Amaliapoli Explained

Amaliapoli
Name Local:Αμαλιάπολη
Type:community
Periph:Thessaly
Periphunit:Magnesia
Municipality:Almyros
Municunit:Sourpi
Population As Of:2021
Population:383

Amaliapoli is a village at the western part of the Pagasetic Gulf, in the Magnesia regional unit of Greece, also known as Nea Mintzela. It was the northernmost border village of the newly independent Greek state, and was named after Queen Amalia, the first queen of the modern Greek state, in the 1840s. Amaliapoli was the place of origin of the Kalamidas family, a family which played a notable role in the region of Mintzela during the Greek Revolution against the Turks 1821.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Amaliapolis (Mitzela) | Villa Polyxena luxury villa in Greece.