Marathovouni, Arta

Marathovouni (Μαραθοβούνι) Arta

Marathovouni is a small settlement of the municipal community of Arta of the Municipality of Arta with 82 permanent residents (2011 census), [1] and is a few kilometers away from the city. Next to the settlement is one of the two surviving mosques of Arta, the Mosque of Faik Pasha.

Administrative changes

The settlement was recognized only in 1981 [2] and joined the Municipality of Arta. In place of Marathovouni there was the old settlement of Imaretio or Marati, which was abolished in 1951. [3]

History

The history of the area has been identified with the Faik Pasha Mosque. The mosque was built in the second half of the 15th century by Faik Pasha, the first Ottoman conqueror of Arta, at a time when the sultan was Bayezid II. [4]

Based on the work of Konstantinos Diamantis entitled "Arta and its surroundings during the times of the revolution", 10 families lived in the area during the period when the Greek Revolution of 1821 broke out. [5]

The area was a battle theater during the Revolution of 1821. According to Ioannis Makrygiannis, on November 14, 1821, Markos Botsaris with 300 men fortified himself in the mosque. Several chiefs were drafted with him, including Georgios Karaiskakis. [6] [7]

William Martin Leek also mentions the location, informing us that there were plenty of hazelnuts in Marathi, while François Pouqueville informs us about the significant number of oranges, lemons, olive trees and reeds that covered the area. [8] [8] ]

Seraphim Xenopoulos, Metropolitan of Arta, refers to the area in the "Essay on the History of Arta & Preveza" (published in 1884). Seraphim Xenopoulos gives us the information that in 1884 in the area around the mosque lived about 10 Christian families and six with seven Ottomans, who were praying in the mosque. [10]

During the unfortunate Greek-Turkish war of 1897, the area around the mosque was once again a battleground between Greek forces under the command of Colonel Thrasyvoulos Manos and the Turks of Ahmet Hifsi Pasha. [11] [12]

Location and access

Marathovouni is adjacent to Eleousa, Rokka, Grammenitsa and the city of Arta. The settlement is located next to the bypass of Filippiada on the Ionian Road and is a short distance from the river Arachthos. [13]

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)
Recognition of the settlement of Marathovouni and its annexation to the municipality of Arta, 05/04/1981. [1] [dead link]
The settlement of Imaretion in the municipality is abolished, 07/04/1951. [2] [dead link]
Ottoman Architecture in Greece: A Review Article with Addendum & Corrigendum, Heath W. Lowry, Bahcesehir University Press, 2009, ISBN 975643788X, ISBN 978-9756437889.
Arta and its surroundings during the years of the revolution, Skoufas Magazine / Year 5/1960 - Volume II p.266
"The Greeks of Notibotsaris, Fotomaras, Markobotsaris, Drakos, Veikos, Tzavelaigoi and other officers, of the Turkish Agovasiaris, Souleimani Metos, of Morto Tzalikoou, the child and other officers. Ἕλληνες ἀπὸ τὸ δώθε μέρος Γραμμενίτσας Τζερακλής, Καραϊσκάκης, Κουτελιδαῖγοι κι᾿ ἄλλοι ἀξιωματικούς. Ὅλοι αὐτεῖνοι πιάσαν τὸ Μαράτι ἀντίκρυα ἀπὸ τὴν Ἄρτα, εἶναι ὡς ἕνα κάρτο μακρυά, εἶναι περιβόλια κι᾿ ὀλίγα σπίτια κ᾿ ἕνα τζαμὶ πολλὰ δυνατό. Στάθηκαν εἰς Μαράτι αὐτεῖνοι ὅλοι [..] οἱ Τοῦρκοι πεζούρα καὶ καβαλλαρία πῆγαν, ἕνα μεγάλο μέρος, ἀναντίον τῶν δικῶνε μας εἰς Μαράτι καὶ πολέμησαν οἱ Τοῦρκοι γενναίως τοὺς δικούς μας καὶς δικς τους το καὶς ρίγσαν τομπσαν καμπόσους καὶ πληγώσανε καὶ πληγώσαν. Καὶ μέσα εCategories: , Ἀπομνημονεύματα, Βιβλίον Α´, Κεφάλαιον τρίτον.
«Ποτέ δεν έδειξε καταφρόνια ο Καραϊσκάκης για τα τζαμιά[..]Αντάμα του κι εγώ κι ο Μάρκος Μπότσαρης ήμασταν στο Ιμαρέτ. Δεν κιοτέψαμε και χωθήκαμε στο τζαμί για να σωθουμε»Καραϊσκάκης, Κώστας Δέτσικας, σελ.174-175, εκδ. Ηλιοτρόπιο, 2005, ISBN 960-342-370-Χ
«This afternoon, at 6, having re-crossed the bridge of Arta, we follow the right bank of the river to Marati, a suburb standing just opposite to the metropolis of Arta, and consisting of a Turkish mosque with some houses and gardens. The gardens of Marati abound in filbert trees. », Travels in northern Greece, Leake, William Martin, p.218, 1835.
"Pericycle from reeds of the opera genre you call calamus orientalis, orange, lemon and olive", History of the Renaissance of Greece, François Charles Hugues Laurent Pouqueville, 1824.
Essay on the History of Arta and Preveza (published in 1884), p. 41.
«La brigata Bairaktaris, avanzo, ieri, nell'Epiro sulla via di Filippiade ed occupò le cima d'Ïmaret marciando contro Vlacherna.», Gazzetta Ufficiale del Regno d'Italia N. 113 del 14 Maggio 1897, p.2245. [3 ]
“One battery was directed upon tbe bridge of Arta, two upon Imaret and one upon Gremenitza. Opposite, on the Turkish side lay Imaret, Gremenitza and Vlacherna upon the hill-slopes. », The Greco-Turkish War of 1897: from official sources, Viktor von Strantz, 1 Jan 1898, p.224

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