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The president speaks about selling Lerna's water

16 December 1979 Proven

The Argos paper Feidon interviews the president of the community, G. Koromichis, about the sale of water from the springs of Lerna. In 1981 he publicly answered two opposition councillors in the same paper; the water of Lerna was a long-running issue in village politics.

Where
Myloi (the village), Springs of Lerna
Who
Georgios Koromichis
Threads
Running the village, Water and mills
Certainty
Proven confirmed by primary sources

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