Avdella

Avdella ( _el. Αβδέλλα; Aromanian Avdhela) is a settlement in Grevena Prefecture, Greece. It is a seasonal Vlach village in the Pindus mountains, at 1300-1450 metres altitude. Its summer population is about 3000, but in the winter there are only a few watchmen. The 2001 census gives its population as 448. [ [http://www.statistics.gr/gr_tables/S1101_SAP_1_TB_DC_01_03_Y.pdf] .El icon Data from the 2001 census, at the National Statistical Service of Greece (ΕΣΥΕ), www.statistics.gr] It is notable as the birthplace of the Manakis brothers, and appears in the opening sequence of the film Ulysses' Gaze.

Romanian school was founded in Avdella in 1867 by local Aromanian Apostol Margarit [Ласку, Стоjка. Од историjaта на ароманскиот печат во Македониjа. Списаниjата "Братство" и "Светлина", Скопjе 2007, с. 122] . In the beginning of XX century Avdela was a center of pro-Romanian sentiment. It was burned in October 1905 by Greek antartes because of this [ [http://www.promacedonia.org/obm2/21.html Христо Силянов. „Освободителните борби на Македония“, том IІ, стр.264.] ] .

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*List of settlements in the Grevena prefecture