Pisoderi
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pisoderi |
| name_local | Πισοδέρι |
| type | community |
| image_skyline | Pisoderi.jpg |
| coordinates | |
| periph | Western Macedonia |
| periphunit | Florina |
| municipality | Prespes |
| municunit | Prespes |
| population_as_of | 2021 |
| population | 17 |
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Pisoderi (; ) is a village 17 km west of Florina, Greece. Nearby, 5 km away, is the ski resort Vigla.
The ski center is located on Mount Verno, and currently has five lifts and ten trails. The summit of the resort is 1939m above sea level, with a total vertical drop about 420m. The resort has a view of the Lake Prespa, on the border between Greece, Albania and North Macedonia.
First mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1481, the village, then known as Ipsoder, had only twelve households. During Ottoman times, the village was purely Aromanian.
Pisoderi had 30 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologists in the 1990s, Pisoderi was populated by Aromanians. The Aromanian language was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek.
Notable people
- Lazaros Tsamis (1878–1933), merchant and Macedonian Struggle fighter
Notes
References
- Kravari, Vassiliki. (1989). "Villes et villages de Macédoine occidentale". Editions P. Lethielleux.
- [https://repository.ukim.mk/bitstream/20.500.12188/6782/1/The_war_of_numbers_and_its_first_victim.pdf The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)]
- Kahl, Thede. (1999). "Ethnizität und räumliche Verbreitung der Aromunen in Südosteuropa.".
- Van Boeschoten, Riki. (2001). "Usage des langues minoritaires dans les départements de Florina et d’Aridea (Macédoine)". Strates.
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