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Kastoria (Greek: Καστοριά, Kastoriá [kastoˈrʝa]) is a city in northern Greece in the region of Western Macedonia. It is the capital of Kastoria regional unit, in the geographic region of Macedonia. It is situated on a promontory on the western shore of Lake Orestiada, in a valley surrounded by limestone mountains.
Nestorio (Greek: Νεστόριο, Nestório; Macedonian: Нестрам and Bulgarian: Нестрам, Nestram or Нѐсрам, Nésram) [3] [4] [5] is a village and a municipality in the Kastoria regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Nestorio is approximately 28 km (17 mi) southwest of Kastoria, at the banks of the river Aliakmon.
Mavrochori (Greek: Μαυροχώρι(οv), meaning "black village"; before 1928: Μαύροβον – Mavrovon) [2] is a village on the shores of Lake Orestiada in Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. [3] Today Mavrochori is a tourist destination for a quiet vacation near the lake of Kastoria. [4]
The rural areas of Kastoria province were multi–ethnic, as the north was largely, though not entirely populated by Slavic speakers, while the south mainly had Grecophones. [4] The demographics of the Kastoria region were affected by the population exchanges Greece had with Bulgaria (voluntary, 1919) and Turkey (compulsory, 1923). [5]
'Orestean Argos', before 1926: Χρούπιστα – Chroupista; [2] Aromanian: Hrupishte) is a town and a municipality in the Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece. The Kastoria National Airport (also known as Aristotelis Airport) is located in Argos Orestiko.
Metamorfosi (Greek: Μεταμόρφωση, before 1950: Κοντορρόπη – Kontorropi) [2] is a village and a community in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Metamorfosi and Foteini.
Trilofos (Slimnitsa), Kastoria. Attractions include the ruins of the monastery of "St George", the chapel of "St Christopher" in the "Lower Slum" (Kato Mahalo), the church of "The Assumption of the Mother of God" (1743), which was destroyed by cannon bombs of the National Army during the Greek Civil War, and the church of "St Athanasius" (1874).