Single-family detached house Nikobo 24022, Exochori, Lefktros

Description of the property : Traditional fully reconstructed stone-built three-storey house consisting of: Ground floor of 50,20m2. First floor of 60,50m2. Second floor of 26,40m2. Total area of 137,10m2 Plot area: 67,50m2 within the settlement of Nikovo of Exoxori (West Mani). The house is built with load-bearing masonry and wooden, tiled roof. It is in excellent condition. The structure is completely coherent, has full structural adequacy and has never shown any cracks or damage. It has active connections to all public utilities (electricity, water supply, telephone). The building is completely legal as it was built before 9-8-1955. Description of the Area - History. Exochori is a charming and peaceful village of Mani, in the prefecture of Messinia. It belongs to the municipality of West Mani, while until 2010 it belonged to the municipality of Lefktro. According to the 2011 census it has 227 inhabitants. Until 1932 it was known by the name Androuvista. It is located on the north-western side of the Taygetos mountain at an altitude of 500 m. It is situated 8 km from Kardamyli, the seat of the municipality of West Mani. It lies 45 km from the capital of the prefecture, Kalamata. Exochori has a fantastic view, is the former community of Androuvisti, renamed in 1932 and is located on the northwest side of the Taygetos at an altitude of 500 m. and 8 km from Kardamili and the sea. Exochori, includes the settlements of Nikovo, Pripitsa and Chora and is a municipal district of the Municipality of West Mani. As Androuvista is mentioned for the first time in 1278 in a document of a Venetian court, it appears in the "Definitory" of the Despot of Mistra Theodore II Palaiologos, drawn up in 1440, but also in the status given by Peter Medico in 1465, with the armed men available in the villages for any revolutionary movement. George Skumblos signs as "Tavularius Ardouwistas with all my Country", in the letter sent by the Maniates to the Duke of Nevers in 1618. Bearing in mind that Androuvista was a key passage from Laconia to Messinia and was not a village, but a scattered area with many small settlements, which had Chora as its centre, as can be seen from the above mentioned lists. At the beginning of the 17th century the region appears with 10 settlements and 430 families in total. Six of the settlements were located in the interior, clustered in two groups on the two sides of the large and steep gorge Troskona (Vyros), which together formed the central complex formation Chora Androubistas and Tseria. The other 4 individual settlements were located to the west, on a smoother part and had their own lords, independent of the lord of Androuvista. Androuvista was the mountainous and fortified old capital not only of Medieval, but also of ancient Kardamyli, while the family of Troupakis had Chora as its first seat. The surrounding present-day settlements were colonized from this area, and from 1621-1832 it was the seat of a diocese and Capetania, and after 1827 it was the seat of a province for several years. In 1571, the inhabitants took part in the Melissine rebellion, as in that of 1605, while in 1821, under Panagiotis and Dionysis Troupakis, 800 armed men fought and another 300 under Theodoros Kolokotronis. They fought at Kalamata, at Kaki Skala, at Karytaina, where P. Faseas, the son-in-law of Mourtzinos, was killed, and at Vasiliki, where they prevented Ibrahim from advancing towards Mani. The towers of Pheasma, Patriarch, Prokopea, Zervea and Kittriniaris from 1786 stand out in the community. Here was born the philologist, researcher and literary artist Stavros Skopeteas (1908-1958) with a rich literary work, who was Director of the Library of the Greek Parliament.