| FAMILY
BACKGROUND |
 
Greek American |
| Karamanolis/Karamanol |
The name Neo Pedino is rather recent. It was
given
to the village in 1955, replacing the medieval toponymy of Pesperagon
(1393).
The village was initially set at the Agios Ioannis location, close to
Portiano.
The original toponymy derived from the name of a local Byzantine
landowner.
In 1968, Pedino was hit by a very strong earthquake. Almost
levelled,
it was abandoned by its inhabitants and rebuilt 1500 meters to the
North,
near Nea Koutali. The new settlement was named Neo Pedino (New
Pedino)
to differentiate it from the old village.
In the village square at Palio (Old) Pedino, there is a
covered
fountain built in 1950 by Vassilis Kontos. Two antefixae
(ornamental
tiles) with human heads crown the inscribed parapet; directly below
them,
there are the busts of two angels spreading their wings to form a
semi-circule.
