Mavrochori

Mavrochori (Greek: Μαυροχώρι, Macedonian: Маврово) is a village in Greece near Kastoria on the shores of Kastoria lake which was in existence at least from 1380^[1] and is denoted, under the name Mavrobo, in the British Baldwin & Craddock Map of Greece which was published on 1 January 1830 (printed by a printer at 47 Paternoster Row, London).^[2]

The name Mavros, together with the name Krepeni, is found in a title deed executed by Nicholas Bagas Baldovin of Serbia.^[3]

History

In the end of the 18th century the patriarch of the Mavrovitis family moved his people from the nearby Krepeni village to Mavrovo in order to avoid a plague pandemic, and it is believed that people were frequently moving between Krepeni and Mavrovo.^[1]

The Monastery of Mavriotissa, originally named Mesonisiotissa (meaning "in the middle of the island"), was built near the village.^[1]

Mavrovo had a historical relationship with both the Mavriotissa monastery as well as with the nearby village of Krepeni.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} http://www.pahh.com/mavrovitis/ch2/chapter2b.html
2. ^ http://www.pahh.com/mavrovitis/maps/map03.html
3. ^ 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

Coordinates: 40°52′N 21°32′E / 40.867°N 21.533°E / 40.867; 21.533