Kastri, Rethymno

Kastri (Καστρίον) Rethymno

Kastri is a village in the municipality of Mylopotamos, in the regional unit of Rethymno, Crete. According to the 2011 census it has 23 inhabitants. It is 35 km from Rethymnon and is built at an altitude of 360 m. [1] It has been declared a traditional settlement. Near the settlement there is a medieval castle which was built by the Kallergides.

Historical data

According to a 1374 document from the Dandakian archives of Chandakas, the manor in Kastri has belonged to Alexios Kallergis since 1341. In his chronicle, Lorenzo de Monakis mentions that the Callergians built a castle in Kastri, which survives to this day. The settlement took its name from this fort. A Ducal document of 1382 states that James de Mendio bought a knightly manor in Kastri and two infantry manors in Melidoni. [1]

Francesco Barocci in 1577 mentions the village as Castri in the province of Mylopotamos. The Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrofylakas mentions Castri with 106 inhabitants and 199 due chores. Francesco Basilicata does not mention it in 1630, but refers to the Turkish census of 1671. [1] In 1826, near Kastri, Turks led by Ahmet Kerimis besieged 39 rebels in an old church. The besieged managed to defend themselves, killing 40 of the besiegers and expelling the rest. [1]

In the 1881 census it belonged to the municipality of Avdanites and had a purely Christian population, counting 60 inhabitants. In the 1900 census it had 67 inhabitants. In the 1920 census it belonged to the rural municipality of Aliaika. [1] In 1925, Kastri was annexed to the community of Agios Mamantos, until the Kapodistrian administrative division, when it was annexed to the Municipality of Geropotamos. [2]

In detail, the demographic course of the village according to the censuses:
Census 1900 1920 1928 1940 1951 1961 1971 1981 1991 1991 2001 2011
Population [1] 67 123 91 113 131 119 73 59 44 52 23

Sights

The ruins of the medieval castle of Kallergidis are still preserved on the hill above Kastri. Inside the castle, the church of Panagia is preserved. Other churches in the village are Agia Aikaterini, Agios Georgios, Agios Nektarios and Agios Stefanos, a Byzantine church with frescoes. [3]

References

Spanakis, Stergios (1993). Cities and villages of Crete over the centuries, volume Α΄. Heraklion: Graphic Arts G. Detorakis. p. 379.
"Kastri (Rethymno)". Residential Changes - Detailed. EETAA-Hellenic Society of Local Development and Local Government SA Retrieved October 21, 2019.
"Province of Mylopotamos". www.imra.gr. Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos. 2010. Retrieved October 21, 2019.

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Avdellas (Αβδελλάς, ο)
Agios Mamas (Άγιος Μάμας, ο)
Argoulio (Αργουλιό, το)
Kastri (Καστρί, το)

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