[2] It is perched at 620m, halfway up Mount Velouna, in the rugged mountains of Eastern Mourgána (1806m), on the foothills of which many a bloody battle of the Greek Civil War (1943 to 1949) were fought.

Nowadays, it's a relatively small village with approximately 100 permanent residents, including those of its hamlets - Préspa, Zovóri, and Hoúria.

Not so long ago however, it was the largest regional hub, equipped with a playground, basketball court, recreation hall, primary school, high school, police station, postoffice, telecommunications office, mini market, a butcher store, and 3 taverns.

Nevertheless, during summer this number could reach 1500 when expatriates and their descendants would visit from other parts of Greece (mostly Athens), as well as other countries: Germany, The United States, Australia, South Africa, among others.

[citation needed] During the 1800s, the Skala of Keramitsa, a cobbled path once part of the old Egnatia Odos was one of the biggest intersecting stations, (hánia - Inn's), on the historical trails where countless caravans supported the flow of commerce, information, and people, across a network of trade routes through the mountains covering all northern Greece.