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Valyra Messinia
The Valyra a town of Messenia at the foot of the sacred mount Ithome in a productive valley washed by rivers and Pamissos Mafrozoumena .
The position of Valira linked with the history of Ancient Messene . It was named after the pre- Homeric musical Thamyras (B Rhapsody Iliad 594-605 ) famous for its beauty, song and lyre , who wanted to compete with the muses , but missed blinded and threw his lyre . He has written about it, Jonah 's head and devotes Valyraio teacher Niforas . The name Tzeferemini the famous Venetian directory Pacigico in 1690 and was one of the 68 villages on the island .

The Valyra with the active participation of the great uprising of 1821 allows brave moment for the cause of much desired freedom. Bringing published for the first time unknown documents from the State Archives Department of War ( 30 August 1825 ) sheds light on an unknown for many page Valyraiikis history. The Valyraioi belonged to the body of the chieftains Panagiotis Kefalas from Durres Megalopolis and Alex Anastassopolous from Zevgolatio Messinia. Took part in the siege and the liberation of Tripoli , in battles Valtetsiou of Dervenakia and Corinth . Also participated in 1824 in defense efforts on the coast of Messinia to repel a possible invasion of the Arabs who then helped the crumbling Turkish Empire at the battle in Maniaki on 20/5/2005 and the battle of Verga - Almyrou on 22-24/6 / 1826 .
In 1998 the law Kapodistrias is the seat of the municipality Ithomis and first Mayor doctor Konstantinos Giannakopoulos from Arsinoe ( Shimiza )