Small village · Peta
Markiniada
A small village 23 km from Arta, with three chapels and Venetian records of 1697.
- Location
- About 23 km from Arta, altitude 391 m
- Residents
- 74 (2021)
- First record
- 1697
- Church
- Agios Georgios
Markiniada is a village of the municipal unit of Peta, in the Municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas, about 23 km from Arta, at 391 m. In 2021 it had 74 residents.
History
The earliest known reference is in the Venetian archives: in 1697 the village paid tribute for protection from pirates. Around 1880 it had about 200 inhabitants. In 1884 Serafeim Xenopoulos recorded about 35 families, a church of Saint George, three chapels (Theotokos, Holy Trinity, Prophet Elijah) and a one-room school with 20 pupils. In 1881, at the final liberation, the Arachthos was set as the border.
