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unusual facts about Kleisoura, 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.

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.

Kiryak Shkurtov

During the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising he participated in the battle in the village Visheni, in the capture of Klisura, in the campaigns of the insurrectional forces in Kolonya and in other fights.

Kleisoura, Kastoria

His daughter is Dimitra Liani (Δήμητρα Λιάνη), who became first the lover, and then the third and last wife of Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou.

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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