Mavrochori, Kastoria

Mavrochori (Μαυροχώρι) Kastoria

Mavrochori is a village in the municipality of Kastoria, in the Regional Unit of Kastoria. It is located on the east coast of Lake Orestiada opposite the city of Kastoria. It is united in terms of settlement with the northernmost Polycarp, with which it is separated by the river Xiropotamos.

At the point of the settlement, a large trade fair was moved, which used to take place either in the city of Kastoria, or in Diocletian, or further east in Kleisoura. The trade fair, which took place on September 25, in Mavrochori, started in the 9th century under the name "Dover Festival". The village has existed since 1380. At the end of the 15th century the village appears as "Mavrovo" with a population of 178 families (about 1,780 people). In the 18th century, the Mavrovo trade fair was one of the most important events in pre-revolutionary Greece. Its inhabitants were mainly Christians and secondarily Muslims, while a Greek and Ottoman school operated. Christians were bilingual (Greek / Slavic) and participated in the Macedonian Struggle. The main Montenegrin Macedonians were the chief Konstantinos Papastavrou, Chrysos Biboulas, Thomas Rantzos and Konstantinos Taravanis. After the Treaty of Lausanne, the Muslim inhabitants of the village fled to Turkey, while some families of Greek refugees also settled. [3] [4]

Today Mavrochori is a tourist destination for a quiet holiday on the lake of Kastoria. In addition to the trade fair, festive events take place on August 13-15 at the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, where the opposite monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa is celebrated (built by General Georgios Paleologos in memory of the victory against the Normans in 1083). The Mavrochori Naval Club also operates in the village. [6]

Population development
Year of census Residents
1500 (approximately) 1,780 (approximately) [3]
1886 1,300 [3]
1910 2,000 [3]
1913 854
1920 1,062
1928 1,065
1940 1.272
1951 1.177
1961 1.244
1971 1.104
1981 1,372
1991 1,387
2001 1,282
2011 1,287

Personalities

Konstantinos Papastavrou, Macedonian warlord
Filippos Petsalnikos, politician, former Minister and Speaker of Parliament

References

1821 The Birth of a Nation - State, Volume I, The pre-revolutionary Greece, Eleni Angelomati Tsougaraki, SKAI Publications, ISBN 978-960-482-043-6, p. 192
Ioannis S. Koliopoulos (scientific editor), Invisible, Indigenous Macedonians, Society for Macedonian Studies, University Studio Press, Thessaloniki, 2008, p. 86
"Dimitrios Lithoxou, Population and settlements of the area of ​​Kastoria". Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 5, 2013.
Holiday.gr, Mavrochori, Anthi Kontosorou
http://www.pahh.com/mavrovitis/ch2/chapter2b.html

ODOS, Weekly newspaper of Kastoria, In Mavrochori, September 25, 2011

External links

Museum of wax figures of Mavrochori [dead link]

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