Until the 1940s , Mantzavinata was an important centre of wine and raisin production . World War II , and the complete destruction of the village in the 1953 Ionian earthquake increased emigration . It took until the mid-1950s to rebuild the village . The former farmland around Mantzavinata is popular for house building . Today many families built also their new homes outside of the center near the beaches Xi and Mania . This new settlement is also known as Kounopetra
1953 Ionian earthquake
1953 Ionian earthquake
Mantzavinata