Patrika

Location

The village of Patrika is probably dated from 1050 according to travelers and historians' references. Its origin seems to be a family of Kalamoti who decided to leave their home village and look for a better area. They finally built a tower on the top of a hill that can still be seen in the village.

The village, in its time, was another of the castle-villages that was customary during that period. The houses were connected forming a protective wall, without any windows or exterior doors. Today there still remain the stone balconies and windows that were built following the era of pirates.

The first house, together with the marble coat of arms built above the doorframe of each house, and the two chapels are some of the interesting features of this village. The chapels honor Aghios Nikolaos and Taxiarchi (the Archangel), and were also made from stone and were connected to houses thereby bonding them together.

Besides, walking around Patrika is really beautiful because of the ancient stone built houses, the cozy corners with opened and closed shutters, the multiple colored attic windows, in addition to the plethora of reconstructed shells that conceal within their walls popular art treasures such as pillars and fireplaces.

The village celebrates the festival of St. John on August 29th.