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6 unusual facts about Florina


Albanian communities in Greece

Another small group of Albanian-speakers, speakers of a Northern Tosk Albanian dialect is to be found in the villages Drosopigi, Flampouro, Lechovo in Florina regional unit.

Layeni

the former name of Triantafyllia, Florina, a village in the Florina regional unit, northern Greece

Limnochori

Limnochori, Florina, a village in the Florina regional unit, part of the municipal unit Aetos

Minorities in Greece

In the Florina region Albanian speakers can be found in the villages of Flampouro, Drosopigi, Idroussa and Tripotamos.

Perasma

The first school of the village taught the Greek language to the pupils, and included the following teachers: A. Kousmanis from the village of Skopia, G. Konstantinidis, K. Gitskalis, P. Klekatsis, G. Papadimitriou and Papanousis from Drosopigi.

Tripotamos

Tripotamos, Florina, a village in the municipal unit of Meliti, Florina regional unit


Anna Podlesnaya

Odette/Odile (Swan Lake), Clara and Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker), Pas de deux and Giselle (Giselle), Princess Florina and Aurora (The Sleeping Beauty), Phrygia (Spartacus), Seventh and Eleventh Waltzes (Les Sylphides).

Battle of Lerin

The offensive began on 17 August 1916 with the Bulgarians taking Lerin and Banitsa.

Douglas-Daly Experiment Station

Located at the junction of the Douglas and Daly Rivers and covering an area of approximately 100 km², the site spanned three major soil types of the Top End of the Northern Territory - Blain, Tippera and Florina soil types.

Folklore Museum of the Aristotle Association

Of particular note are the examples of wax-weaving, a craft of Byzantine origin that started to flourish in Florina when the refugees from Monastir arrived and continues to the present day.

George Zoley

George C. Zoley (born February 7, 1950 in Florina, Greece) is the chairman of the board, chief executive officer, and founder of the GEO Group, which manages prisons and jails in the United States.

Hadzilia Folklore and Ethnological Museum

Lastly, visitors may admire the traditional women’'s costumes of Florina, Orini in Serres prefecture, Arachova, Metaxades in Thrace, the Darnakochoria, and Nea Zichni, and men’s costumes from Xiropotamos and Thrace.

Michael Panopoulos

Panopoulos' parents come from the Macedonian Greek village of Kratero in Florina, Greece.

Pavlos Rakovitis

Born in Rakovo, Florina, Ottoman Empire (modern-day Kratero, Florina, Greece) in 1877, he grew up to be the captain of 40 strong soldiers during the Macedonian Struggle.

Pedino

Pedino, Florina, a village in the Florina regional unit, part of the municipality Amyntaio

Population exchange between Greece and Turkey

Ultimately, the Greek authorities decided to deport thousands of Muslims from the Çamëria region, together with myriad others from Larissa, Langada, Drama, Vodina, Serez, Edessa, Florina, Kilkis, Kavala, and Salonika.

Thessaloniki–Bitola railway

The railway from Thessaloniki to Bitola is a 219-kilometre long railway line, that connects the port city Thessaloniki in Greece with Bitola in the Republic of Macedonia, via Veroia, Edessa, Amyntaio and Florina.


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