Kaparelli | village

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Kaparelli is a village in Boeotia, and the local headquarters of the municipality of Thebes, as established under the Program Kallikrates.
Its population is Kaparelli 1,549 residents according to the 2001 census, and is located at an altitude of 320m.
Kaparelli is patron of Saint Panteleimon. The church is Byzantine and construction dates from the period of Frankish rule (1204-1460). In 1904 work began to get the church its present form at the expense of church funds and donations piston.To church's interior is impressive with numerous chandeliers and wall paintings.
Near the village is a small river called 'Oeroi "from the name of a nymph.
In 1981 the village was rocked by a large earthquake Alkyonidon the Corinthian Gulf.
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Coordinates:   38°14'8"N   23°12'59"E

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  • me born July 3, 1948. Papou Chris Michas born July or August 1880, with five (?) younger brothers (plus sisters?). His parents as I understand were Lucas and Sophia Michas. They spoke Arvanitika dialect from northern Greece in the Albanian (see?) foothills. I was born in Vancouver, (western) Canada and still live in Metro Vancouver. Family HISTORY: https://skydrive.live.com/?cid=66465b6ef871f503&id=66465B6EF871F503%21305 ... Thank you. -GCM
  • I understood the village Kaparelli was south of Thebes (Thiva), as described by my Dad when my parents visited the village maybe in the 1970s. They described it as sitting on a small hill with houses surrounding a small square with fields all around where they grew their produce. Papou as the eldest used to take food to market every day on a donkey. They started to come to America through New York City in the early 1900s. Papou & Yiayia met through a match maker and married in Winnipeg, Canada in 1914 and had 5 children. Yiayia Georgia Manzavrakos from Niata was born in Sparta nearby in July 1894 (?). Her father Anastasi Manzavrakos was apparently a contractor who worked with marble. etc.
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