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Doriza (Page 1/2) Doriza is situated in the south-west section of the province of Mantinea, one kilometer inland the national highway. The traveler comes across this small Arcadian village on the 11th klm of the national highway of Tripolis-Kalamata. Being one of the 15 villages of the Municipality of Valtetsi, it is built amphitheatrically on the foot of Resinico mountain (Megavouni) which separates Doriza from the neighboring Valtetsi and it is surrounded by hills with evergreen oaks(pournaria). |
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The village is 760 meters above sea level, at the point where the upper flow of the rivers Alfios and Evrotas is formed. One of the river sources – today called the “Pisso Vrissi” – supplies water for the village population which according to be 1991 census, numbers 180 people.
The location of the village is a little removed from the national highway and seems to be the reason it has escaped the “modernization” which entire Greek rural region underwent during the dictatorship gears (1967-1974) with the irrational use of cement, iron and aluminum. The village preserved its tile-roofed houses as they were abandoned because of lack of money and because of immigration to the USA and to urban centers.
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