Chapter XII · Skotoussa
Σκοτούσσα · Skotoussa
Village community · Municipality of Farsala
The place in history
Skotoussa is a rural community in the municipality of Farsala, set among the fields and low foothills of southern Larissa. Nearby ancient Skotoussa was a fortified Thessalian city whose economy drew upon the surrounding grain country.
Agia Trias, formerly Soupli, belongs to the Skotoussa community. Skotoussa therefore provides an important administrative bridge between the ancestral village named in the Soupliotis surname and the wider records of Farsala and Larissa.
Landmarks
- 1
Skotoussa village center
The modern settlement anchors the community to which Agia Trias, formerly Soupli, belongs.
- 2
Walls of ancient Skotoussa
The extensive fortified circuit and surviving towers mark the ancient city west of Agia Trias.
- 3
Ancient theater
Traces of a theater occupy a natural hollow inside the southwestern section of the ancient walls.
Archives & sources
- Municipality of Farsala — ancient Skotoussa
Official local history of the ancient city, its walls, monuments, and traditions.
- EETAA — Skotoussa settlement changes
Official administrative register for the settlement formerly called Arnautli.
- EETAA — Agia Trias settlement changes
Official administrative register linking former Soupli with present-day Agia Trias.
- Pandektis — Soupli renaming record
National documentation of the 1927 change from Soupli to Agia Trias.