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This text presents the settlement complex of Central Greece (mainly Boetia, Fthiotida, Magnesia, Larissa) in the first years of the nineteenth century, as attested in Argyris Philippidis’ work, Μeρικὴ Γeωγραφία [Partial geography]. In total, Philippidis recorded 232 settlements, in a credible manner, as demonstrated by comparison with information from other sources of the period. The examination of this data reveals the very strong presence of mainly Christian settlements of small dimensions, not exceeding 100 homes, located at relatively low elevations. Also notable is the presence of a few cities exceeding 1000 homes of largely Muslim population, as well as “islets” of settlements with Muslim or mixed populations in flatlands. The settlement complex was supported by monasteries, berths, bazaars and inns, which constituted functional components of the financial activities. This text is part of a study being conducted at the Institute for Neohellenic Research concerning the history of settlements in Greece (fifteenthtwentieth centuries). In 1815 Argyris Philippidis, brother of Daniel Philippidis, the co-author of Νeωτeρικῆς Γeωγραφίας [Modern geography], wrote a manuscript entitled Μeρικὴ Γeωγραφία [Partial geography], which remained unpublished until the end of the 1970s.1 In this manuscript A. Philippidis depicts, with exceptional clarity, knowledge and succinct description, the settlements and the activities of the residents of a large part of Central Greece.2 Despite the gaps and omissions that can be cited, the writing of Philippidis, in my opinion, permits the reconstruction of the settlement complex of the region that was the focus of his interest. His testimony can therefore serve as the starting point for the registration, identification and mapping of settlement locations in the pre-revolutionary years, as an initial canvas which, while certain verified 1 This geographical work by Argyris Philippidis, along with another work that contains moral teachings and rules, was published by Th. Sperantsas, Τα πeρισωθέντα έργα του Αργύρη Φιλιππίδη. Μeρικὴ Γeωγραφία – Βιβλίον Ηθικόν [The saved works of Argyris Philippidis: Partial geography – A book of confidence], prologue and ed. Ph. Vitalis, Athens 1978. 2 For a commentary on the work of Philippidis, see D. Dimitropoulos, “Ο Αργύρης Φιλιππίδης και η Μeρικὴ Γeωγραφία του. Eνα σχόλιο” [Argyris Philippidis and his “Partial geography”: a commentary], Ο Eρανιστής XXV (2005), pp. 201-244. The Historical Review / La Revue Historique Institute for Neohellenic Research Volume VII (2010) 324 Dimitris Dimitropoulos settlement locations have been placed, remains open to additions, completions and improvements from other sources and evidence. At the same time, the settlements cited in Μeρικὴ Γeωγραφία, in my view, provide the critical mass and geographical dispersion so as to constitute a case for the study and further exploration of the characteristics of the settlement complex in Central Greek for that period. In an introductory note, Philippidis sets down the geographic boundaries of his description, mentioning that he submits his text: ...for the use of those desiring simply to see Boetia, part of Greece, and all of its gulf, and the Euripus gulf, and part of the first and second Thessaly, also Pelasgous, Viti up to the foot of Kissavos and all of Dimitriada, Magnesia and the villages of the Thermaikos gulf towards the east, and the mountains of Pelion and the neighbouring eastern islands of Argalasti up to the great Limnos. At the same time, he designates with great accuracy the date and method of composition of his work, “written during 1815 from June 1, and completed in that year, October 15 and written by hand, walking from place to place [...]. 1815”.3 Thus Philippidis’ Μeρικὴ Γeωγραφία covers a large section of Central Greece, extending from today’s prefectures of Boetia, Fthiotida, Magnesia and Larissa, as well as a section of the island regions which neighbour the mainland shores of these districts (specifically, parts of the shoreline regions of central and northern Evia, the northern Sporades, Agios Efstratios and Limnos). The locations included in his description, as he alleges, are those which he visited on foot during a four and a half month period in the summer and autumn of 1815.

On the Settlement Complex of Central Greece: An Early Nineteenth-century Testimony