Among the olive trees in the northern part of the Municipality of Makrys Gialos lies the village Chrysopigi, once known by the name Roukaka. Being one of the largest Turkish villages during the last years of the Ottoman rule and with a big mosque, Roukaka became the seat of the homonymous Municipality that was comprised of 9 villages.

Nowadays the village owes its name to Nicholas Charokopakis, the village school teacher who, in 1955, inspired by the church of Panagias Chrysopigiotissas at the square, renamed the village to Chrisopigi.

Visitors at Chrisopigi can tour the alleyways and come across picturesque churches, old houses with flowered gardens and abandoned buildings reminiscent of another era. Afterward they can rest at the coffeehouses at the square and sample the traditional cuisine.

 

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