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unusual facts about Melas, Kastoria


Melas

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


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.

Atractaspis leucomelas

The specific epithet, leucomelas, is derived from New Latin leuco ("white") and Greek μέλας (melas,"black"), and refers to this snake's "white and black" coloration.

Black soup

The ancient Spartan melas zomos (μέλας ζωμός), or black soup / black broth, was a staple soup made of boiled pigs' legs, blood, salt and vinegar.

İbradı

This area was once part of the antique kingdom of Pisidia, near the river Melas.

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

Michael von Melas, an Austrian field marshal during the Napoleonic Wars

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.

The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter

Breaking in, they discover Melas and Kratides bound in a closed room where some charcoal has been lit to gas the two of them.

The Basketball Jones

Skeets’ frequent malapropisms such as “The Internets” and mispronunciations such as Shane “Ba-ché”, Melas’ peculiar analogies and love of the phrase "There's no doubt about that", and Doyle’s eclectic musical selections, as well as various "drops" including the infamous Kenny Smith quote "Gimme Some Raptor News" were all hallmarks of the show.

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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