{"id":2942,"date":"2021-09-30T22:27:31","date_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:27:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/createmyweb.gr\/dimoslefkadas\/?page_id=2942"},"modified":"2021-09-30T22:27:32","modified_gmt":"2021-09-30T19:27:32","slug":"dimotikes-enotites-lefkadas-apolpaina","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lefkada.gov.gr\/en\/dimotikes-enotites-lefkadas-apolpaina\/","title":{"rendered":"Apolpena"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lefkada.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dimos-leykadas-apolpaina-1-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"Municipality of Lefkada - Apolpena\" class=\"wp-image-2946\" width=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lefkada.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dimos-leykadas-apolpaina-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lefkada.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dimos-leykadas-apolpaina-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lefkada.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dimos-leykadas-apolpaina-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lefkada.gov.gr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/dimos-leykadas-apolpaina-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>At a distance of 2 km from the town of Lefkada, from the town's olive grove to the foot of a picturesque hill, the village of <strong>Apolpenas<\/strong> -possibly the name of the village is connected with the cult in antiquity of the \u00abHealer\u00bb Apollo (Apollo + paean).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The martyr's sacrifice of Priest Theoklitos Stravoskiadis during the struggles for the union of the Ionian Islands with mother Greece gives the village a good place in modern history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Apolpena in the west of the village just before the beach of Agios Ioannis (Ionian Sea) there is\u00a0<strong>cave rich in stalactites<\/strong>, but still unused, an idyllic place for walks and recreation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Within the administrative boundaries of Apolpena is the<strong>\u00a0monastery of Hodegetria\u00a0<\/strong>built in the middle of the 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0century by Eleni Paleologina. It has particularly\u00a0<strong>curated masonry\u00a0<\/strong>and its illustration is considered a rare example\u00a0<strong>synthesis of byzantine and illiterate painting<\/strong>. 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