Profitis Ilias, Messinia

Profitis Ilias (Greek: Προφήτης Ηλίας), is a settlement in Greece located near Kalamata. Its 2001 population was 62 for the settlement.

Nearest places

*Koutala, south
*Leika, east
*Asprochoma, west

Population

Geography

Profitis Ilias is located north of Kalamata, in the sides which characterizes the Western Taygetos. It is built in the north hill which protected the village from the views of the port of Kalamata which did not appear from the pirates, one of the hilltops which sees the entire Messenian Gulf and the Messenian plain. With the same thing (behind the hill) is built along with the villages of Kalamata including Kato Karveli, Elaiochori, etc. Koutala is to the south, Leika to the east and Asprochoma to the west. That part characterizes the Western Taygetos

History

The area are famous for its asylum, sanatorium and "stupidly" which are said by Kalamatinoi. It has a trail station for Koutala and for Rogkozonitsa mountains which is part of Artemissia.

Profitis Ilias was ruled by the Ottoman Turks, it became a part of Greece after the Greek War of Independence. It adopted its current name in the early 20th century. After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. The area was felt by the 1986 earthquake that also happened in Kalamata.

Other

Profitis Ilias has a church, a square ("plateia"). Its nearest school is in Koutala, gymnasium (middle school), lyceum (secondary school) are near the area.

ee also

*List of places in the Messenia prefecture