Agia Triada, Rethymno
Agia Triada
Αγία Τριάδα | |
|---|---|
Settlement | |
  Agia Triada | |
| Coordinates: 35°21′35″N 24°34′18″E / 35.35972°N 24.57167°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Crete |
| Regional unit | Rethymno |
| Municipality | Rethymno |
| Municipal unit | Arkadi |
| Community | Mesi |
| Population (51) | |
| • Total | 280 |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Agia Triada (officially: Agia Trias) is a settlement of the Community of Mesi in the Municipality of Rethymno[1] in the Regional Unit of Rethymno, Crete. According to the 2011 census it has 62 inhabitants. It is located 11 km east of Rethymnon, at an altitude of 200 meters.[2]
Historical evidence
[edit]The village is mentioned by Francesco Barozzi in 1577 as S(an)ta Trinità. In the Venetian census of 1583 by Kastrophylakas it is mentioned as S. Trinita with 145 inhabitants and Francesco Basilicata in 1630 as S. Trinita.[2] It is not mentioned in the census of 1881. In the census of 1900 it belonged to the municipality of Pigi and had 24 inhabitants.[2]In 1925, Agia Triada belonged to the community of Mesi, in the District of Rethymno, and with the Kapodistrian administrative division, it belonged to the municipal division of Mesi of the Municipality of Arkadi.[3]
Demography
[edit]In detail, the demographic progress of the village according to the censuses:
| Census | Population[2] |
|---|---|
| 1900 | 24 |
| 1920 | |
| 1928 | 93 |
| 1940 | 104 |
| 1951 | 106 |
| 1961 | 79 |
| 1971 | 60 |
| 1981 | 55 |
| 1991 | |
| 2001 | 37 |
| 2011 | 62 |
Sights
[edit]In the central square of the settlement is the Renaissance two-aisled church of Holy Trinity and St. Nikolaos. The village got its name from this church.[4] Ecclesiastically, it is served by the parish of Mesi, which belongs to the 3rd Archpriestial Region of the Holy Metropolis of Rethymno and Avlopotamos. The village is surrounded by olive trees and numerous olive mills are preserved. Among the buildings of the village that have been preserved is the house of the great landowner Aga Albanis.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Τοπική Κοινότητα Μέσης | Μέσης | Δήμος |". www.rethymno.gr. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
- ^ a b c d Σπανάκης, Στέργιος (1993). Πόλεις και χωριά της Κρήτης στο πέρασμα των αιώνων, τόμος Α΄. Ηράκλειο: Γραφικές Τέχνες Γ. Δετοράκης. p. 51.
- ^ "Αγία Τριάς (Ρεθύμνης)". Διοικητικές Μεταβολές Οικισμών - Αναλυτικά. ΕΕΤΑΑ-Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης Α.Ε. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
- ^ a b "Αγία Τριάδα". www.rethymno.gr. Δήμος Ρεθύμνου. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.