Avoros

Avoros is a village in the Phocis prefecture of Central Greece. At the 2011 census, it had 39 inhabitants.

Natural environment

The village is known for its natural environment and it is built in a dense oak forest. It overlooks the lake of Mornos, a water reservoir that supplies water to Athens, Greece's capital city. The view from the village includes Mount Giona which is Greece's 5th tallest and other mountain ranges.

View of the village from the "Alonia" area.

Immigration

World War II and the Civil War that ensued (1945-1949) created the conditions that led to dramatic demographic changes that occurred in the village in the middle of the 20th century. Many families moved to Athens, Erateini and in urban centers in the United States of America.

View of Lake Mornos and Mount Giona from the village.

gollark: I have stuff like easy cross-linking, good revision history, and more plugins which a synced markdown text files folder wouldn't provide.
gollark: minoteaur is eternally stuck in very early alpha because I can't be bothered to work on it and can't decide on some key elements of the design, so...
gollark: Well, I wanted self-hostability, I like my notes structured as a wiki, and it seemed the best wiki software available.
gollark: My notes are actually handled by DokuWiki on my server with the default old-looking theme.
gollark: I fear vendor lockin and selfhost everything, don't care about aesthetics, and have vast amounts of time to spent configuring stuff.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.