Magouliana () is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. The community includes the small village Pan. It sits at 1,365 m above sea level, under the ruined Argyrokastro Castle. Magouliana is 3 km southwest of Lasta, 5 km west of Vytina and 12 km northeast of Dimitsana. It is considered a traditional settlement.
Population Year Population village Population community 1815 1,250 – 1851 2,342 – 1861 554 – 1896 902 – 1907 889 – 1920 635 – 1928 796 – 1940 844 – 1950 604 – 1961 471 – 1971 319 – 1981 335 – 1991 257 – 2001 238 256 2011 117 119 2021 118 128
Geography and history According to several sources, the village was founded between 1530 and 1600 by inhabitants of five settlements, Agios Athanasios (Kastro), Agios Konstantinos (Leivadi), Agios Ioannis (Kampeas), Petrovouni and Megisti or Katsipodas, fleeing from raiding Lalaioi Turks. According to Max Vasmer, the name might derive from the Slavic word Mogyljane ("hill people").M. Vasmer, Die Slaven in Griechenland (1941), p 155 The word is also related to the modern Greek μαγούλα (magoula, of SlavicTriandafillidis dictionaryDie Slaven in Griechenland p 170 or AlbanianBabiniotis dictionary, 2002, p 1033 origin) which means hill or small mound. It was renamed to Argyrokastro in 1927,Name changes of settlements in Greece but it was renamed back to Magouliana in 1929.Name changes of settlements in Greece
People Konstantinos Gontikas, politician, minister Dimitrios Gontikas, politician, president of the parliament Andrew Jarvis, Greek-American politician
See also List of settlements in Arcadia List of traditional settlements of Greece
References
External links The weather in Magouliana