Administrative Region : Central Macedonia
Regional unit : Serres
Palaiokomi (Παλαιοκώμη) Serres
Paaiokomi is a village in the Municipality of Amphipolis in the Peripheral Unit of Serres. It is the largest village in the municipality of Amphipolis in terms of population (1,293 inhabitants [1]), after Rodolivos and Proti.
History
Ancient times
The information about the area of the village in antiquity is indirect and comes from the excavation activity of the Archaeological Service. An ancient Roman cemetery has been found that has given inscribed figurines and Greek tomb inscriptions. [2]
The names "Mestos", "Douleous", "Dioskouridis", "Manto", "Ekataye", "Koravos" are Macedonian and Thracian. [3] [4]
Based on the above, the existence of an ancient settlement between Paaiokomi and Nea Fili is considered certain and the archeological dig may bring it to light soon. [5]
Byzantine era
In Byzantine times, the lower part of the Strymon valley belonged mainly to the Monasteries of Mount Athos. Paaiokomi is mentioned in an official document for the first time in a census catalog of the Monastery of Iveron, in the first decade of the twelfth century, as Prevista. [6] [7] In the following years he will change hands several times, among other things he will pass into the ownership of the Monastery of Zografou and finally he will end up in the Monastery of Pantokratoros of Athos. [8] [9]
In general, since that time, there has been a lot of information about the tax obligations of the residents as well as their properties and occupations. [10] [11] [12] [13]
Most belong to the parochial regime, having their own property which they inherit from their children. The Byzantine period ends at the end of the fourteenth century with the Ottoman conquest. It was carried out by Gazi Ahmet Evrenos in the name of Sultan Murad I and the name of the settlement was formed in Provista. [14]
Turkish rule
In the following years, there was an influx of Turkish settlers. They become landowners and herdsmen. The Pantokratoros Monastery retains its position like other monasteries, possessing important properties and protecting the village from the arbitrariness of the Ottoman power. [15]
Of course, this was not always possible. According to the Chronicle of Serres of Papasynodinos, in 1623 Adamis of Karapapas was hanged by Provista. The reason was that he was gathering evidence in order to denounce in Istanbul the tax oppression of the population by the local rulers. Of course, in order to achieve his sentence, the Turks slandered him for insulting their religion. [16] [17] [18]
In 1900, the British traveler George Frederick Abbott passed through the area and in the book An Englishman in Macedonia of 1900, which he would later publish, he gave important information about Paaiokomi. [19]
National struggles and liberation
During the Macedonian Struggle, the community of Paaiokomi offers live material to the guerrilla corps and helps in the receipt and distribution of military equipment for the Greek Consulate in Serres. [20] [21]
During the Balkan Wars, battles were fought between the Greek and Bulgarian armies in the region and eventually it was annexed to the Greek state. During the First World War, there was a new descent of the Bulgarians, which decimated the population. First, all Greek males between the ages of 14 and 60 were taken hostage. Most will not return alive, while the women and children were plagued by a cholera and typhoid epidemic. In the end the village burned down and after the war it was rebuilt next to the old settlement. [22] [23] [24] [25] [26]
Interwar
After the Asia Minor Catastrophe, the population was supplemented by Pontian refugees from Ak Dag Maden and Asia Minor residents from the Pisidian Isparta. The name of the village was changed to Paaiokomi in 1928, while the monastery estates were expropriated. At the same time, drainage works were carried out on Lake Achinos, yielding many acres of arable land. [27]
Contemporary history
During World War II, a new Bulgarian Occupation took place, accompanied by deprivation, terrorism and new hostages, the so-called "Durduvakia". After the war, the area of Paggaio entered the vortex of the Civil War. In the 50's, Sarakatsani families settled. Finally, there are families of Lakkovikiotes, who live in Paaiokomi after leaving their village, as well as other people from Halkidiki and other areas.
In the 1960s, many villagers migrated to Germany as well as to the major urban centers of Greece. In 1991 the community, together with the settlement of Nea Fili, had 1,558 registered citizens. At that time, during the tenure of Dimitrios Papadopoulos, the residents undertook to host children from the torn Yugoslavia. In addition, the building of the old Primary School was granted for a while, in order to accommodate expatriate families from the former Soviet Union.
Today Paaiokomi belongs to the enlarged Municipality of Amphipolis. The settlement of Nea Fili (174 inhabitants [1]) also belongs to the local community of Paaiokomi.
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)
Permanent list of declared archeological sites and monuments of Greece (publisher? Page?)
D. C. Samsaris, La vallée du Bas-Strymon á l ’époque impériale (Contribution épigraphique á la topographie, l’ onomastique, l ’histoire et aux cultes de la provincial romaine de Macédoine), Δωδώνη 18 (1989), τεύχ. 1, pp. 285-290, no. 127-141 = # PH150768 # PH150769 # PH150770 # PH150771 # PH150772 # PH150773 # PH150774 # PH150775 # PH150776 # PH150777 # PH150778 # PH150778 # PH150779 # PH117 # PH150780 # PH1
Collection of geographical and historical data of Thrace, Thracian Home of Thessaloniki
[1] Archived 2017-04-24 on Wayback Machine. Dimitrios Samsaris, Historical Geography of Eastern Macedonia in Antiquity, Publications of the Society for Macedonian Studies, 1976. ISBN 960-7265-16-5.
Proceedings of the Monastery of Iveron, 2nd Volume, Actes D 'Iviron Lefort Oikonomides Papachryssanthou, Kravari Metreveli
St. Mertzidis, The Lands of the Past and the wrong attitude
Petros Samsaris, Byzantine Places, National Archive of Doctoral Dissertations, 2004
Lenos Mavromatis, La Pronoia D 'Alexis Comnene Raoul A Prevista, 1885, Serraika Symmeikta
Petros Samsaris, Byzantine Places, National Archive of Doctoral Dissertations, 2004
Lenos Mavromatis, La Pronoia D 'Alexis Comnene Raoul A Prevista, 1885, Serraika Symmeikta
Vasiliki Kravari, Archives of Pantokrator Monastery
Zografou Monastery Archives, W. Regel, E. Kurtz, Et. C. Korablev
Magda Parkharidou, Anagnostou, Handwritten Intention of the 18th century by the Monastery of Eikosifoinissis, 2009, Center for Byzantine Studies
Kyriakos Papakyriakou, History of the prefecture of Serres from ancient times until the liberation of 1912 - 1913
Asterios Gousios, The According to the Paggaio country, 1894
Kyriakos Papakyriakou, History of the prefecture of Serres from ancient times until the liberation of 1912 - 1913
Papasinodinos, The Chronicle of Serres, 1623
J. F. Abbott, An Englishman in Macedonia in 1900 (page?)
The Macedonian Games and the events in Thrace, General Staff of the Army, Directorate of History, 1979
I. Praziotis, Zichni: The gold of Serres
Notebooks of Bulgarian Occupation of Eastern Macedonia 1916-18, Historical and Literary Archive of Kavala
V. Kartsios, The Genocide of Hellenism in Eastern Macedonia
"Ta Nea" Newspaper Publications, Awesome Documents: The Balkan Wars, Solon N. Grigoriadis
The Second Balkan War, "Ethnos" Newspaper Publications, Jason Chandrinos
C. W. Blegen, Diary 6 November to 3 December 1918. Red Cross Archives
Ioannis Tsarouchas, Nikolaos Bonovas, Ta metochia Genikioi, Agiasmat (i) and Provista of the Monastery of Pantokratoros of Mount Athos in the area of Serres
External links
George Evangelos, From Provista in Paaiokomi
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