Palaiochori

Palaiochori (Greek: Παλαιοχώρι, old form Palaiochorion) is a village in Chalkidiki, Greece, part of the municipality Arnaia. It is situated between the villages Neochori (3 km, E), Megali Panagia (7 km, N) and Arnaia (5 km, W). Neposi Castle (5th century ) The village is mentioned in a text from 1320 and 1441 (Actes de Xeropotamou, Archives de L'Athos III, ed. J. Bompaire.-Paris:1964). From 1478 to 1568 the population increased from c. 24 to c. 100 families. In 1793 the French ambassador in Thessaloniki Esprit-Marie Cousinéry visited Palaiochori as is documented in 3 pages of Voyage dans la Macédonie (ISBN 1421208806). In the Greek war of independence the village was destroyed by the Turks. In the civil war the village was destroyed 14...