The strategic location of the village on a hill over the bay of Moudros made it very suitable as an observation point for the Byzantines.

On the small hill "Paliokastro" there were watchtowers, used during the Orlov Revolt, that were known as the "Angariones Vigles".

In 1928 it became an independent community with only 15 inhabitants, but the population grew with the arrival of refugees and landless people.

A water supply with a beautiful fountain was built, trees were planted and a school was opened.

Cotton cultivation brought significant growth in the 1940s and 1950s, and the population reached its peak at 242 in 1951.