Avia

Avia (Greek: Αβία, ancient name: Abia) is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality West Mani, of which it is a municipal unit. In 2001 its population was 236 for the village, 605 for the community and 3,089 for the municipal unit. The seat of the municipality was in Kampos. Avia is a famous touristic destination. It has rented rooms, hotels, taverns, cafes, etc. It also has a large olive production which is the source for the village. In the location where Paliochora is located today, the Homeric city of Ire (Ιρή) is supposed to have stood (Iliad I 150 and I 292). The traveller Pausanias mentioned in his Description of Greece that the city...