Galatista

Galatista (stress on the second syllable, Greek Γαλάτιστα ( f. Sg. )) Is a small Greek town and district of the same name (Δημοτική Κοινότητα) in the municipality of Polygyros on the Chalkidiki peninsula with 2,837 inhabitants according to the 2011 census.

The picturesque town with its narrow village streets is also the seat of Dimos, with all offices, a clinic, the citizens' office (ΚΕΠ), two kindergartens, elementary school and grammar school. The most important churches are those of Panagia and St. George , both from the 19th century. Galtatista is 28 kilometers northwest of Polygyros .

Administrative division

The municipality of Galatista (Δημοτική Κοινότητα Γαλατίστης) has 2,837 inhabitants (as of 2011) and includes four housing estates; the population is divided as follows:

The City of Galatista (2,537)

Agia Anastasia (118)

Kiourktsoglou (177)

The Monastery of St. Anastasia (4)

Prinochori (1)

history

archeology

In the area of Galatista, below the housing estate, near the village church of St. Parasskevi, there was, as is believed, a town of Anthemous , which ruled the area of the same name. The city was offered by the Macedonian King Amyntas I (540-495) to the tyrant Hippias , son of Peisistratos , who had been driven out of Athens, but he refused this offer.

In 1949 an important marble inscription from the 3rd century BC was found in the northeast of the Galatista district. Discovered.

Recent history

1732 Census

The oldest mention of the area name comes from the end of the 9th century. The large Byzantine tower from the 13th century and two water mills can be found in the settlement.

In 1500 the Turks ruled and Galatista came into the possession of the vizier Ishak Pasha. A little later in this epoch, Galatista belonged to the Mukataa of the 12 Mantemochorion communities, an interest group of mining communities in northern Halkidiki.

In the Greek War of Independence of 1821, Galatista, like other areas of Chalkidike, was destroyed and devastated by the Turks. Later the residents returned and rebuilt the village. Galatista's churches all date from after 1821.

On April 24, 1854, the place was once again the scene of a fight between Greeks and Turks, in which 65 Turks fell victim.

regional customs

The place has three homeland associations that strive to maintain tradition. In addition to a number of festive church holidays, the street festival “of the camel and the bride”, which takes place on January 6th and 7th, should be mentioned. The liberation of a bride from Galatista is shown, who was kidnapped by Turkish soldiers and kidnapped back with a "Trojan camel".

Web links

Ιστορία του Χορτιάτη

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b ^c 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)

↑ Homepage of a neighboring community ( Memento of the original from June 18, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. indicating the founding date of the Mantemochorion Covenant as 1591. @1@ 2

↑ Experience report with picture

↑ Customs and Traditions of the Chalkidiki ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2

[VZ2011-1] 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)