Tritaia

"Tritaia may also refer to an ancient city in the prefecture of Phocis, see Tritaia, Phocis"

Tritaia or Tritea (Greek: Τριταία) is a municipality in Achaea, Greece. Population 5,462 (2001). The seat of the municipality is in Stavrodromi. The municipality was first founded in 1835.

Municipal districts

*Agia Varvara
**Galaros
*Agia Marina
**Kato Agia Marina
*Alepochori or Alpochori
**Agios Dimitrios
**"Kyparissi
*Chiona
*Drosia
**Kato Drosia (formerly Agrapidies)
**Koumperi or Kouberi
**Pteri Tritaias
*Erymanthia
*Kalfa
**Masoureika or Masouraiika
*Manesi Patras
**Golemi
**Kato Mastrantioni
**Mastrantoni
*Roupakia
*Skiada
**Barakes
**Karpeta
**Pigadia
*Skoura
**Kardasi
*Spartia
**Kyparissi
*Stavrodromi
**Panouseika or Panousaiika
*Rachi
**Xirochori
*Velimachi

Population

Geography

Its geography features a fertile valley to the north, the mountains that include Erymanthos to the east and Skollis to the west and forests in the southern and the eastcentral parts. Up from 2/3 to 4/5 of the way bounds the community of Kalentzi. The GR-31 (Patras - Tripoli) runs in the middle

Information

Much of the houses were stone built until the 1960s. Electricity arrived in the same year. Vehicles arrived in the 1970s, the pavement of the main road and television arrived in the 1980s and computer and internet are rarely known in the beginning of the 21st century and up to date technology are not seen.

History

Its origin of the name dates back to the ancient times. It was later a part of the Roman Empire and after, Tritaia was part of the Eastern Roman Empire and later the Byzantine Empire. In the early-1200s, the area fell to the Franks, it later fell to the Ottoman Turks with some interruptions by the Venetians in the mid to late 15th century and from the 1670s until the 1710s. The settlement later was abandoned and lost its name and importance. Tritaia did not became Greek until the Greek War of Independence and won. The name was revived and was became use in the municipality that was first created in 1835 it added Erymanthia in the 1840s. It was dissolved in 1912 and revived in 1998 under the Capodistrian Plan. Several of its inhabits moved to its neighborhood known as Psarofai in southeast central Patras in the 1960s, several others also went abroad.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, most of its buildings were rebuilt. Its population moved to larger towns and cities in Greece and abroad including Patras where some of its inhabitants moved to the Neighbourhood of Psarofai.

porting clubs

*AO Tritaikos and Thyella Skiada - all play in the dry field in Stavrodromi

Other

Tritaia has a school, a lyceum (middle school) a gymnasium (secondary school), churches, banks, shops and a square ("plateia").

ee also

*List of settlements in the Achaea prefecture

External links

* [http://www.tritaia.gr Official website of the Municipality of Tritaia]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=3758 Tritaia or Tritea on GTP Travel Pages]
*Map and aerial photos:
**Street map information from: [http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?latlongtype=decimal&latitude=39.29829&longitude=20.781&zoom=6 Mapquest] , [http://local.live.com/map.aspx?&lats1=39.28929&lons1=20.781&alts1=35 LiveLocal] or [http://maps.google.com/maps?||=39.28929,20.781 Google] or [http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?lat=39.28929&lon=20.781&mag=2 Yahoo! Maps]
**Satellite
http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=39.28929,20.781&spn=0.11,0.18&t=k Google] or [http://virtualearth.msn.com/default.aspx?cp=39.28929|20.781&style=h&lvl=15&v=1 Microsoft Virtual Earth] - image now available
*Coordinates: coord|39|14|59|N|20|46|52|E|type:city(209)_region:GR|display=inline,title

	North: Farres prefecture
West: Olenia	Tritaia or Tritea	East: Kalentzi (circular)Kalavryta
Southwest: Pineia and Vouprasia? in the Elis Prefecture	South: Lampeia in the Elis Prefecture