Leontari, Arcadia

Template:Infobox Greek Dimos Leontari (Template:Langx, meaning Lion in English) is a village and a community in the southwestern part of Arcadia, Greece, seat of the former municipality of Falaisia. It is situated on a hillside, 6 km east of Paradeisia, 9 km northwest of Kamara and 9 km south of Megalopoli. The community consists of the villages Leontari, Gavria, Kalyvia, Kamaritsa and Kotsiridi, with a population of 227 (2021 census).<ref name="census21" /> Leontari has several monuments from the Byzantine era, including the richly decorated 14th century Church of the Holy Apostles.<ref>Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism</ref> The area suffered damage from the 2007 Greek forest fires. It is considered a traditional settlement.

Notable people

• Nikitaras, Greek revolutionary

See also

• List of settlements in Arcadia
• List of traditional settlements of Greece

References

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External links

• Arcadia - Leontari