As almost everywhere else in Thrace, the greater area of the National Park gives life to historic memories. the first traces of human presence may be observed in the area of Mikro Dareio in Roussa, where megalithic monuments (more than 100 of them) were discovered, along with some rock-paintings.

Orpheus, the most famous of all poets and musicians in humanity, was born in the same area of Thrace that Dadia forest now stands. Also regarding Dadia myths of the area suggest that people reached these lands fleeing from a great city built near the river Evros to save themselves from a great epidemic. Indeed the ruins of an ancient city, which has yet to be identified by archaeologists, can be observed on the slope of a small hill directly above the confluence of Evros and Magazi.

Near the village on the foothill of a steep hill, of Gibrena there survive the ruins of a Byzantine castle built by emperor Justinian. This castle was part of a long series of fortification works in strategic locations which were aimed to avert invasions to the South. On the slopes of the hill there are several caves, most of which remain unexplored, which may have been used as dens by the Klephts in the struggles of Greeks against the Ottomans and more recently in the fights of the resistance against the Nazi occupation.

Another monument of historical significance is the Monastery of Dadia, near the central road and just a few kilometers before we reach the village. There are documents referring to a stone plate located on a fountain which bore the inscription 1727, fact that implies that the Monastery itself is even older. Built in a location in use since antiquity, as findings from around the area have demonstrated, the Monastery was destroyed and rebuilt several times in the course of centuries.