Granitsa, Greece

Granitsa ( _el. Γρανίτσα Ευρυτανίας - Granitsa Evritanias), also with the i acented is a mountainous village located 850 meters high built into the forested downhill regions of Mount Liakoura next to the Granitsiotis River. It also offer views of the Granitsiotis valley and the mountain. Granitsa serves as the seat of the municipality of Aperantia. The village preserves its old appearance and it is 82 kilometers northwest from Karpenisi and it is the home of artists such as Stefanos Granitsas, Demosthenis Goulas, Michael Stafylas, and Markos Giolias. It is also the home of Michael Mavroudis, who became a martyr after he was killed in 1544. Granitsa had seventeen churches, most of which have been destroyed during Ottoman rule. It is worth visiting the Folklore Museum where it contains popular art such as woven objects, carved wooden objects, rural cattle-raising tools, a loom, local clothes and weapons from the Greek Revolution of 1821. In another room of the museum, one can find portraits and personal belongings of individuals such as Zacharias Papantoniou and Stefanos Granitsas, paintings of the great local popular painters Christos Kagaras and Lefteris Theodorou. In a third room, there is the personal book collection of Zacharias Papantoniou. The nine existing churches of the village are very interesting, too. They are built in different periods of time.

ubdivisions

*Ano Potamia
*Armampela
*Ano Potamia

Information

Its main production are fruits including watermelon, melon, figs and vegetables including corn, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cucumbers and others as well as dairy, livestock, olives and others. The majority of the population are based in other businesses as well as agriculture.

Houses were stone-built until the 1950s and did not surpass modern-style homes until the 1980s. It was linked with pavement in the 1980s. Most of the homes are abandoned today.

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, much of the population left for larger towns and cities. The population declined between the 1981 and the 1991 census, the population nearly doubled the 1991 and the 2001 censuses.

Population

Other

Granitsa has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a gymnasium (secondary school), a church, and a square ("plateia").

ee also

*List of settlements in the Evrytania prefecture

External links

* [http://www.granitsa.gr Granitsa Evrytanias]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=4750 Granitsa GTP Travel Pages]