as a result of its long turbulent history. In the census of the Provider of Republic of Venice in the Venetian-occupied Peloponnese Francesco Grimani, of the year 1700, the village belongs to the province of Leontari, it is referred to as "Chierastani" and has 10 families and 55 inhabitants. The people of Kerastaris participated in the Greek Revolution of 1821 and in all the wars of the nation. From the beginning of the 20th century they started migrating mainly to the USA. After the end of the civil war, migration intensified to the United States, Canada and Australia, while there was also internal migration to Athens and elsewhere, resulting in a significant reduction in population. With the money of the first Kerastaris immigrants, the school building was built in 1925, while with the donation of Fotis Bezos (Frank Anthony Bazos), an immigrant to Canada, pioneering businessman and founder of the Becker Milk Company Limited, the building of the cultural center-hostel Kerastari was built in 1992. Sights Sights of the village are the church, a monument of post-Byzantine heritage, which began to be built in 1855 by the famous craftsmen from Langadia Arkadias, as well as the ancient plane tree with a trunk diameter of 6 meters. Today The main occupation of the few inhabitants of Kerastaris is livestock, agricultural crops and beekeeping less than before. Today it is a vacation spot for its former residents, who live in urban centers and abroad. Its inhabitants celebrate the icon of the Virgin Mary of the Mourning of Kerastari on the Sunday of the Myrrh Bearers. In recent years it has become known from astronomy conferences (workshops) held every five years by Tasso Tzioumis, a Kerastari-born researcher at CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science. Population See also List of settlements in Arcadia External links History and information about Kerastaris Kerastaris on the GTP Travel Pages References Populated places in Arcadia, Peloponnese