Country Greece Local time Wednesday 5:30 PM Administrative region Central Greece Regional unit Boeotia | Time zone EET (UTC+2) Municipality Aliartos Municipal unit Thespies | |
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Leontari (Greek: Λεοντάρι, before 1930: Κασκαβέλι - Kaskaveli) is a town in the municipal unit of Thespies in Boeotia, Greece.
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Map of Leontari 320 02, Greece
Name
Initially the village was named Zogra Kobili after Zogra Kobili, an Albanian leader who founded the town. Later, and until 1930, the town was named Kaskaveli or Kobili, variants of the name of the founder. In 1930 it was renamed to Leontari after an ancient Greek artifact possibly related to the area.
History
The town of Leontari was founded in the late 14th or early 15th century by Albanian settlers led by Zogra Kobili. Leontari was first attested as hamlet in the Ottoman census of 1466.
References
Leontari, Boeotia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA