Rakita

Rakita (Greek: Ρακίτα) is a location in the community Leontio close to the communal district Ano Mazaraki [ [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf National Statistical Service of Greece - Census 2001] (PDF)] and it belongs to the prefecture of Achaia.It is located at an altitude of about 1,100 m in a plateau near mount Barmpas.In recent years and because of the improved road access it has seen an increase in the number of tourists from many parts of the prefecture of Achaia but mainly from the region of Patras and Aigion. During recent excavations in the region of Rakita an ancient temple of geometric period sacred to the Goddess Artemida was discovered. Also in the settlement lies the historic old church of Agia Paraskevi (built in 1700) where the Greek rebels under Theodore Kolokotronis attemded the holy service just before the crucial victorious battle in Kafkaria. against the Turkish general Ibrahim. (25 August 1826)