Feres, Evros

Feres grew out of the Theotokos Kosmosoteira monastery, erected in 1152 by the sebastokrator Isaac Komnenos, a son of the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos as his residence and final resting place. At the time, the site is described as deserted and densely overgrown, and was known as Bera. The monastery, which was surrounded by a double set of walls, became the core of a larger settlement. The municipality was created in 1986 and included the settlements of Ardanio, Doriskos, Feres, Kavisos, Monastiraki and Poros. Under the Capodistrian Plan (2539/1997) in 1997, the old communities of Peplos, Pylaia and Tryfilli joined the municipality. ==Transport==

The settlement is served by a railway station on the Alexandroupoli–Svilengrad line. ==Subdivisions==

The municipal unit Feres is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): • Ardanio • Doriskos (Doriskos, Monastiraki) • Feres (Feres, Poros) • Kavisos • Peplos (Peplos, Vrysoula, Gemisti, Kipoi) • Pylaia (Pylaia, Koila, Melia) • Tryfilli (Tryfilli, Itea) ==Population==

• Lefteris Hapsiadis (b. 1953), lyrical person • Giorgos Valavanidis ( b. 1974), basketball player ==Gallery==

File:Monastery of Panagia Kosmosotira, Ferres, Evros.JPG|Church of the Monastery of Theotokos Kosmosoteira File:Church Interior, Feres, Evros.JPG|Surviving art in the church File:Straight Dome interior view, Feres, Evros.JPG|Interior of the church dome File:Church interior, nave, Feres, Evros.JPG|Church interior File:Tower Feres, Evros.JPG|Tower near the church File:View over houses of Feres, Evros.JPG|View over Feres from the tower File:Waterfall, lake, rock formation Feres, Evros.JPG|Waterfall and pool File:River Feres, Evros.JPG|River leading from the waterfall File:Feres Waterfall, Evros.JPG|Waterfall close to centre of Feres File:Pool in Feres, Evros.JPG|View of waterfall and pool File:Old Bridge Feres Evros.JPG|Old bridge close to the waterfall ==References==