Karyes
Καρυές | |
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 View of Karyes. | |
  Karyes Location within the regional unit  | |
| Coordinates: 37°17′N 22°30′E / 37.283°N 22.500°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Peloponnese |
| Regional unit | Laconia |
| Municipality | Sparti |
| Area | |
| • Municipal unit | 64.43 km2 (24.88 sq mi) |
| Population (2021)[1] | |
| • Municipal unit | 352 |
| • Municipal unit density | 5.5/km2 (14/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
| Vehicle registration | AK |
Karyes (Greek: Καρυές, before 1930: Αράχωβα - Arachova) is a village of the Peloponnese peninsula, which is located in the southern part of Greece.[2] The Peloponnese is made up of a number of states and Karyes belongs to the state of Laconia in which Sparta is the capital.[2] Karyes gets its official name from the word ‘walnut’ due to the village having many walnut trees[3] and has been spelled a number of ways such as Karyes, Karyai, Karya, Caryes, Caryai and Caryae. It should not be confused with some other villages in Greece which go by the same name such as Caria of Asia Minor, Karyes, Mount Athos, Karyes, Pieria, Karya of Argos, and Karyes of Chios. Karyes also goes by the name of Arahova (not to be confused with Arahova of Boetia, Greece) which was thought to have originated from the Slavic word for walnut.[3] The village of Karyes is the birthplace of the six caryatid maidens which are featured in architecture in the place of columns on the ancient and world famous Erectheion of the Athenian Acropolis.[4]
- ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
- ^ a b "Laconia | department, Greece". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 30 January 2020.
- ^ a b "Karyes". Karyes, Greece. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
- ^ Plantzos, D (2017). "Caryatids lost and regained: Rebranding the classical body in contemporary Greece". Journal of Greek Media and Culture. 3: 3–29. doi:10.1386/jgmc.3.1.3_1.