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Veligosti

Βελιγοστή
Veligosti Βελιγοστή
Community
	Veligosti
	Coordinates: 37°19′N 22°7′E / 37.317°N 22.117°E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Megalopoli
Municipal unit	Falaisia
Population (2021)
• Community	60
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

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.

Population edit

Year	Population
1981	175
1991	98
2001	131
2011	61
2021	60

History edit

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.

References edit

^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
^ Name changes of settlements in Greece