Karydia, Pella

Karydia (Greek: Καρυδιά, before 1927: Τέχοβο - Techovo,[1] Macedonian Slavic and Bulgarian: Техово, Tehovo) is a village in the municipality of Edessa, Pella regional unit, northern Greece. It is situated 9 km northwest of Edessa. At the church in the locality Kosteno (Greek: Κόστενο, Macedonian Slavic and Bulgarian: Костен, Kosten[2]) there is an annual festival on 21 May, the day of Saint Helena.[3]

References

  1. Name changes of settlements in Greece
  2. Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), ISBN 9989-9819-4-9, p. 50
  3. Karydia blog

Coordinates: 40°50.7′N 21°57.4′E / 40.8450°N 21.9567°E / 40.8450; 21.9567


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