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4/11/1912
4/5/1943 - 6/5/1943
Siatista is built on the west slope of Mount Velia, which is a continuation
of the Siniatsiko range. The original settlement must have sprung up at the start
of the 15th century after the Ottoman
conquest and the subsequent withdrawal of the Christians to the mountains
of the region.
As early as 1600 Siatista had grown into a sizable town with a considerable
manufacturing
industry. The residents worked at the trades of the weaver, furrier, wine-maker
and stock breeder, while many of their compatriots piled goods on their mules
and peddled
them well into central Europe (Budapest,
Vienna), not to mention
Venice and Russia.
In 1697, the town became the seat of the metropolitan of Prespes and
Ochrid. In the 18th
and 19th centuries, its wealth made it the target of frequent raids by Turkish
Albanians, but its economic prosperity was shaken by the bankruptcy of many businesses
after the crisis in Austria (circa 1800), a consequence of the Napoleonic Wars.
Beginning in the 18th century, Siatistan merchants
living abroad sent donations towards the upkeep of schools and the formation
of libraries in their homeland, which was the birthplace of many noteworthy men
of letters,
as well as freedom
fighters in the 19th and 20th century.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
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