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Arcadia
Arcadia or Arkadía (Greek Αρκαδία) is a region of Greece in the Peloponnesus that was named after the mythological character Arcas.
Modern ArcadiaArcadia's present-day capital is in Tripoli. It is the largest prefecture on the peninsula. It currently covers about 18% of the entire peninsula, although it once extended to about 20 to 25% of the peninsula. The prefecture has a skiing resort on Mount Maenalus. Arcadia is linked by the GR-7, E65 freeway, which was extended after 1997 and in 2003, NW to SE and nearly forms in the southwest, the end of the freeway. A nuclear and coal power station which produces electricity for most of southern Greece is powered from south of Megalopolis along with a coal mine and a power plant. Arcadia has two tunnels. The first to open was the Artemisio Tunnel, and the other is the tunnel east of Megalopolis; both connect traffic from Messenia and Athens. The chief cities and communities in this prefecture are Tripoli, Astros, Vytina, Dimitsaina, Langadi, Leonidi, Leontari, Levidi, Megalopoli and Stremnitsa. In agriculture, potato farms, mixed farming, olive groves, and pasture dominates the plains of Arcadia, especially in the area around Megalopolis and from within Tripoli up to Levidi. The only skiing resort is the Mainalon, located about 20 km NW of Tripoli. It is the home of Theodoros Kolokotronis who was a soldier that fought for Greece. HistoryIn the 20th century, most of the population loss was result in emigration mostly to the Americas. Most of the population of its villages almost dropped by half, and was expected to transform Arcadian villages into ghost towns. The population has now less than Corinthia. It was expected that its population was going to cut in half from 1951 in the early 21st century. In the mid to late 20th century, a power plant began operating. PopulationCommunicationsTelevision
ProvincesArcadia has 4 provinces:
Municipalities
This exludes the independent commune of Kosmas (municipal code: 0511, postal code: 230 58) where the seat is Geraki. CommunitiesFor more communities, see Communities of Arcadia Arcadia in mythology and the artsAccording to Greek mythology, Pan the shepherd goat lived there. The Roman poet Virgil was inspired by the Greek myths when he wrote his Eclogues, a series of poems set in Arcadia. As a result of the influence of Virgil in medieval European literature (see, for example, The Divine Comedy), Arcadia became a symbol of pastoral simplicity. The theme was often revisited by European Renaissance writers (for instance, the Spanish poet Garcilaso de la Vega), and the name was given to any idyllic location or paradise. Unlike the word utopia (named for Thomas More's book, Utopia), Arcadia does not carry the connotation of a humanly designed civilization. In 1993, Tom Stoppard wrote an acclaimed play with this title, referring to the sense of classical beauty and order associated with Arcadia. See alsoGolden Age, millennialism, and the painting Et in Arcadia ego. External links
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