Agia Paraskevi (Amari)

Local community Agia Paraskevi
Τοπική Κοινότητα Αγίας Παρασκευής (Αγία Παρασκευή)

Basic data

Greece

Crete

Amari

Geographic coordinates

35 ° 9 ' N , 24 ° 43' E Coordinates: 35 ° 9 ' N , 24 ° 43' E

Height above d. M.

160 m

surface

5.724 km²

Residents

124 (2011)

LAU-1 code no.

930602

Local division

1 settlement

Post Code

74059

Telephone code

28330

Panagia Church

Agia Paraskevi ( Greek Αγία Παρασκευή ( f. Sg. )) Is a village in the south of the Greek island of Crete . It has the status of a local community in the municipality of Kourites in the municipality of Amari .

location

Agia Paraskevi is located in the southwest of the municipality of Kourites. Adjacent localities are Ano Meros in the north-west of the municipality of Syvritos , Agios Ioannis in the north and Apodoulou in the east and south-east . The village of Melapes of the municipality of Agios Vasilios borders in the south and south-west. The closest villages are Agios Ioannis two kilometers north and Apodoulou two kilometers east.

history

Since the Venetian rule , the village is known only from censuses. For the first time handed Francesco Barozzi 1577 the place name Sta Veneranda , 1583 was the name at Kastrofylakas S. Venaranda , and in 1630 in Francesco Basilicata S. Venaranda Sagudhi . During the Ottoman period, the village is mentioned as Aya Paraşki in 1650 and 1670 . Like the surrounding villages, at that time Agia Paraskevi was predominantly Muslim. According to Robert Pashley , Hagía Paraskevé was inhabited by 15 Christian Orthodox families in 1832.

Web links

Αγία Παρασκευή, Αμαρίου (Greek)

Individual evidence

↑ National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 124 (PDF, 793 kB)
↑ Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)
↑ Αγία Παρασκευή, Ψηφιακή Κρήτη: Μεσογειακές Πολιτισμικές Διαδρομές
↑ Ευαγγελία Μπαλτά, Mustafa Oğuz: Το οθωμανικό κτηματολόγιο του Ρεθύμνου Tapu-Tahrir 822 . Ed .: Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών. Rethymno 2007, ISBN 978-960-7916-67-9 , p. 419-420 .
^ Robert Pashley: Travels in Crete . Volume II. Cambridge and London 1837, pp. 314 .

[1] National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ) according to 2001 census , p. 124 (PDF, 793 kB)

[2] Results of the 2011 census at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΛ.ΣΤΑΤ) ( Memento from June 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (Excel document, 2.6 MB)

[3] Αγία Παρασκευή, Ψηφιακή Κρήτη: Μεσογειακές Πολιτισμικές Διαδρομές

[4] Ευαγγελία Μπαλτά, Mustafa Oğuz: Το οθωμανικό κτηματολόγιο του Ρεθύμνου Tapu-Tahrir 822 . Ed .: Ινστιτούτο Νεοελληνικών Ερευνών. Rethymno 2007, ISBN 978-960-7916-67-9 , p. 419-420 .

[5] Robert Pashley: Travels in Crete . Volume II. Cambridge and London 1837, pp. 314 .