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Under Greece, support came from Greek politicians such as Ion Dragoumis and Eleftherios Venizelos to conserve Kastoria's architectural uniqueness. [110] Muslims left Kastoria following the population exchange in 1923 and a new urban plan modernised and changed the town's architectural layout and space. [ 110 ]
The Metropolis of Kastoria (Greek: Ιερά Μητρόπολις Καστοριάς) is one of the metropolises of the New Lands in Greece that are within the jurisdiction of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople but de facto are administered for practical reasons as part of the Church of Greece under an agreement between the churches of Athens and Constantinople.
A couple from the Jewish community in Kastoria in a photograph from 1904. The Jews in Kastoria were an ancient Jewish community that existed in Kastoria, Greece, from the 6th century until its destruction during World War II, when most of its members were murdered in the Auschwitz (Birkenau) extermination camp during the Holocaust. [1]
St. Athanasius of Mouzaki (Greek: Άγιος Αθανάσιος του Μουζάκη) is a Greek Orthodox church located in Kastoria, Greece. [1] [2] It was built in 1383–84 by the brothers Teodor II Muzaka and Stoya Muzaka of the house of Muzaka, a noble Albanian family that controlled the city at the time, and dedicated to St. Athanasius [1] [2] It is considered one of the most important ...
The church is a Triconch Temple, located in the acropolis of Kastoria, inside the Justinian Walls, and is the only one in town with a dome, from which it took its name. Koumpelidiki comes from the Turkish word koubeb meaning "dome" or "domed building". The name of the church means "Church of the Virgin with the Little Dome" and it is devoted to ...
The Church of the Archangel of the Metropolis or Taxiarchis of the Metropolis (Greek: Ιερός Ναός Ταξιάρχη Μητροπόλεως) is a Byzantine church in the medieval old city of Kastoria, in northern Greece. Dedicated to the Archangel Michael, it was built in the 9th or 10th century.
The students presence was controversial, as part of the Kastoria municipal council opposed funding their accommodation. [2] Reasons given were a Muslim community was absent in modern Kastoria and opposition toward mosque restorations in Greece while there were discussions in Turkey over converting the Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
The Folklore Museum of Kastoria (Greek: Λαογραφικό Μουσείο Καστοριάς) also known as Folklore Museum “Nerantzis-Aivazis” (Λαογραφικό Μουσείο “Νεράντζη–Αϊβάζη”), located in Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece, is housed in one of the city's oldest mansions, the Nerantzis-Aivazis residence near the lake, at 10 Kapetan Lazou Street.