It is a village with a continuous and uninterrupted history of more than 700 years. Not one house is sold to foreigners, the opposite applies; its people want to return and renovate the homes of their ancestors and even build new ones. The first time the village was stated in writing was in a document as old as 1394! It is found in all known censuses already in 1577. In the village lies the historic church of the Virgin Mary, celebrating on the 8 of September, solemnizing the Birth of Our Lady.   The founder of this church, Georgios Mousouris, is portrayed inside in hagiography on the back of a horse in a landscape of pomegranates. There are frescoes of inestimable value dating back to 1345 in the church. At the west end side is a half- ruined pranoos, while at the east of the entrance from the south you have the so called “Arcosolio”, which was a grave with a particular roof. The Saint Gerasimos Kefallinia returned in 1548, after 20 years of absence, from Jerusalem to Zakynthos. He stayed for 2 years in a cave near the village and became a friar there. This place, which has since played the role of the church, is at short distance from the village.   The cave seems to be artificial, and the inside of the rock has been manually drawn. The solid rock is from "almond-stone", this is easily deduced from the square of the shape. The cave is like a small room. It is 1.70 and 2.5 meters wide and long.   The cave is very difficult to find and almost impossible to enter. Like tradition says, also Apostle Paul arrived in the village on one of his tours when he was travelling from Jerusalem to Rome. The combination of those two visits makes that the place is seen as sanctuary by the locals, and they even compare it with “a little Mount Athos of the Messara plain”.