Grammeni Oxya (Written Beech).

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Grammeni Oxya (Written Beech).
A small village in the extremity of Nafpaktos, the crossroads meet each other four counties (Aitolkarnanias, evritania, Fthiotida and Phocis).Mountain, genuine Roumeli village, perched on the eastern slopes of beech, it spreads to the raging Evinos with Vardousia horizon.Desolation and abandonment winter. Few, very few of the residents.Houses scattered in chestnut, walnut orchards and around Loga with beech, fir and oak compose the image.This excess spring and summer green beauty of autumn will make yellow, red and brown, sprinkle until the first snow and pluck the wild north wind. Has every time her charms.Revives the summer. Again open houses, courtyards and blooming greens gardens and orchards. The small square, a benchmark for all ages, meets the old and new generations, spreading nostalgic experiences, but also moments of quiet and simple life.The August festival to be the highlight of his life.The Written Beech located in the northeastern part of the province Nafpaktias Aitoloakarnania. Has an area of ​​15,433 acres and weighted average altitude of 1,130 metersThe acquisition time of the village lost in the mists of time. The fact that the place is strewn with various ceramics, pots, carved stones, inscribed slabs, traces of old earthen aqueduct ruins and prominent buildings lead us to the conclusion that this area was inhabited since ancient times.Name - RenameThe original name of the village was feeding and a royal decree in 1927, the village was renamed Written Beech.According to tradition, the present name of the village gave him the sword of thieves. The guerrillas and thieves, passing the snowy winter Beech, where the thick layer of snow reached as the branches of the tall beech trees, they wrote with their swords on the smooth bark of trees their names and other national slogans. When the snow melting letters looked up, where it was not possible to reach someone and written without the snow. In this way and with the passage of time, many beeches Found written as books. From this fact, that the saddle of the mountain with the written beech named Grammeni Beech. This location then gave the same name to the village.Similar is also another argument that is the name of the village with the Cham Arvanitoklefti monk. Under limeriaze a summer thief Cham famous monk with his lads. Suddenly he stood up strong wind made tornado, something unprecedented and unheard. The Cham Kalogeris and those of his comrades had time embraced a steadfast beech and escaped. The Cham Monk praising God for their salvation, takes his knife and carves deep in Beech with letters the name and date. The beech since dubbed Written Beech and gave its name to the village.Another tradition connects the name with the death of the thief Cham Monk. Captain Monk fought with a Turkish Pasha and defeated but he was mortally wounded. Then he was taken to feeding to pamper his wounds. But He knew his death coming and asked him to go to his favorite mountain, Beech, where were the haunts of. There he died. He was buried in the shade of a majestic beech, the trunk of which is engraved the name and date of death. This tree-tomb was "Written Beech 'name and later donated to the village.