Pusi", where in June 1821 a battle took place between Greeks and Turkalvans, who were defeated, while during the German Occupation ELAS guerrillas ambushed a German phalanx.

In July 2009, the Holidays of Enipeas and Foloi took place in Milies.

Important personalities

Panos Germanos

References

Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of Milea of ​​Ilia, eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 09/09/2016.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Community of Milea of ​​Ilia, eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 09/09/2016.
"EL.STAT. - Permanent population of Greece. 2011 Census ”(PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2016.
Vakalopoulos, Athanasios (1984). Yearbook of the Society of Ilia Studies. C '. Athens: Ilia Studies Society.
Bilalis, Dimitrios (1954). Milies of Ilia. Athena.
"Milies and Douka were 5 families, 23 people", newspaper Miliotissa, September-October 1987
"The place names of our village". Village Milies of Ilia. December 18, 2013. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

"Population and villages of the Arvanites 1879 - 1907 [2005] | lithoksou.net ». www.lithoksou.net. Retrieved July 11, 2019.

Sources

Results of the 2011 Population-Housing Census concerning the Permanent Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (December 28, 2012)
Bilalis, Dimitrios (1954). Milies of Ilia. Athena.
Panagiotakopoulos, George (March 2, 2007). "The barrels in Milies, Olympia". Online magazine "The Ladder". p. 5. Retrieved August 29, 2009.

External links

Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of Milea of ​​Ilia, eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 09/09/2016.
Ε.Ε.Τ.Α.Α. - Administrative changes of the Community of Milea of ​​Ilia, eetaa.gr. Retrieved: 09/09/2016.
Website of the village
The celebrations of Enipeas and Foloi, musicheaven.

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