It is the capital of the prefecture of the same name. It is built on a peninsula to the west of Lake Orestiada, at an altitude of 600 meters above sea level, between the mountains of Vitsi and Grammos. Its economy relies heavily on the furs for which it is famous. Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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It is located on the north side of the city and just before the Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa. Inside it there are large land and lake sections with an impressive dripping decoration as it includes seven (7) underground lakes, ten (10) halls, five (5) corridors - tunnels. The largest room of the
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It is a lake settlement of 5000 BC. approx., located on the southern shore of Lake Orestiada, in the village of Dispilio. The settlement was discovered by chance in 1932 when the lake level dropped enough. It is a settlement with wooden huts built on wooden platforms (stilt settlement) in the lake.
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It contains the remains of the 15-20 million-year-old petrified forest located near the village of Nostimo. A particular impression is caused by the existence of a fossilized tooth of a prehistoric huge herbivorous animal as well as the tooth of a shark estimated to have been 20-25 meters long.
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Inside the village of Dispilio, on the southwest side of Lake Kastoria, is the Prehistoric Museum, which houses findings from the prehistoric lake settlement of Dispilio. It is one of the oldest lakeside settlements (5500 BC) in Europe that was discovered at the "Island" site in 1932. Since 2000,
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They are a revival of the ancient Dionysian orgiastic ceremonies. It is a remnant of the original Greek Carnival and not a foreign custom like the well-established Halloween carnival. Men and women, in "packs", from different neighborhoods, in a panzurlismo. In Ragucharia, the inhabitants disguise
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It was inaugurated in 1989 and is located on the top of the hill of the Byzantine acropolis. The museum includes in its collection icons, sculptures, mosaics, wood-carved objects, ecclesiastical objects (manuscripts, liturgical utensils, etc.). Editor: Fotini Anastasopoulou
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In the district of Dultso, there is the "Nerantzi Aivazi" Folklore Museum, which belongs to the Municipality of Kastoria and is supervised by the "Armonia" music-philological association. The mansion where it is housed was built at the end of the 18th century and until the mid-60s belonged to the
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The Monastery of Saints Anargyros Cosmas and Damianos is located in the village of Melissotopos, 26 km from Kastoria, at an altitude of 870 m, and is the oldest Monastery of the Prefecture. The first Monastery, dedicated to Saint Panteleimon, was founded at the time of Alexios I Comnenus (1080). In
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In 1314 the Hieromonk Neophytos of Kleisouri founded the monastery. In 1813, another Kleisouriot monk, Isaias Pistas from the monastery of Iberon on Mount Athos, gave life to the monastery again by returning to his special homeland after a vision of the Virgin Mary. During the years of the
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