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Mavrochori

Coordinates: 40°30′44″N 21°19′13″E / 40.51222°N 21.32028°E / 40.51222; 21.32028
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Mavrochori
Mavrochori (left), Polykarpi (right)
Mavrochori (left), Polykarpi (right)
Mavrochori is located in Greece
Mavrochori
Mavrochori
Coordinates: 40°30′44″N 21°19′13″E / 40.51222°N 21.32028°E / 40.51222; 21.32028
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitKastoria
MunicipalityKastoria
Municipal unitMakednoi
Population
 (2021)[1]
 • Community1,379
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)

Mavrochori (Greek: Μαυροχώρι(οv), meaning "black village"; before 1928: Μαύροβον – Mavrovon)[2] is a village on the shores of Lake Orestiada in Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece.[3]

Today Mavrochori is a tourist destination for a quiet vacation near the lake of Kastoria.[4] In addition to the trade fair, festive events take place on the 13th - 15 August of the Assumption of Mary, where the Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa celebrates (it was built by General George Palaiologos in commemoration of the victory against the Normans in 1083).[5] The Mavrochori Nautical Club also operates in the village.[6]

History

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It was in existence at least from 1380[5] and is denoted, under the name Mavrobo, in the British Baldwin & Craddock Map of Greece which was published on 1 January 1830.[7] The name Mavros, together with the name Krepeni, is found in a title deed executed by Serbian nobleman Nikola Bagaš.[8]

In the end of the 18th century the patriarch of the Mavrovitis family moved his people from the nearby Krepeni village to Mavrovo in order to avoid a plague pandemic, and it is believed that people were frequently moving between Krepeni and Mavrovo.[5]

The Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa, originally named Mesonisiotissa (meaning "in the middle of the island"), was built near the village.[5]

Mavrochori had a historical relationship with both the Mavriotissa monastery as well as with the nearby village of Krepeni.[5]

During Ottoman rule, Mavrovo was populated by Christians and Muslims, it had one Greek school and one Muslim school and five inns.[9] The 1920 Greek census recorded 1,062 people in the village, and 450 inhabitants (45 families) were Muslim in 1923.[10] Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Mavrovo were from Asia Minor (55), Pontus (19) and one other from an unidentified location in 1926.[10] The 1928 Greek census recorded 1,065 village inhabitants.[10] In 1928, the refugee families numbered 72 (320 people).[10] There were two mosques and two Muslim cemeteries in the village, later all destroyed.[11]

Notable people

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References

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  1. ^ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Mavrovon – Mavrochori". Pandektis. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Μαυροχώρι ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ, Δήμος ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑΣ | buk.gr". buk.gr (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  4. ^ "ΜΑΥΡΟΧΩΡΙ ΚΑΣΤΟΡΙΑ, ταξίδι στο μύθο!". www.holiday.gr. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  5. ^ a b c d e "Jason C. Mavrovitis, Out of the Balkans, Pt.1, Ch.2, p.29". www.pahh.com. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  6. ^ "ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΜΙΛΟΣ ΜΑΥΡΟΧΩΡΙΟΥ - ΟΙ ΑΡΓΟΝΑΥΤΕΣ". Nautical Club of Mavrochori (in Greek). Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  7. ^ "Map of the Balkan Peninsula". www.pahh.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.
  8. ^ Nicholas K. Moutsopoulos, Kastoria, the Virgin of Mavriotissa (Athens: Friends of Byzantine and Ancient Monuments of Kastoria, 1967), 85. Cited in http://www.pahh.com/mavrovitis/ch2/chapter2b.html
  9. ^ Stavridopoulos 2015, p. 272.
  10. ^ a b c d Pelagidis, Efstathios (1992). Η αποκατάσταση των προσφύγων στη Δυτική Μακεδονία (1923–1930) [The rehabilitation of refugees in Western Macedonia: 1923–1930] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. p. 76. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
  11. ^ Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015). Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα [Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. pp. 272–273. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  12. ^ Koliopoulos, Ioannis. "Αφανείς, γηγενείς Μακεδονομάχοι" (PDF). Society for Macedonian Studies (in Greek).
  13. ^ "Βιογραφικό - Φίλιππος Πετσάλνικος". petsalnikos.gr. 2011-11-11. Archived from the original on 2011-11-12.