Kostakioi
A village of the plain 3 km from Arta, with a Roman mosaic and a history from Venetian records.
- Location
- About 3 km from Arta, altitude 25 m
- Residents
- 2,020 (2021)
- Antiquity
- Roman mosaic at Palaiokklisi
- First record
- 1670
Kostakioi is a village of the plain, about 3 km from Arta, in the Municipality of Arta. In 2021 it had 2,020 residents and, with the settlements of Syggouneika and Thanasaiika, the local community 2,133.
History
The Dryopes inhabited the area until the Corinthians expelled them in 625 BC. At the site called Palaiokklisi a Roman mosaic floor was found. The first written mention, of 1670, refers to the monk Eugenios of Kostakioi. In 1813 the British traveller William Turner described about 40 neatly kept houses and a pretty church. In the early 19th century it was an estate of Ali Pasha, with about 90 families at the outbreak of the 1821 Revolution. It was temporarily liberated in 1897 and permanently in October 1912.
Today
The main church is Agios Georgios. The village also has the New Indoor Gymnasium of Arta.
