Administrative Region : West Greece
Regional unit : Achaia
Agios Andreas (Άγιος Ανδρέας) Pteri Achaia
Agios Andreas is a mountainous settlement in the Aigialia district of the Achaia prefecture. It is one of the six villages of the Pteri community, along with Boufouskia, Selitsa, Achladia, Agios Panteleimonas and Pteri. In the 2011 census, the settlement was found to have a population of 69 permanent residents, while the Fteris community had a total of 466 residents[2].
Location
It is located on the northern slopes of Mount Rouskios (Agios Giorgis), with the picturesque Mount Skylozonaro (where the Gonia plateau is located) opposite it, which is reminiscent of the Meteora landscape, on the left the Kerynitis River and to the west the Klokos. The seat of the Municipality of Aegialia is Aigio, from which it is 16 km away. The settlement develops at an altitude of approximately 276 meters. Around it are the settlements: Mamousia, Selissa, Dervenaki, Boufouskia and Fteri, while behind Mount Rouskio are Vilivina and Plataniotissa (formerly Klapatsouna), which belong to the province of Kalavryta. To the north and very close to the village flows the Kerynitis River, which originates from Kerpini and flows into the Gulf of Corinth. An advantage of the village's location is the view it provides of the Gulf of Corinth, between Kerynitis and Skylozonaro.
History
While the recording of Pteri, which was the main village of the community, begins during the Venetian period, the history of the village is located shortly after the Greek Revolution of 1821. In the mid-19th century, residents of Fteri arrived in the area where the village is located today to live permanently here.
It is worth noting that the village was previously full of vineyards, olive groves and raisin orchards of the Fteri, who had their warehouses in this area. These landowners decided to settle there around 1850-55, going to Pteri only during the summer months, mainly in May, June and July, since, as Alexandropoulos testifies, the main wintering in the lower settlements took place after the expansion of raisin cultivation, i.e. after 1840. Later, however, residents of other neighboring villages, such as Vilivina, Plataniotissa and Kalavryta, also came to live here permanently. Their descendants even today spend the summer months there.
The name of the village is due to the chapel of Agios Andreas that existed there. In 1969-70, an asphalt road was built connecting the village with Aigio.
Economic and social life
The area has a direct economic - labor, social, transportation, administrative, religious, etc. relationship with the coastal area of Aigio due to its location, easier access and other socio-economic conditions that have been established since ancient times. In the area of Agios Andreas, the residents are mainly engaged in the production of Corinthian raisins, olive oil, wine and livestock.
In 2007, due to the large fire[3], which started in the village of Kounina in Aigio on July 24, many agricultural properties and lush trees that adorned the village were burned.
Population
The village currently has 69 permanent residents (2011), however, due to the exceptional beauty of the landscape, in recent years a large number of Athenian citizens and Germans have begun to arrive here, building their summer homes, resulting in an increase in the population, mainly in the summer months.
During the first years of the settlement's establishment, the residents fluctuated, while a little later, during the difficult years of the Occupation, they reached around 100. In the early years of the Post-colonial period, the population fluctuated, while since the beginning of the 21st century, it has decreased considerably, reaching its current number.
A great advantage of the village nowadays is that the youth prefer to live and create a family here, largely taking advantage of the bucolic life, something that is not common in most villages, giving hope for a long life in this place.[citation needed]
Residential organization
The settlement follows a loose structure with independent buildings, without a solid core, following the direction of the contour lines and occupying the intermediate sections with the gentlest slopes. There is a main road with a parallel one and the interconnection between them is done by very narrow paths or stairs between the houses. There is also a central square, which was built in May 2008, from a donation by a large company for the fire victims of Aigialeia after the devastating fires of 2007 in the area, and was inaugurated 2 months later.
North of the square is the village's central fountain, built at the end of the 20th century - a project of the local association - whose water comes from the village's main reservoir. Opposite it is the primary school, which today functions as the electoral center of the local district, and which dates back to the beginning of the 20th century.
Outside the village, one can also find its traditional fountain, which is older than the village, and whose water comes from Rouskio. In the past, during the summer months, the women of the village carried water from there and took it to their homes since there were no suitable means to keep the water cold. Also, in the northern part of the village there is a basketball court for the residents to exercise.
Religious monuments
The Church of St. Andrew predates the creation of the village. It is estimated that it was built as a small chapel in the second half of the 19th century, specifically in 1868 AD, as evidenced by the oldest holy icon of St. Andrew that is still preserved in the Church. In 1889 AD, it may have been rebuilt, becoming the central church in the newly founded village, as the icons of the first iconostasis that are still preserved today date back to this specific date. In 1956, it was rebuilt and its size increased, taking on its current form, and was inaugurated by the then Metropolitan of Kalavryta and Aigialeia, Georgios Patsis. The church is located in the center of the village. It is noteworthy that the church has sacred icons by the iconographer Konstantinos Fanellis, while the current icons of the iconostasis are by Athanasios Psarros, a painter and iconographer from Derveni, Corinth, who has created several iconographies in the wider area and at the Holy Shrine of Panagia Tripiti in Aigio.
During the 1990s, a small chapel dedicated to All Saints was built in the village cemetery in a cruciform style. In 2010, the chapel of Agios Georgios was built, approximately 5 kilometers by road north of the village at an altitude of approximately 800 meters. A few months later that same year, the chapel of Agios Panteleimonos was built by the parishioners of Agios Andreas and Boufouksia, which is located between the two villages.
The parish of Agios Andreas includes, in addition to the homonymous village, Boufouksia.
The main church of Boufouksia is Agios Ioannis the Baptist, whose church dates back to the mid-19th century. In Boufouksia is also located the historic chapel of Agios Nikolaos, which during the period of Turkish rule operated as a secret school.[citation pending].
References and footnotes
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
EL.STAT. - Permanent population of Greece. Census 2011
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 3 July 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
Sources
Results of the 2011 Population and Housing Census concerning the Resident Population of the Country, Government Gazette of the Hellenic Republic, vol. 2, p. 3465 (28 December 2012).
Alexandropoulos, A. (1919). History and topography of Pteri and its winter quarters. Athens: Kalergi & Co.
Kalogeras, N. (2001) "Environmental Planning in Greece - The Recent Tradition" in: Amourgis, S., (ed.). Environmental Technology. Patras: EAP.
Papageorgiou, G. (1968). The history of Fteria Aigiou: With unpublished documents of the fighters of 1821. Athens: [ch.e.] 1968.
Hatzopoulos, D. (1934) "Klokos - Pteri", Ekdromika, 6 (57), pp. 37-40.
The secret schools in Moria (1997).
Bibliography
Louloudis, Theodoros H. (2010). Achaia. Settlements, settlers, self-government. Patras: Prefectural Cultural Development Company of South-East Achaia.
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