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AGIOS GEORGIOS (Village) GIANNITSA
It's unspecified when the village was founded and what was its Greek
name. Turks called it "Dort Armout", that means Four Pear Trees, probably
because of the four very high trees that there were in the village. Its old position
was at the area known as "Voudolivado". On the road there was a well
known inn belonging to a Palmer from Kastoria,
where all the travelers were welcomed. Its ruins were saved until 1954, when they
were pulled down because of the land distribution. At the current position of
the church of Agios Dimitrios, used to be the lodging of the Albanian Bey and
around of it was built the village by residents of the neighboring settlements.
Because of the bey’s power, which excelled even the Turkish police, in the village
found shelter chased away Christians. Later on, thieves and hoodlums came and
they worked to bey's fields in return to their protection.
An English (1876) as well as a German traveler report the existence
of the village with the inn and the cemetery, which was the only one in the area.
The destruction of the cemetery in 1989 brought into sight a tombstone with the
date "1800" and Greek names. Old people also mention the existence of
three hills of 3 meters height, in 200 meter's distance one from the other. It
is believed that during the Byzantine Empire they were used for the transmission
of information with fire. Two of them are saved until today, of which the one
is destroyed.
200 meters from the village, there was the church of Agios Georgios,
surrounded by towering trees. During the Russian - Turkish war, Turkish reservists
of the neighboring towns, on their way to Andrianoupolis,
stayed in the village. Among the plunder they committed on their way, is also
the destruction of the church in 1877. At that time only a few families lived
in the village, because cholera had decimated the population. Founder of the village
is regarded to be Mr. Papantoniou from the village Notia
of Almopia, who in order to evade islamization went to Valtolivado together with
other Christians from Aridea
and later settled in Agios Georgios.
This text is cited May 2005 from the Municipality of Megas Alexandros URL below
DROSSERO (Village) GIANNITSA
The village of Drosero was founded in the early 19th century under
the name "Ashar Bey" that means "The gallows of the Bey".
It owes, this unusual name, at the Bey that had his seat in the village and as
bloodthirsty he was, he had turned hangings and executions over into an everyday
routine. His lodging was at the eastern side of the village nearby the old church
of Agios Athanasios. Until 1913, when Macedonia was liberated, many Turkish families
lived in the village. At the point where the Primary School is built, used to
be a Turkish cemetery.
In 1922 sheltered permanently in the village refugees from the villages
Taifiri of Eastern Thrace and Iraklio of Nikomidia
in Asia Minor, while
in 1925 Vlachs came. It is said that the name "Drosero" (cool) was given
to the village when some passing by people who sat at the square of the village
to rest, extolled the fresh air blowing at the moment. The village used to be
the headquarters of the area in the early of the 20th century. Since 1912 have
been operating in Drosero, Police Station, Community Clinic and Primary School.
In 1940 came to the village the German occupation troops. After their
withdrawal in 1944, the civil war broke out, affecting dramatically Drosero's
fortune. In February 1946 the residents left the village and settled down in the
neighboring villages and Giannitsa.
In 3-7-1947 almost the whole village got burnt, except of about ten houses and
the church. The residents returned in 1950 and rebuilt the village from the beginning.
This text is cited June 2005 from the Municipality of Megas Alexandros URL below
GALATADES (Small town) GIANNITSA
The village of Galatades is one of the oldest in the area. This is
based on the old church of Agios Athanasios where there is an icon of Virgin's
Annunciation with the year 1806 written on it. The village is built in higher
elevation than the surrounding areas and it was protected from the water of the
bog which there was in its south side. That way, in 1979 when the area was flooded
by the water of the Moglenitsas river, the village of Galatades was like an island
in a lake.
The old name of Galatades was Kadinovo. This name comes from the Turkish
adjudicator (kadis in Turkish) who had his residence in the village. Kadinovo
became a community on 28-6-1918 with the headquarters in Kariotissa
and concluded the villages Mparinovo (Liparo),
Prisna (Krya Vrysi), Plougar (does not exist any more), Kariotissa and Losanovo
(Palefito). According
to the census of the year 1920 Kadinovo had 320 residents, who dealt with the
agriculture and stockbreeding.
During the Macedonian Struggle, the village fighters of the families
Stogiannidis and Harisiadis used to meet at Narisidis' house and under the leadership
of the chieftain Gonos Giotas, they planned their activities against Turks and
Bulgarians. Gonos Giotas' father came from Galatades and he had a hovel-base of
operations in the bog, at the point Prisna. During the liberation of the village
on 18-10-1918 Turks killed two Greek mounted soldiers. The residents buried them
in the village and set a hero's tomb for them.
In 1924 refugees came from the village Examili of the Kallipoli
peninsula of Eastern Thrace. The name of the village changed into Galatades (Milkmen)
because of the great milk production of that time. The vastly area of the bog
was ideal for the breeding of the 9.000 cows and even more sheep and goats that
the residents had. Galatades became a separate community on 25-8-1933 and it has
a steady increase of population. In 1928 it had 846 residents, in 1940 it had
1286, in 1961 it had 1684 and in 1991 it had 2039 residents. Today, it is the
biggest village of the municipality with about 2300 residents. In Galatades has
been functioned a school since the close of the 19th century. The residents report
that the first teacher was Christ Doumis. A clinic functioned in the village as
well, by the doctor Mr. Tselios from Thessaloniki.
After the exsiccation of the Giannitsa lake, in the mid '30s, the residents of
the Plougar village moved in Galatades and Krya Vrysi equally.
The history of Galatades changed dramatically the last 35 years. The
year 1970 is a milestone in village's evolution, because that year Philopimin
Gratsios brought to Galatades the cultivation of asparagus. The successful cultivation
and the higher quality of the local asparagus, made Galatades the "capital"
of the production and trade of the Greek asparagus. Finally, an other point of
report for Galatades, is the year 1998, when it was appointed to be the headquarters
of the newly established Municipality of Alexander the Great.
This text is cited May 2005 from the Municipality of Megas Alexandros URL below
GYPSOCHORI (Settlement) PELLA
The church of Agios Athanasios (1851) bears witness to the age of
Gypsohori. Unfortunately, there are no written records about its history. Nobody
knows precisely how Gypsohori named after. According to a version, this name is
ascribed to Bey’s daughter, Yupsan, who lived in the village. The whole settlement
was assigned by this name. Later, the village was named Yupsovo. At the point,
where the town square is situated nowadays, there was the Bey's lodgings. It was
a big, two-storey building that was pulled down in the mid years of 20th century.
It's said that there was a second lodging at the entrance of the village.
During the Macedonian Struggle, the residents had intensively participated
in the attempt for freedom of the area from Turkish and Bulgarian rule. In the
exceptional historical novel "In the secrets of the bog" by Penelope
Delta, many names of fighters from Gypsohori are reported. In 1928 refugees from
the Black Sea area moved to the village. The community of Gypsohori was constituted
in 1951 and it included the settlement of Trifili.
However, in 1977 the authorities were transported to Trifili and the new community
of Trifili was constituted, including the village of Gypsohori as a settlement.
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KARIOTISSA (Small town) GIANNITSA
The Old Kariotissa was situated at the shore of the lake of Giannitsa
5km southern from present place of the village. Kariotissa was the head of Kadinovo
community since 28-6-1918. There were 50 families at the village with the population
of 293 residents according to the census of 1920. The self-sufficiency was the
main characteristic of their lives. They were dealing with agriculture and stockbreeding.
There was plenty of hunting and timber in the bog, which were covering their needs.
Very impressive were three hills of 20m height in the village, which were used
by the Turkish people as observation posts and four "koules" (mansions)
which only one of them is still standing.
In July of 1924 they moved to the new location of the present village,
refugees from Neohori of Zerkos province in Eastern Thrace, according to the treaty
of Lausanne (1923) about the exchange of the populations between Greece and Turkey.
Their life in Neohori and the adventure of the refugees is described beautifully
in the book "1924-1999, 75 years of the community of New Kariotissa"
which was published by the Cultural Association of the village. The situations
the about 850 refugees faced in this boggy place were tragical. The release of
the place from malaria achieved by the drying of the lake in 1935, raised the
births and gave the opportunity to the people of the village to have new wealthy
land. After the German occupation, the modernization of Kariotissa was continues
and with 1798 residents in 1961, Kariotissa became the headquarters of the area,
with a Police Station, a Post Office and a Medical Centre.
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LIPARO (Village) GIANNITSA
There is based information for the existence of the settlement of
Liparo in 1357 from the recording that took place in the years of the Byzantine
Empire by the name Liparino and 210 houses. The settlement was in the area "Beker",
where there is a tomb of the Macedonian years. In 1840 the near river Moglenitsas
overflowed causing great disaster and the drowning of babies. So, the settlement
was translocated in the present position of 10 metres elevation. At that time,
in the village there were 15 Greek and 500 Turkish families.
The name "Beker" is the Turkish name of the name Dimitrios.
The local tradition reports that Dimitrios was a Greek christian, servant of the
Turkish Bey. He was proposed to change his religion because he was said to perform
miracles and there was a fear for revolution of the christians. Dimitrios refused
and the Turkish killed him. They burried him in that area and untill today it
is believed that the soil of his grave helps people with dermatological diseases
etc.
The time of 1928-30 there were placed into the village refugees from
the Black Sea area and in 1935 Vlachs came from Aetomilitsa
of Epirus. Liparo, by the name Liparinovo or Barinovo and 154 residents formed
the community of Kadinovo in 28-6-1918, with the villages of Prisna, Plougar,
Kariotissa,
Losanovo and Kadinovo. Later, it consisted a community with the villages of Dafni
and Agios Georgios,
untill 1967, when it became an independent community.
This text is cited May 2005 from the Municipality of Megas Alexandros URL below
PALEFYTO (Small town) GIANNITSA
At a short distance from the current position of the village there
was the Bey's lodgings and all around it there were the shacks of the Turkish,
who were in his hire. Until 1920 Lozanovo, such as Palefyto was named, belonged
to the community of Kadinovo and it had 202 residents, mostly shepherds. In 1922
refugees from Kydia of Prousa
(Asia Minor) came to the area, chased from the Turkish, after the disaster of
Smyrna.
Tradition wants the residents of Kydia and the other eight villages
that were beside the lake, to descend from captured families of Mani. The news
that they received in 1922 for the coming of the Turkish, lead them southwest,
to the ports of Smyrna. But, at their way, happend to meet a very beautiful woman
on a horse, who prevented them to continue and so they made for Panormos.
Some said that she was the daughter of pasha of the area, others said that she
was the Virgin Mary that saved them from certain slaughter. Recent researches
confirm the existence of the Sultana, who was christian because of her Serbian
lineage.
The exchange of the population between Greece and Turkey in 1924,
led to Palefito the residents of Petrohori, a village in the Chataltza area in
Eastern Thrace. In the beggining, the conditions were unbearable and the cohabitation
was difficult. However, their common aim for survival, set aside all the differences
and the devotion of all the residents to the cultivation of this fertile land,
improved Palefyto.
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TRIFYLLI (Village) GIANNITSA
In the beggining of the last century Trifiltsovo, such as Trifili
was named, had a few houses and was surrounded by bogs. The areas of Tsaira and
Nisi, western of the village, constituted Roumani, a place of bushy sprouting
and many springs of water. The river Mpalitzas passes from the east side of the
village, where there was a bog with a great variety of fauna. After the drying
of the bog, the land was shared to the residents and until now consists the most
fertile area of the community. In 1922 refugees from the Black Sea area came to
the village and in 1924 more refugees came from Thrace.
The residents dealt with stockbreeding and the cultivation of trefoil,
sesame, corn, wheat, vine, mulberry and the production of cocoons of silk and
wine. The settlement belonged to the community of Drosero until 1951, when it
became a member of the community of Gypsohori. In 1977 was created the community
of Trifili with the settlement of Gypsohori. Since 1948, when Drosero was burned,
until 1955 the police station of Drosero functioned in Trifili. In 60's - 70's
there was a strenuous immigration of the residents to Germany, America and Australia.
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