'Molini': the village appears under its own name

1704 Proven

In his description of the Peloponnese, printed in Venice in 1704, P. A. Pacifico lists the 29 villages of the territory of Argos. Next to 'Civeri' he names a separate village 'Molini', the Mills. This is the oldest known mention of Myloi as a village name; the Venetian census of 1700 did not yet have it.

Where

Myloi (the village)

Who

Pier Antonio Pacifico

Threads

Village life, Running the village

Certainty

Proven confirmed by primary sources

Sources

• P. A. Pacifico, Breve descrizzione corografica del Peloponneso ò Morea, Venice 1704, pp. 117–118
• Κ. Ντόκος, «Breve descrittione del Regno di Morea», Εώα και Εσπέρια 1 (1993), p. 103
• Ευτυχία Δ. Λιάτα, «Αργεία γη. Από το τεριτόριο στο βιλαέτι», ΚΝΕ/ΕΙΕ 82, Αθήνα 2003, p. 39 Open (opens in a new tab)

Also in this period

1. 1696

   1696: 42 souls in 11 houses

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   ProbableVillage life

2. 1700

   1700: ten families and nine working mills

   The Venetian land register of Argos, made for governor Francesco Grimani in 1700, lists for "Civeri": 7 local and 3 newly settled families, one Greek church, 12 state houses, 20 ruined houses and 9 working water mills.…

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