{"id":8478,"date":"2021-07-20T09:18:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T09:18:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capodistriasmuseum.gr\/stories\/kaloi-geitones-ta-choria-efropouloi-potamos-afra\/"},"modified":"2022-01-13T11:33:57","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T11:33:57","slug":"good-neighbours-the-villages-of-evropouli-potamos-and-afra","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/www.capodistriasmuseum.gr\/en\/stories\/good-neighbours-the-villages-of-evropouli-potamos-and-afra\/","title":{"rendered":"GOOD NEIGHBOURS – THE VILLAGES OF EVROPOULI, POTAMOS, AND AFRA"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Evropouli<\/h2>\r\n

Evropouli was closely connected with the estate at Koukouritsa, as many villagers found work there, either in the farming required by the crops or as domestic staff.<\/p>\n

The Capodistrias family had religious ties with the village: in 1746, a dependency of Platytera Monastery in Corfu town, was founded here. The family had a close relationship with the abbots of the monastery. The hieromonk Simeon, the fourth abbot of the monastery, was Ioannis Capodistrias\u2019 confessor, even after the latter had left Corfu and settled in Russia. Items from donations made by the Capodistrias family can still be seen in the church in Evropouli.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Afra<\/h2>\r\n

This village belongs to a beautiful, fertile area of Middle Corfu. It probably takes its name from the Catholic Saint Afra, who was worshipped in the area by the Latin conquerors of the island in the 13th century. The area is dominated by the villa of the Kourkoumelis-Rodostamos family, one of the oldest families on the island. The two familes\u2013Rodostamos and Capodistrias\u2013whose estates bordered each other, were connected by the marriage of Nikolaos Rodostamos to Maria, Ioannis Capodistrias\u2019 sister.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Nikolaos Rodostamos and Maria Capodistria-Rodostamou, Corfu Reading Society.\r\n<\/div> <\/div>\r\n \r\n
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Maria Capodistria-Rodostamos, Capodistrias Museum Collection, donnated by Michele Kourkoumeni-Rodostamos.\r\n<\/div> <\/div>\r\n \r\n
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Potamos<\/h2>\r\n

\u2018At midday, we began walking through the beautiful landscape. It had rained in the morning and now the sun was shining once more; the dust had settled, and everything was cool. We took our familiar route towards Potamos village, which is built on a hill. We passed by the beautiful old arched bridge, under which the river known as Potamos burbles gently. But we went first through the village, then climbed to the plateau and, at the end of the plateau, we climbed once again to the villa of Koukouritsa…\u2019<\/em>
\nR. Gerold, A Trip to Corfu and Athens, <\/em>1895<\/p>\n

Potamos is one of the oldest large villages on the island. It took its name from the river that crosses the area, the largest in Corfu. The two banks of the river are connected by the Asyrmatos bridge, built during Venetian times. Travellers who came from the town to Koukouritsa in the past would follow the road that went through Potamos and then gradually climb the hill.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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Built at the beginning of the 16th century, the church of Zoodochos Pigi-Agios Varvaros, with its 35m high bell tower, survives to the present day. Stamatis Voulgaris, architect and urban planner, collaborator of Ioannis Capodistrias, responsible for the design of Patra, Tripoli, and Nafplio, is buried in the vestibule of Panagia Eleousa, the other church in the village.<\/p>\n<\/div>\r\n <\/div>\r\n

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