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 Sparta is a city in the action of man, a city with history and with a modern municipality. The Municipality of Sparta is the capital of the prefecture of Laconia and has 16,473 inhabitants.
It has excellent layout. built in place of the ancient city of 1834 by decree of King Otto and Staoufert draft a plan in Ippodameio system, with wide boulevards and large squares. hoped to include 100,000 people.
As the capital prefecture, is the center of government and has all the features of a modern provincial city, the basic economy based on agriculture with its processing and tourism. It is surrounded by archaeological sites and the center of enough neoclassical buildings and various monuments.
The Archaeological Museum is the major exhibits and the Koumantareios Gallery is a permanent exhibition of 14 oil paintings western painters. The Public Library of the city, which is also the hall of the Cultural Center, operated modern parts reading, lending, computer, audiovisual record collection, children's books and records Laconian literature.
Many and varied events taking place in the city all seasons. Events music clubs and groups, the Lyceum of Greek Women, the Folk Dance Association, the "Pyrrichis" The Cultural Summer of Sainopouleiou Theater, events Alpine Club and the "Outdoor Life, athletic events organized by the ONA of the City Spartans, as the City Tour in November, the Spartathlon, with international participation at the end of September, the Spartakiada (cycling race) in the first week after the Spartathlon and various international sports competitions once a year. Hardly 230 km from Athens and 9 km before the city of Sparta, in the north-eastern of this city is located the village of Theologos in the foot of the mountain Parnonas. Theologos is one of the eight municipal apartments,which belong in the municipality Oinountas that includes Sellasia (center),Vamvakou,Vresthena,Koniditsa,Vassara, Voutianoi, Varvitsa and Theologos and has 2930 inhabitants. The region is entering the Laconia and has been inhabited since ancient times. The ancient oak forest, which in antiquity was called Skotitas there until today. In "Fonemenous" Varvitsa found the stone pile which are identical to that seen Herms Pausanias (2nd cent. AD) on the borders of Laconia. The Sellasia former bulrush, took its name from the ancient settlement that saved the hill Palaiogoulas. In the adjacent plain, which flows through the Oinountas River, became the 222 BC The deadly battle between the Spartans and the Macedonians. In this battle, the Spartans defeated so effectively ended the major reform of Agis and Cleomenes.  In the Byzantine period stands the Monastery of the Holy Anargyroi Vresthena and the bishops. Great Fountain experienced edge in the 15th century. Important is to supply the villages of the region and the fight against the Turks. After the Varvitsa is the birthplace of Captain Zaharia. Today's economy is based on the municipality and olive oil is no unit standards. It also produced enough honey (standard). Livestock farming is developed (8000 sheep).
The area belongs to the "Ecological Park Parnonas - Wetland Moustos" and proposed membership of the municipality in the program NATURA. In the municipality there are two agricultural cooperatives and cultural associations noon. In Sellasia a Spiritual and Cultural Center and Public Library. The village of Theologos, which owes its name in the homonym temple of Saint Ioannis we meet it in the demographic inventories from Enetians at the season of Konstantinoupoli's fall (1453) with roughly 10 families and reaching in our days the number of 300 permanent residents.  The holy temple has been reconstructed at 1885 from the contractor K.N.Farmasonis
when Kon.Athanasopoulos was the mayor. After one year, the same major has sheltered the municipal school of Theologos with his expenses, in an engaged residence.  As an autonomous community Theologos was recognized with the Royal decree of 31/8/1912
with the settlement Kalyvia, defining by this way the type of seal of Theologos from the Community council in 13/4/1914. In altitude 600m and extent 14 sq.km, the amphitheatrical place of Theologos in the ecological park of Parnon and the pleasant and dry climate have rendered the region pole of attraction for visitors from all over the world for alternative tourism all year. Opposite of Theologos is Taygetos with the historical Mystras and the valley of Sparta, which compose a work of art of natural beauty, prompting the visitor for an enchanting walk and a fantastic accomodation. The river Oinountas crosses the borders of village, contributing thus in the rural cultures and the olive-crop that is also the main occupation of its residents. The produced olive oil and the olives are characterized as excellent due to the constitution of ground and climatic conditions that prevail in the region, justifying thus the the characterization of olive oil that gave the European Union as protected Agricultural Clue.The apiculture and the livestock-farming are also very important for the region of Theologos. Except from the holy temple of Saint Ioannis of Theologos, which is located in the village’s square with the perennial platanos (from 1879), we will meet many others beautifull churches as the Saint Nektarios in the entry of village, Saint Nikolaos in byzantine rhythm, Saint Andreas, Saint Paraskevi with the unique view and Saint Georgios. Hagiati and Arfani's family The most important role in the development and promotion of the village has played Arfani's family and their famous traditional tavern "Hagiati" which has over 10 years of successful operation and with the recent creation of the music cafe "Kallikratis" in the most famous renovated Theologos square which after years of inaction and silence has transformed into a center of cultural and social events and on a daily basis the most favorite destination of whole city! |
