According to the legend, Rapsani was a beautiful and dynamic woman, who pioneered the unification of the villages.
The 6 water mills of Rapsani dating from the 12th to the 13th century prove that Rapsani was a thriving Byzantine city with more than 900 years of history.
In the 17th and 18th centuries, sericulture, weaving (alatzades) and viticulture make Rapsani the most brilliant and the most commercial city of Olympus. At the same time, the famous school of Rapsani was founded (1767) by Bishop Platamonos and Dionysios of Lycostomiou. Rapsani was famous for its rich libraries that were set on fire in 1878, in the Olympus revolution.
In the 19th century, economic interest turned exclusively to viticulture.
The reputation of Rapsani’s wine leads the Greek state in 1932 in its official recognition as a Designation of Origin, at a time when 53 percent of the income of Rapsaniots came from viticulture.