Palaioxari, Fokida

Palaioxari (Παλαιοξάρι) Fokida

Palaioxari is a mountain village in Dorida, Fokida Prefecture, at an altitude of 660 meters. According to the 2011 census, it has a population of 219 inhabitants and with the implementation of the Kallikratis program since 2011 it is the Local Community of Palaioxari of the Municipal Unit of Efpalio of the Municipality of Doridos [2].

Geography - Name

Palaioxari is located A from the Wall on the northern slope of the mountain range Trikorfo, on the provincial road Anathemas - Teichiou, at a distance of 29 km NE from Nafpaktos and 54 km W of Lidoriki. Until 1959 it was called Kato Paleoxari, when it was renamed FEK: 48/1959 [3]. During the period of Turkish rule and Ali Pasha, it is also referred to as "Paliokustourio". In 1806, the English officer Martin W. Leak referred to the site as "Hani Palaioxari" [5], between the present-day settlements of Palaioxari (Kato Palaioxari) and Potidania (Ano Palaioxari), as a settlement, while the French traveler François Poucheville in 1815, it refers separately to the two settlements [6] [4].

The word Palaioxari comes from its composition from the Greek "old" and the Turkish "hisar" which means castle (Palaio-hissar = old-hsar = Paleoxari), ie Palaiokastro [6]. In the area of ​​Profitis Ilias, two miles north of the village near the left bank of Mornos, some cystoid tombs have been found. The attraction of the village is the parish church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary with its two bell towers. The villagers are engaged in animal husbandry.

Personalities

Karakatsanis Georgios: fallen lieutenant colonel in the Battle of Crete
Stathopoulos Dimitrios: appellant, KKE MEP candidate

References

Encyclopedia Nea Domi. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 263, vol. 26.
"2011 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). It was archived (PDF) from the original on May 17, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
"Receiver: Kato Palaioxari - Palaioxarion". pandektis.ekt.gr. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
"Paleoxari". klepanafpaktias.blogspot.gr. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
"February 13, 1806. After a arduous ascent we reach Hani Palaioxari, which took its name from the village below, near it, and whose cultivated lands descend gradually to the shores of Mornos" -
«Palaioxari | Municipality of Dorida Municipality of Dorida ". www.dorida.gr. Retrieved September 16, 2017.

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