Mavrochori

Mavrochori (Greek: Μαυροχώρι(οv) meaning "black village"; formerly Mavrovon, Μαύροβον[1]) is a village in Greece near Kastoria on the shores of Kastoria lake which was in existence at least from 1380[2] and is denoted, under the name Mavrovo, in the British Baldwin & Craddock Map of Greece which was published on 1 January 1830 (printed by a printer at 47 Paternoster Row, London).[3]

An image of Mavrochori

The name Mavros, together with the name Krepeni, is found in a title deed executed by Serbian nobleman Nikola Bagaš.[4]

History

In the end of the 18th century the patriarch of the Mavrovitis family moved his people from the nearby Krepeni village to Mavrochori in order to avoid a plague pandemic, and it is believed that people were frequently moving between Krepeni and Mavrovo.[2]

The Monastery of Mavriotissa, originally named Mesonisiotissa (meaning "in the middle of the island"), was built near the village.[2]

Mavrovo had a historical relationship with both the Mavriotissa monastery as well as with the nearby village of Krepeni.[2]

References
  1. Pandektis: Name Changes of Settlements in Greece, Retrieved on October 2, 2012, compiled by the Institute for Neohellenic Research
  2. "Jason C. Mavrovitis, Out of the Balkans, Pt.1, Ch.2, p.29". www.pahh.com. Retrieved 2021-07-04.
  3. "Map of the Balkan Peninsula".
  4. Nicholas K. Moutsopoulos, Kastoria, the Virgin of Mavriotissa (Athens: Friends of Byzantine and Ancient Monuments of Kastoria, 1967), 85. Cited in http://www.pahh.com/mavrovitis/ch2/chapter2b.html

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