Pentapoli Explained

Pentapoli
Name Local:Πεντάπολη
Type:community
Coordinates:41.05°N 23.6889°W
Periph:Central Macedonia
Periphunit:Serres
Municipality:Emmanouil Pappas
Municunit:Emmanouil Pappas
Population As Of:2021
Population:773

Pentapoli (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Πεντάπολη, Byzantine Greek: Ξυλοπήγαδο) a small town in Serres regional unit of Central Macedonia, Greece, located 14 km southeast of the city of Serres. Since 2011 it is a municipal unit of the municipality of Emmanouil Pappas.[1] It has a population of 773 inhabitants (2021). Until 1928 it was named Sarmusakli (Σαρμουσακλή).[2]

At Pentapolis is testified the traces of an ancient settlement.[3] His cemetery was unveiled at the location "Alonia", where coins and vases of Roman times had been found in the past.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities. el. Government Gazette.
  2. https://www.eetaa.gr/eetaa/metaboles/oikmet_details.php?id=17972 Πεντάπολις (Σερρών)
  3. http://www.serres.gr/index.php/istoria/istoria-serron-samsaris
  4. http://www.ems.gr/analytikos-katalogos-ekdoseon/makedoniki-vivliothiki/049-samsaris.html