Perithiotissa, Fokida

Perithiotissa (Περιθιώτισσα) Fokida

Perithiotissa or Peritheiotissa is a mountainous settlement located in Dorida, Fokidos Prefecture, at an altitude of 710 meters [1]. It has a population of 283 inhabitants and according to the 2011 census it is the Local Community of Perithiotissa of the Municipal Unit of Lidoriki of the Municipality of Doridos [2].


Geography - History

Perithiotissa is located NE of Nafpaktos at a distance of 42 km and SW of Lidoriki (35 km) [3]. It is built on a slope of Mount Trikorfo with a view to the East. Around the village there are dense forests of firs and oaks. In the center of the village there is a square with two stone fountains and a centuries-old plane tree while around it is the community store, the doctor's office and the church of Agios Dimitrios [4]. Its original name was Peritheiotissa and so the settlement was annexed in 1835 to the then municipality of Potidaneia. In 1912, with the Government Gazette 261A, a community of Peritheiotissi was established with its seat, while in 1940 it was renamed Perithiotissa [5].

Theofanis Betsistas (1886 - 1958), a Macedonian warrior, veteran of the Balkan Wars and later abbot of the monastery of Agios Stefanos in Meteora, was born in the settlement. 6] [7].

External links

http://perithiotissa.blogspot.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/20141218030539/http://perithiotissa.gr/

Source

https://web.archive.org/web/20111225223540/http://www.lidoriki.gr/

References

Encyclopedia New Structure. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 294, vol. 27.
"2011 Population and Housing Census" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 9 September 2017.
"Driving kilometers between cities, villages, countries - apostaseis.gr". www.apostaseis.gr. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
"Perithiotissa | Municipality of Dorida Municipality of Dorida ". www.dorida.gr. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
"EETAA-Hellenic Society for Local Development and Local Government SA". www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved September 9, 2017.
"Holy Metropolis of Demitriados and Almyros". apostoliki-diakonia.gr. Apostolic Ministry of the Church of Greece. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
Demitriados, Joachim (1950). Between conquerors and guerrillas. Athens: Types Ch. Synodinou. pp. 28 - 29.

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