Magouliana Μαγούλιανα
Magouliana
Coordinates: 37°41′N 22°8′E / 37.683°N 22.133°E / 37.683; 22.133
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Peloponnese
Regional unit	Arcadia
Municipality	Gortynia
Municipal unit	Vytina
Community [1]
• Population	119 (2011)
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Magouliana (Greek: Μαγούλιανα) is a mountain village and a community in the municipal unit of Vytina, Arcadia, Greece. In 2011, it had a population of 117 in the village and 119 in the community, which 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

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").^[2] The word is also related to the modern Greek μαγούλα (magoula, of Slavic^[3][4] or Albanian^[5] origin) which means hill or small mound. It was renamed to Argyrokastro in 1927,^[6] but it was renamed back to Magouliana in 1929.^[7]

People

• Fotios Chrysanthopoulos (Fotakos), first councillor for Theodoros Kolokotronis
• Ilias Mariolopoulos, nature meteorologist at the University of Athens
• Konstantinos Gontikas, politician, minister
• Dimitrios Gontikas, politician, president of the parliament
• Andrew Jarvis, Greek-American politician
• Georgios Kanellopoulos, Supreme Court magistrate