Kastoria
Kastoria is a Greek city, and it is one of 51 prefectures of Greece in the region of Macedonia. Kastoria it is built on the bank of Lake Orestiada. There are 17,038 people living in the city. Kastoria has an old neighbourhood which is picturesque, and it is named Doltso. It has nice old houses with particular local architecture.
The name Kastoria means "place of the beavers" which used to live in the lake.[1] These have all been hunted and killed for their fur.
Kastoria Media
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Τοπογραφικός χάρτης του Δήμου Καστοριάς
The church of St. Stephanos (10th c.), Paleologou Street
The church of Panagia (Koumpelidiki) (9th or 10th c.).
The church of Three Saints (15th c.).
The church of St Nicholas Kasnitzes (12th c.).
The Kastorian native Georgios Theocharis was a co-conspirator of Rigas Feraios and later consul of Greece in Leipzig.[2]
A memorial in Kastoria depicting Germanos Karavangelis (left) and Pavlos Melas (right).
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Kastoria Regional Unit Building 2013
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Kürschner in der Präfektur Kastoria, Griechenland. Greek Fur Center.*Siehe auch Kürschner in der Stadt Kastoria und Kürschner in der Stadt Siatista.
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Sts Cosmas and Damian (Anargiroi) church, of 11th century, beside the lake
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References
- ↑ Ring, Trudi; Robert M. Salkin, Sharon La Boda (1996). International Dictionary of Historic Places: Southern Europe. Routledge. p. 361. ISBN 1884964028.
- ↑ Vakalopoulos 1973, pp. 464–466.
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