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unusual facts about Dendrochori, Kastoria



1979–80 Greek Cup

Kastoria success was decisive for some of their players' careers, as Sarganis, Simeoforidis, Papavasiliou and Dintsikos were later acquired by Olympiacos, Panathinaikos and AEK Athens.

Andrey Damyanov

Andrey Damyanov comes from a family of builders and painters (the Damyanovi-Renzovski) originating in Western Macedonia; a region which - with centres like Kastoria, Kozani, Debar, or Korçë- had given birth to many an able artist in the later decades of Ottoman rule over the Balkans.

Dendrochori, Kastoria

According to the narrative history, the village was founded by immigrants from villages Berik, Ano Sliveni (Gorno Sliveni), Saynovo, Vevi (Banitsa) and Agia Paraskevi (Sveta Petka).

John Oxx

The partnership also had successes with Alamshar, who won the Irish Derby and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot; with Azamour, winner of the St. James's Palace Stakes, the Irish Champion Stakes, the Prince of Wales Stakes and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 2004 and 2005; and with Kastoria, whose 2006 season included a win in the Irish St. Leger.

Konstantinos Iasonidis

Born in Oinoi, Kastoria, Iasonidis began playing football with Markopoulo F.C.

Lefki

Lefki, Kastoria, a village in the Kastoria regional unit, part of the municipal unit Agia Triada

Mavrovo

Mavrochori, also called Mavrovo, a village in Greece, near Kastoria

Melas

Melas, Kastoria, the village where Pavlos Melas died, part of the municipality Kastoria, Greece

Nicholas Lambrinides

Born a Greek in Kastoria, Greece, Lambrinides emigrated to the States in 1912 at the age of 33.

Panagyurishte

Another wave of refugees came in the 15th century after rebellions in Albania and the western Bulgarian lands (Debar, Prilep, Kostur and others).

Qazim Baba

Standing on a hill of Kastoria, he is supposed to have converted to Islam many Christians during the Mehmed II (the Conqueror) period.

Tzur Moshe

The village was founded on 13 September 1937 by a group of 20 immigrants from Kastoria, Greece as part of the tower and stockade settlement programme.


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