Aghia Triada is a village filled with houses of traditional
architecture,
an element
that makes
it unique
and
picturesque.
Wandering
around the
village can
offer the
visitor
amazing
photographic-like
images. The
paved
squares and
passes, the
stone
founts, the
trim gardens
full of
dahlias,
roses and
geraniums,
along with
the majestic
forests of
firs and
chestnut
trees
that
encompass
the village
put together
the pieces
of the most
amazing
images. It
is worth
mentioning
that the
main founts
of
Megdovas River lay in this
area.
At the top
of the ridge
on which the
village
extends,
lies the
church of
Holy Trinity
that was
built to
replace an
older
church,
which was
demolished
after a
strong
earthquake
in 1966.
According to
historical
sources, in
the
beginning of
the 18th
century the
Monastery of
Holy Trinity
that was
there had
become the
reason why
the village
of Aghia
Triada was
created.
A little
further up,
in the
position
called
“Vavoolia”, lays the church of
Prophet
Elias
which was
recently
reconstructed.
It is
constructed
with stone
and it may
not have a
dome but it
has some
beautiful
murals (it
was built
somewhere
between 1790
and 1795 by
monk
Gabriel).
Until 1830
it serviced
as a
Monastery
but it later
closed due
to the lack
of monks.
During the
Turkish
Conquest a
Hellenic
School was
founded in
Aghia Triada
by
Dean Joseph,
who came
from the
nearby
village of
Fourna, and
Vassilis Kostopoulos, who came
from the
village of
Redina.
Furthermore,
there is a
Museum of
Folk
Tradition,
housing old
traditional
costumes and
utensils,
and a public
library, the
“Fotios
Library”,
which is
housed in
Karapiperis Foundation. Last but not least,
the churches
of Saint
Vissarios
and Saint
John are
definitely
worth a
visit to
admire the
carved-wooden
screens and
the majestic
paints.
Aghia Triada
is also the
home of many
important
personalities
of Art,
Science and
Politics
that became
famous
around the
world.
·
Panos Vassiliou (1898-1985), historian scientist and folklorist (the
most
important
researcher
of our
village
having
conducted
numerous
studies
without
which a few
significant
parts of our
history
would still
be unknown),
was honored
by the
Athenian
Academy
award for
one of his
studies and
remained a
member of
the Company
of Greek
Litterateurs.
·
Konstadinos Mereditis (1906-2000), university professor, who had studied
Literature,
Philosophy,
Theology and
Ecclesiastical
Music in
Greek and
German
Universities.
·
Fotios Karapiperis (1907-1966), had studied Mathematics and became Doctor
of Natural
Science,
Tutor in the
Meteorology
Institute of
the National
Observatory
of Athens,
Lecturer of
Meteorology
and Research
Fellow of
Harvard
University.
·
Chrysostomos Karapiperis (1912-1989), politician that came in the politics as a
member of
the Greek
Parliament
and remained
in that
position
from 1950
until
October of
1981. In
that period
of time he
was Deputy
in the
Ministries
of Public
Transportations,
Education
and
Agriculture.
