Goricë e Madhe

Goricë e Madhe
—  Village  —
Goricë e Madhe
Coordinates: 40°53′39.12″N 20°54′10.08″E / 40.8942°N 20.9028°E / 40.8942; 20.9028Coordinates: 40°53′39.12″N 20°54′10.08″E / 40.8942°N 20.9028°E / 40.8942; 20.9028
Country	Albania
County	Korçë County
District	Korçë District
Municipality	Liqenas Municipality
Population (2000)
– Total	515
Time zone	Central European Time (UTC+1)
– Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)

Goricë e Madhe (Macedonian: Горна Горица) is a village in the Mala Prespa, Albania, District Pustec, Korçë District.

History

Goricë is the location^[1] of a fortified town called Pellion^[2] of the Ancient Greek^[3] tribe of the Dexaroi that was later a Macedonian fortress.^[4]

Demographics

Year	Population
1900	285
1926	511 (with Goricë e Vogël)
1945	201
1960	329
1969	369
1979	406
1989	489
2000	515[1]

References

1. ^ Barrington atlas of the Greek and Roman world by Richard J. A. Talbert, 2000, ISBN 0691049459, page 755
2. ^ An Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis: An Investigation Conducted by The Copenhagen Polis Centre for the Danish National Research Foundation by Mogens Herman Hansen, 2005, page 326
3. ^ The Cambridge Ancient History, Volume 6: The Fourth Century BC by D. M. Lewis (Editor), John Boardman (Editor), Simon Hornblower (Editor), M. Ostwald (Editor), 1994, ISBN 0521233488, page 423: "These Dassareti not to be confused with the Greek speaking Dexari or Dessaretae lay between the Dardani and the coastal people of the Ardiaei,"
4. ^ The campaigns of Alexander by Arrian, Aubrey De Sélincourt, ISBN 0140442537, 1971, page 50: "Pelium was a Macedonian border fortress"