Kleisto, Arta

Kleisto (Κλειστό) Arta

Kleisto is a village in the Municipality of Nikolaos Skoufa with 119 permanent residents (2011 census) and is about 12 km from the city of Arta. [1]

According to the Kapodistrias Plan, Kleisto existed until the end of 2010, a municipal district of the newly formed Municipality of Peta based in Peta. Based on the new administrative division provided by the Kallikratis Plan, the Indoor was included in the Municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas.

History
Kleisto and the neighboring villages on a map of 1887.

The old name of the village was Cherkista. The first source that informs us of the existence of the village is the archives of Venice, [2] in which we are informed that in the year 1697, Closed together with many other villages of Arta, they paid tax to the Venetian administration in exchange for protection from them. pirate raids.

Ifikratis Kokkidis also refers to the village in his work "Journeys of Epirus and Thessaly" published by the Greek Ministry of the Army (Athens 1880) and gives us the information that the village was inhabited by about 100 people. I. Kokkidis informs us that the province of Arta was divided into 2 areas: the area of ​​Arta and the area of ​​Preveza. The area of ​​Arta was in turn divided into 7 sections: Potamia section, Vryseos section, Radovyzi section, Tzoumerka section, Kambou section, Karvasara section and Lakka section. The Indoor was part of the Radovyzi section. [3]

Seraphim Xenopoulos, Metropolitan of Arta, is mentioned in the "Essay on the History of Arta & Preveza" (published in 1884). According to this source, at the time of the visit of the Metropolitan of Arta, about 15 families lived in the village. The village was owned by the Theotokos Monastery. Near the village, in the place Paleochoria and at a distance of about half an hour there were ruins of buildings and the Church of Agios Nikolaos. The Metropolitan of Arta also mentions that there was a textbook in Kleisto and about 15 students attended it. [4]

The final liberation of Kleisto took place in 1881, where the river Arachthos was defined as the border of the Greek state.

References

Hellenic Statistical Authority (2012) Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census concerning the Permanent Population of the Country Government Gazette 3465 / ΒΔ / 28 December 2012 (pdf)
Arta in the archives of Venice, magazine "Skoufas" of Arta, issues of 1955-56.
Travels of Epirus and Thessaly / under the Ministry of Military Staff, I. Kokidis, Athens 1880.

Essay on the History of Arta and Preveza (published in 1884).

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Municipality of N. Skoufa
Regional Unit of Arta

Municipal unit Peta
Municipal Community Peta
Agios Dimitrios (Άγιος Δημήτριος, ο)
Amfithea (Αμφιθέα, η)
Ano Agioi Anargyroi (Άνω Άγιοι Ανάργυροι, οι)
Kleisto (Κλειστό, το)
Neochoraki (Νεοχωράκι, το)
Peta (Πέτα, το)
Pournari (Πουρνάρι, το)
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Diasella (Διασέλλα, η)
Zygos (Ζυγός, ο)
Markiniada (Μαρκινιάδα, η)
Megkla (Μέγκλα, η)
Melates (Μελάτες, αι)
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