Manolada

Manolada (Greek, Modern: Μανολάδα, Katharevousa: Μανολάς) is a Greek village located 54 km southwest of Patras and about 50 km northeast of Pyrgos. The GR-9/E55 (Patras - Pyrgos - Kyparissia) are accessed via the road to Varda and the road to Lappa. Manolada had a 2001 population of 1,522 for the village and 1,835 for the municipal district. Manolada is in the municipal unit of Vouprasia. Manolada is connected with the road linking with Nea Manolada and to Varda.

Its residents are based in agriculture and other jobs, factories are not found in Manolada.

Subdivisions

• Brinia
• Karvouneika (Karvounaiika)
• Loutra Yrminis
• Mega Pefko (Greek: Μέγα Πεύκο), abandoned
• Samareika (Samaraiika)

Nearest places

• Loutra Yrminis, north
• Old Vouprasio, east
• Nea Manolada, south

Geography

Manolada is situated in a plain that extends from south of Vartholomio to Kato Achaia. The area are made up of farmlands and forests are in sporadic areas. The area has been irrigated since the early to mid 20th century. A river is situated to the east dividing the Achaea and the Ilia prefectures. The Ionian Sea is 3 km to the north by Loutra Yrminis and is also famous. Its main production are fruits including watermelon, melon, figs and vegetables including corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and others as well as dairy, livestock, olives and others. The majority of the population are rural-based, the rest work on services as well as a growing number on agricultural factories. The population had left for larger cities and outside Greece but an increase in population did not see a large emigration.

Residential and other buildings are within the main and farm roads and stretches up to 500 m and 1 km.

History

The area was the site of the Battle of Manolada in 1316, a battle between the Franks and the Catalans. In the 1450s, the area was taken into the Ottoman Empire with a few years in other hands, but remain Ottoman for much of the time until the Greek War of Independence in 1821 and finally saw the village in Greek hands since that time. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, buildings were rebuilt. Until the 1960s, houses were built out of stone and for the first time received electricity and other needs. Machinery, radio and automobiles were followed in the 1970s and it was connected with pavement for the first time. Television arrived in the 1980s as well as other needs and saw expansion of the town by its nearby beach. In the beginning of the 21st century, Internet was received in some homes in the town but it does not post its website. The population has been growing since the 1970s and the 1980s. On Wednesday February 20, 2008, Manolada, Nea Manolada and Kounoupeli was havocked by a frost, since it was the place as in southwestern Greece that skip the tremendous amount of snowfall, its temperatures plummeted below the freezing mark. Many fruits and vegetable crops notably, potatoes, artichokes, tomatoes and a few others were frozen and ruined. Most of the crops were unprepared and several were planted during the beginning of the planting season.

Population

External links

• Nea Manolada on the GTP Travel Pages

See also

• List of settlements in the Elis prefecture

References