Administrative Region : Central Greece
Regional unit : Evrytania
Tsoukka (Τσούκκα) Evrytania
Tsoukka[2] or Tsouka[3], is a mountainous village of Central Greece in the Regional Unit of Evrytania.
Geography - Sights
Tsoukka is located towards the western border with the Regional Unit of Aitoloakarnania on the slopes of the Evrytani (southern) Agrafa at an altitude of 600 meters[2]. It is built to the north of the artificial lake of Kremastos near the point (west) where the Agrafiotis River ends. It is 15 km. W.-S.W. from Kerasochori (seat of the municipality), 53 km. W.-N.W. from Karpenisi and about 6 km. S. from Agios Prokopios, of which it has long been considered a settlement. The village has two neighborhoods, Tsoukka where the parish church of Saints Constantine and Helen is located and Ano Tsoukka further west at the edge of which there is the "Castle of Tsoukkas"[4]. The top of the hill there is surrounded by fortifications from classical-Hellenistic times and the area has been designated an archaeological site. "The fortification is preserved in places at a height of 8 buildings (3.50 m). A gate of the wall and two of its four-sided towers are also preserved. Visible residential remains have been identified within the enclosure, which are associated with the use of the area in the Byzantine and post-Byzantine times".[5] Northeast of the village is the modern Tatarna Bridge, built between 1965 and 1970, through which passes a provincial road connecting Evrytania with Aitoloakarnania.[6] Southeast of the village is the old bridge or "Manolis Bridge"[7] It is a stone single-arch bridge that spanned the Agrafiotis and which is in the waters of Lake Kremasta most of the year. It was built in 1659 and its name probably comes from the Epirus master builder who built it, Manolis Chrysiotis.[8]
Administrative
As a separate settlement, Tsoukka is officially mentioned for the first time in 1961, being registered in the then community of Palaiokatouna (Agios Prokopios).[9] According to the Kallikratis plan, together with Agios Prokopios and Ampares, they form the local community of Paleokatouna, which belongs to the municipal unit of Fragistas of the Municipality of Agrafa and according to the 2011 census has a population of 130 inhabitants.[10]
External links
Photos of Tsoukka from the website https://www.technovision.gr/ Archived 2020-11-16 at the Wayback Machine.
Photos of the castle of Tsoukka from the website https://www.technovision.gr/
References
(Greek) Database of the Hellenic Statistical Authority.
Encyclopedia Nea Domii. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 59, vol. 34.
"Paleokatouna". Municipality of Agrafa. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
"Historical Monuments – e-karpenissi". Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
"PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on January 11, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
"The Fantastic Bridge of Tatarna on Lake Kremaston (video-photo)". AgrinioPress. August 25, 2016. Archived from the original on January 12, 2021. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
"Bridges – Monuments". Municipality of Agrafa. Retrieved on January 7, 2021.
“Manolis' Bridge | The Stone Bridges of Greece”. www.petrinagefiria.com. Retrieved on January 7, 2021.
“Administrative Changes of Settlements”. EETAA. Retrieved on January 9, 2021.
“Official Gazette of PERMANENT population results”, p. 10663 (p. 189 of pdf)
| Municipal unit Fragkista |
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| Community Anatoliki Fragkista |
| Anatoliki Fragkista (Ανατολική Φραγκίστα, η) |
| Community Dytiki Fragkista |
| Goulaiika (Γουλαίικα, τα) |
| Dytiki Fragkista (Δυτική Φραγκίστα, η) |
| Karakasi (Καρακάσι, το) |
| Peroulaiika (Περουλαίικα, τα) |
| Community Episkopi |
| Episkopi (Επισκοπή, η) |
| Πύρνος, ο |
| Φτελιά, η |
| Community Marathia |
| Amiriani (Αμίριανη, η) |
| Kato Marathia (Κάτω Μαραθιά, η) |
| Marathia (Μαραθιά, η) |
| Parkio (Παρκιό, το) |
| Community Palaiokatouna |
| Agios Prokopios (Άγιος Προκόπιος, ο) |
| Ampares (Αμπάρες, οι) |
| Tsoukka (Τσούκκα, η) |
| Community Palaiochori |
| Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος, ο) |
| Neochori (Νεοχώρι, το) |
| Palaiochori (Παλαιοχώρι, το) |
| Community Tripotamo |
| Vrekaiika (Βρεκαίικα, τα |
| Kaipanaki (Καϊπανάκι, το) |
| Kopsaiika (Κοψαίικα, τα) |
| Μονή Τατάρνης, η |
| Tripotamo (Τριπόταμο, το) |
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