1894 Map of Sparta Villages

Vasilis Stamatakos posted this 1894 map of Sparta and villages on the Lakoniki Bibliothiki Λακονικι Βιβλιοθικη Facebook page. In the mid-20th century, the Government of Greece began renaming villages with Ottoman names to Greek names. Maps like this one give the former names which are the ones written in old documents. Old maps are research treasures.

As Vasilis wrote:

Map of the wider area of Sparta in 1894. In it we see names that have been lost or changed. The Tsuni Tower has become Tsuni, today’s Kokkinorachi. (Χάρτης της ευρύτερης περιοχής της Σπάρτης του 1894. Σε αυτόν βλέπουμε ονομασίες που έχουν ποια χαθεί ή έχουν αλλάξει π.χ Ο πύργος του Τσούνη έχει γίνει Το Τσούνι η σημερινή Κοκκινοραχη)

1894 Map of Sparta Villages, source: “Greece Handbook for Travelers by Karl Baedeker 1905”

My ancestral villages on this map are: Agios Ioannis (written as Hag. Joannes), Mystras (Mistra), Amykles (formerly Sklavochorion and written as such), Sykaraki. Off this map are Theologos and Xirokampi.