Mendenitsa
Sign in to saveMendenitsa (), in the Middle Ages known as Mountonitsa (Μουντονίτσα) and Bodonitsa, Boudonitsa, or Vodonitsa (Βοδονίτσα), is a village in Phthiotis, Greece. Along with the nearby village of Karavidia, it forms a community in the municipal unit of Molos.
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Place details
- Locality
- Δημοτική Ενότητα Μώλου
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Στερεάς Ελλάδας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 213
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Mendenitsa
- Greek Dimos.name_local
- Μενδενίτσα
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Central Greece
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Phthiotis
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Kamena Vourla
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Molos
- Greek Dimos.population
- 297
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.postal_code
- 350 09
- Greek Dimos.licence
- ΜΙ
- Greek Dimos.image_skyline
- Bodonitsa castle 01.jpg
- Greek Dimos.caption_skyline
- The ruins of the medieval castle of Mendenitsa
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Encyclopedic overview
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- History
- The remains of the castle
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Mendenitsa (), in the Middle Ages known as Mountonitsa (Μουντονίτσα) and Bodonitsa, Boudonitsa, or Vodonitsa (Βοδονίτσα), is a village in Phthiotis, Greece. Along with the nearby village of Karavidia, it forms a community in the municipal unit of Molos.
== History == The village is located on the northern slopes of Mount Kallidromon, some 6 km southeast of Thermopylae. The early history of the settlement is obscure; it was likely a Slavic settlement of the middle Byzantine period.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Mendenitsa” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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