Veligosti
Community in Greece
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Veligosti (Greek: Βελιγοστή, before 1918: Σαμαρά - Samara[2]) is a settlement in the municipal unit of Falaisia, Arcadia, Greece. It is situated on a low hill, on the left bank of a tributary of the river Alfeios. It is 2 km west of Leontari, 3 km north of Ellinitsa, 4 km east of Paradeisia and 9 km south of Megalopoli.
Veligosti
Βελιγοστή | |
|---|---|
  Veligosti | |
| Coordinates: 37°19′N 22°7′E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Arcadia |
| Municipality | Megalopoli |
| Municipal unit | Falaisia |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
• Community | 60 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Population
| Year | Population |
|---|---|
| 1981 | 175 |
| 1991 | 98 |
| 2001 | 131 |
| 2011 | 61 |
| 2021 | 60 |
History
Veligosti was founded during the Byzantine era and the ruins of the Byzantine settlement and a tower are still visible today. During the Frankish period, according to the Chronicle of the Morea, Geoffrey I Villehardouin made it a barony (one of the twelve in the Peloponnese). The barony was destroyed in about 1300, and during the Ottoman period it lost its importance.