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Tripotamos (Tinos)
Tripotamos may refer to: * Tripotamos (Cataonia), a town of ancient Cataonia, now in Turkey *Tripotamos, Florina, a village in the municipal unit of Meliti, Florina regional unit, Greece * Tripotamos, Imathia, a village in the municipal unit of Veria, Imathia regional unit, Greece * Tripotamos, Kilkis, a village in the municipal unit of Kroussa Kroussa or Kroussia ( el, Κρούσσα or Κρούσσια; Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavic: ''Krusha'', meaning "pear") is a former municipality in Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the munic ..., Kilkis regional unit, Greece See also * Tripotamo (other) {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripotamos (Cataonia)
Arabissus or Arabissos ( grc, Ἀραβισσός), also known as Tripotamos, was a town in ancient Cataonia, then Cappadocia, and later in the Roman province of Armenia Secunda. The Byzantine Emperor Maurice was born there in 539. A cave of the Seven Sleepers is located in the Eshab-ı Kehf Kulliye. Location The town corresponds to present-day Afşin, formerly Yarpuz, in Kahramanmaraş Province, Turkey. Ecclesiastical history Arabissus was an episcopal see, a suffragan of Melitene. Its diocesan bishops included Otreius, who was at the First Council of Constantinople in 381, and Adolius at the Council of Chalcedon in 451, Adelphius, who was a signatory of the 458 letter of the bishops of the province of Armenia II to Byzantine Emperor Leo I the Thracian to protest at the murder of Proterius of Alexandria, the writer Leontius, who came later, and Georgius, who was at the Trullan Council of 692. Michael the Syrian mentions several Jacobite Church bishops of Arabissus of the 7t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripotamos, Florina
Tripotamos ( el, Τριπόταμος, before 1928: Πετοράκι - ''Petoraki''; Macedonian/Bulgarian: Петорак, ''Petorak'') is a village in Florina regional unit, Western Macedonia, Greece. The Greek census (1920) recorded 135 people in the village. Following the Greek-Turkish population exchange, in 1926 within Petoraki there were 27 refugee families from the Caucasus and 3 from an unidentified location. The Greek census (1928) recorded 319 village inhabitants. There were 34 refugee families (140 people) in 1928. Tripotamos had 550 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Tripotamos was populated by Slavophones, a Greek population descended from Anatolian Greek refugees who arrived during the population exchange, and Arvanites. The Macedonian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Gree ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tripotamos, Imathia
Tripotamos ( el, Τριπόταμος) is a village and a community of the City of Veria, Imathia, Greece. It is situated at 400 m elevation, 4 km southwest of Veria city centre. The community consists of the villages Tripotamos (population 553 in 2011), Kato Komnineio (pop. 43) and Komnineio (pop. 70). History The inhabitants are of Pontic Greek origin, coming the Caucasus region around 1920. They were refugees from the villages: #Sintiskom (present Yalnızçam), a village 17 km west of Ardahan. The villagers had moved there from the region around Argyroupoli (present Gümüşhane) in 1878 after the Russo-Turkish war. The people from Sintiskom arrived in Thessaloniki on January 1, 1921. They settled in several villages in the Kilkis regional unit and in Tripotamos and Komnineio. #Toroschof Kato, a village 22 km from Ardahan with 800 residents who came from Imera and Bayburt. After exchanging the Greeks settled in several villages in the Kilkis regional unit, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kroussa
Kroussa or Kroussia ( el, Κρούσσα or Κρούσσια; Bulgarian and Macedonian Slavic: ''Krusha'', meaning "pear") is a former municipality in Kilkis regional unit, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Kilkis, of which it is a municipal unit. It is located in the northeastern corner of the regional unit, bordering western Serres and northern Thessaloniki. The municipal unit has an area of 588.877 km2. Its population is 4,638 (2011 census). The seat of the municipality was in Terpyllos (pop. 483). Melissourgio is one of the most picturesque villages in the municipal unit. Agios Antonios is one of the villages nearby. The largest villages in the municipal unit are Efkarpía (pop. 514), Térpyllos, Eptálofos (360), Váthi (309) and Fyska (152). The municipal unit is divided into 19 communities. In Palatiano, there is the most important archaeological site of Northern Greece. It was the ancient city of ''Ioron'', flourished fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |