"Carpenis"

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Karpenisi is a town in Central Greece, capital of Evrytania Prefecture and the Municipality of Karpenisi. It is built at the foot of the southwestern side of Veluchi, at an altitude of 975 meters. It is 78 km from Lamia and 281 km from Athens and 320 km from Thessaloniki.

Name

For the origin of the city name there are several versions:

The word Karpenisi derives from the aromunian word kárpinu (astry, gavros) and the comprehensive ending -iş (dld.-on), and that from the Latin carpinus meaning gavros, ostrius; It's a plant name. Thus, etymologically correct writing is Carpenisi. The -h- appears from parentheses with the word island. For the first time the placename is mentioned in a Turkish apographical catalog of 1454/5.
From the crowd of maples that existed in the area, at the arrival of the first settlers who forced them to name it in their language "Carpen - isu" , where Carpen means maple and isu means place.
From the Turkish words "Kar" meaning snow and "benis" meaning cover. I mean, "Car-Bennis" is the snow roof.

History

In the area were from ancient times various settlements on the outskirts of today's city. In one of them, on the northern foothills of the "Paliokastros" (the hill of Agios Dimitrios), was found the famous "Thesaurus of Karpenisi", a collection of 35 masterpieces of Hellenistic goldsmithy.

During ancient times, Karpenisi bore the name Ochalia and had Eurytus as king, who not only was an excellent archer but also an inventor of the arc.

The myth wants to challenge the god Apollo, which cost him his life. Eurytus' son, Iphitos, gave his father's bow to Ulysses and it was what killed Penelope's suitors.

The existence of a settlement and churchgoer of life during Byzantine times, they bear witness to the traces of a 6th century basilica found in the old position of Karpenisi. During the same period, all of Eurytania, while typically owned by the Byzantine Empire, due to the unruly inhabitants, were not included in its tax lists. And while the rest of Greece was accountable to the Byzantines, they enjoyed their autonomy. That's when the entire area became known under the name Agrapha.

During the Turkish occupation the inhabitants participated in the 1600 and 1611 uprising. Eugene Giannoulas founded his famous school here, aiming to create a national identity and from 1645 to 1661 he highlighted Karpenisi in a great spiritual center, even under the adverse conditions of the time. In 1684 Armatolos Livini revolted against the Turks, achieving a significant victory near the village of Goliani (the hill on which the battle took place was named), while a year later he was killed in a battle in the village of Arachova. The Venetians, for the better organization of the rebel tanks, settled in the city a central camp with Bosina commanders