Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Serres
Mesolakkia (Μεσολακκιά) Serres
Mesolakkia (Byzantine Greek: Λουκκοβικεία) or Lakkovikia, according to others Lakkovikia is a village of Mount Paggaio in the prefecture of Serres dating from the 10th century. Today it is abandoned, with its inhabitants sharing between Palaiokomi and Nea Mesolakkia.
Historical data
Establishment
The Lakkovikiotes (Mesolakkiotes) are probably descendants of the ancient Amphipolitans, who in the 18th-19th century were mixed with Epirotes who arrived chased by the Tsamides after a movement. The location of the village is particularly hidden, but the fact that it was built near the ancient aqueduct of Amphipolis as well as near one of its quarries, advocates the kinship of the inhabitants with the Amphipolitans. The reasons that forced the Lakkovikiotes to choose such an inhospitable place must be the fear of raids and malaria, since in those years there was still the lake-swamp of Achinos. In a 13th century document it is referred to as the "village of Lukkovikia".
Turkish rule
During the Turkish occupation and until the first quarter of the 20th century, the settlement experienced great prosperity as its inhabitants were very hardworking and progressive. The proximity of the village to the port of Tsagezio made it an important commercial center.
Balkan and World Wars
Everything changed during the Balkan wars when the inhabitants found themselves in the vortex of war, suffering a lot, and then the First World War broke out during which the Bulgarian conquerors robbed the Lakkovikiotes, took the men hostage and burned the village. With the end of the war, many villagers did not return alive. This was followed by a fierce World War II test, culminating in an irrational fratricidal civil war that tested the survival of the settlement.
Newer period
Nevertheless, life continued on its way to Lakkovikia until the 1960s, when it was permanently abandoned to create the community of Nea Mesolakkia. Today the village is a reference point and a connecting link for all those who derive their origin from there, while efforts are being made to exploit it.
Bibliographical references
Margaritis Dimitsas, "Ancient Geography of Macedonia", [[1874]
Proceedings of the Monastery of Iveron, Volume II, Actes D 'Iviron, Lefort Oikonomides Papachryssanthou, Kravari Metreveli
Asterios Gousios, "The According to the Paggaio country", 1894
St. Mertzidis, "The lands of the past and the wrong attitudes"
Lenos Mavromatis, "La pronoia D'Alexis Comnene Raoul Aprevista", 1885, Serraika Symmeikta
Kyriakos Papakyriakou, "History of the prefecture of Serres from ancient times until the liberation of 1912 - 1913"
Ioannis Tsarouchas & Nikolaos Bonovas, "Ta metochia Genikioi, Agiasmat (i), Provista of the Monastery of Pantokratoros of Mount Athos in the area of Serres"
C. W. Blegen, "Diary 6 November to 3 December 1918", Red Cross Archives
General Staff of the Army, Directorate of History, "The Macedonian Games and the events in Thrace", 1979
Iason Chandrinos, "The Second Balkan War", "ETHNOS" Newspaper Publications
Vasiliki Kravari, "Archives of Pantokrator Monastery"
Solon N. Grigoriadis, "Awesome Documents: The Balkan Wars", "Ta Nea" Newspaper Publications
Memoirs of Athanasios I. Palamidou, "The liberation of Paggaio"
Magda Parkharidou, "Anagnostou's handwritten intention of the 18th century from the Monastery of Eikosifoinissa", 2009
F. Skalidis, "Near the roots of the Greeks"
Nikolaos Zikos, "The church of Agios Theodoros in Lakkovikia, Serres", Patriarchal Foundation of Patriarchal Studies
Dimitrios Agoritsas, "Historical Geography of the Strymon Valley, 7th - 12th Century", University of Ioannina, Thesis, 2003
Report of the Greek University Commission, "The atrocities and devastations commited by the Bulgarians in Eastern Macedonia", Oxford University, 1919
Petros Samsaris, "Byzantine places", dissertation, 2004
Evangelos Giortsios, "The Lakkovikia of Paggaio"
| Municipal unit Amfipoli |
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| Community Amfipoli |
| Amfipolis (Αμφίπολις, η) |
| Nea Amfipolis (Νέα Αμφίπολις, η) |
| Community Mesolakkia |
| Mesolakkia (Μεσολακκιά, η) |
| Nea Mesolakkia (Νέα Μεσολακκιά, η) |
| Community Nea Kerdylia |
| Akti Neon Kerdylion (Ακτή Νέων Κερδυλίων, η) |
| Limani (Λιμάνι, το) |
| Logkari (Λογκάρι, το) |
| Nea Kerdylia (Νέα Κερδύλια, τα) |
| Sykia (Συκιά, η) |
| Community Palaokomi |
| Nea Fyli (Νέα Φυλή, η) |
| Palaiokomi (Παλαιοκώμη, η) |
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