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Agia Triada, Rethymno

Coordinates: 35°21′35″N 24°34′18″E / 35.35972°N 24.57167°E / 35.35972; 24.57167
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Agia Triada
Αγία Τριάδα
Settlement
Agia Triada is located in Greece
Agia Triada
Agia Triada
Coordinates: 35°21′35″N 24°34′18″E / 35.35972°N 24.57167°E / 35.35972; 24.57167
CountryGreece
Administrative regionCrete
Regional unitRethymno
MunicipalityRethymno
Municipal unitArkadi
CommunityMesi
Population
 (51)
 • Total280
Time zoneUTC+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

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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

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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

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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

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  1. ^ "Τοπική Κοινότητα Μέσης | Μέσης | Δήμος |". www.rethymno.gr. Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "Αγία Τριάς (Ρεθύμνης)". Διοικητικές Μεταβολές Οικισμών - Αναλυτικά. ΕΕΤΑΑ-Ελληνική Εταιρία Τοπικής Ανάπτυξης και Αυτοδιοίκησης Α.Ε. Retrieved 2019-10-14.
  4. ^ a b "Αγία Τριάδα". www.rethymno.gr. Δήμος Ρεθύμνου. Archived from the original on 2019-10-14. Retrieved 2019-10-14.