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AGIOS ACHILIOS (Small island) PRESPES
It was built in 1018 by the Byzantine emperor Vassilios II.
MIKROLIMNI (Village) PRESPES
FLORINA (Town) MAKEDONIA WEST
In Florina one finds houses (many of which are listed) that represent
a variety of periods and architectural styles. The neighborhoods on the banks
of the Sakoulevas are typical of the folk architecture of the late 19th-early
20th century.
The houses have one storey and massive double doorways that open into
a courtyard from which an inner staircase leads to the upper floor. Often the
center of the facade meets in a pediment, while the interior decoration usually
consists of elaborately carved
wooden ceilings and cupboards.
The town houses in the city center exhibit the eclectic elements (ranging
from neo-Byzantine to art deco) popular in the 1930s. Other characteristic features
are the moulding of external surfaces with added ornamental elements and beautifully
carved wooden doors. Inside, the formal reception rooms are embellished with tapestries.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains images.
PRESPES (Municipality) FLORINA
The lakes and their importance
Lakes Megali
and Mikri Prespa
were once a single lake. Along the centuries, an isthmus was created with the
accumulation of sediment carried into the lake by the Agios Germanos stream. Now
days a channel located at Koula connects the two lakes. Allowing the waters from
Mikri Prespa to Megali Prespa. About 90% of the 47.4 km2 of the surface area of
Lake Mikri Prespa belongs to the Greek territory, while Megali Prespa 259.4 km2
is shared by Greece, Albania and FYROM's territories. Mikri Prespa is a relatively
shallow lake; with a mean depth of 4.1 m. Megali Prespa is deeper, with an average
depth of 18 m and maximum depth of 55 m.
The whole area belongs to the NATURA 2000 Network and Mikri Prespa
is also protected by the RAMSAR Convention, as one of the ten Greek Wetlands of
International Importance. This is so due to the exceptional biodiversity of the
lake related to one of its main biotopes, the wet meadows.
These are areas around the lake with low aquatic vegetation seasonally
inundated as the lake's water level fluctuates. Reed beds are very important plant
formations in this area, as they provide shelter and nesting sites and wintering
areas to a big number of species of birds, fish, mammals, reptiles, amphibians
and insects, many of them vulnerable or threatened in other parts of the world.
Prespa Park
On the occasion of the World Wetlands Day, 2nd February 2000, the
Prime Ministers of Greece, FYROM and Albania met in Agios Germanos and declared
the creation of the Prespa Park as a Tran boundary protected area. The target
to be achieved is the environmental protection and sustainable development protection
of the Prespa Lakes and their surroundings in the three neighboring countries.
After the declaration, a 10-membered Co-ordinations Committee was
established to promote cooperation among the competent from the government, the
Mayor and a representative of a non-governmental organization from each country
plus one observer from the Ramsar Bureau. Additionally, a Secretariat of the Prespa
Park, composed by the three participating NGO's, has been established to provide
technical support to the trilateral cooperation on an every day basis.
This text is cited September 2004 from the Municipality of Prespes URL below, which contains images
MIKRI PRESPA (Lake) FLORINA
One kilometer east of the village of Platy
is the church of Ayios Nikolaos, which according to the local tradition is dedicated
to the Transfiguration of the Saviour and is called Ayia Sorita. Its simple exterior
contrasts strongly with the lavishily painted interior decoration, which belongs
to the end of the 16th c. Nearly Mikpi Prespa the visitor may see the ruins of
the village of Opayia, which was abandoned before the 2nd World War due to malaria.
The area limited by opayia, the Koula site and the asphalted road, includes the
most sensitive part of the National Park core. Vromolimni ("Stinking Lake") is
an internal body of water that communicates with the waters of Mikri Presra. Here
large colonies of Pelicans and Cormorants can be found .Being such a delicate
area, admission here is strictly forbidden. The visitor can watch the birds with
binoculars or telescope from the observation post of the north, next to the road.
This is one of the best places in Prespa for bird watching in spring.
This text is cited September 2004 from the Municipality of Prespes URL below, which contains images
AGIOS ACHILIOS (Small island) PRESPES
This church is found to the SW of the St. Achilles Basilica and dates back to the 14th century A.D.
Ruins of this church are found in the south-west bank of the lake. It dates back to the 11th-12th century A.D.
One-aisled, wooden-roofed church, which is still used as a cemetery church. There are murals dating back to the 15th century A.D.
This monastery is located in the southern part of the islet and dates back to the mid 16th century.
MEGALI PRESPA (Lake) FLORINA
Metamorphosis Hermitage
The closest to Psarades
village extant hermitage.
Panaghia Eleoussa Hermitage
The most remarkable hermitage in the northern part of the meridian
bank, which the locals have dedicated to Aghios Petros. The inscription dates
back to 1409/10 A.D.
Mikri Analipsi (Ascension) Hermitage
It lies on the rocks of the south-west bank of Megali Prespa; 15th
century.
Rock paintings
An icon of "Panaghia Dexiokratoussa" and "Panaghia
Vlachernitissa" opposite the village
of Psarades on the rocks of the south-west bank of Megali Prespa.
(text: Andreas Andreou)
This text (extract) is cited October 2003 from the Prefecture
of Florina - Florina
Prefecture Tourism Committee tourist pamphlet.
Small, single-aisled church with barrel-vaulted roof, built in a cavity
of the rock. The sanctuary is decorated with wall paintings which can be dated
to the end of the 14th century. Some of the representations preserved are the
Virgin Vlachernitissa, the Melismos with the co-officiating bishops, and the Pentecost.
The vault of the sanctuary is covered with a representation of the Ascension of
Christ.
Restoration of the monument began in 1994 and is still in progress.
Το κείμενο παρατίθεται τον Σεπτέμβριο 2003 από την ακόλουθη ιστοσελίδα του Υπουργείου Πολιτισμού, η οποία περιλαμβάνει και φωτογραφίες.
The small lakeland vale of Prespes in Macedonia jealously conceals
its Byzantine treasures that have survived the centuries into our own day. The
massive ruins of the great triple-aisled basilica of Ayios Achilleios on the islet
named after him in Lake Small Prespa stand tall in a magnificent landscape.
The basilica was built in about 1000. The small church of Ayios Germanos,
an early 11th century building in the village of that name, still preserves the
second layer of its wall-paintings, executed in 1743. The rich tile decoration
of the exterior of the late 13th or early 14th century church of Ayios Nikolaos
near the village of Pyli is an astounding spectacle.
The hermitage of Panayia (Virgin) Eleousa, set in the mouth of a huge
cave on the banks of Lake Great Prespa, lies on the very frontier of the Greek
state. It is decorated with wall-paintings of 1410, works of primitive beauty.
There are other monuments besides these, with 15th and 16th century painting.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains image.
FLORINA (Prefecture) GREECE
The historical conditions of the post-war course of the region allowed
for the preservation of the traditional character of many pieces of architecture,
which have recently been declared to be scheduled buildings. The survival of this
type of settlement permits the detection of the function of this very region in
the past and stamps its communication with the wider Balkan region.
We can concisely refer to villages with peculiar house construction,
justified by the characteristic climatic, social and economic conditions (e.g.
Prespa and Korestia), as well as to distinct villages to which their inhabitants
once had migrated (e.g. Nymfeo).
In all cases these houses witness the work of local workmen, who were
famous all over the Balkans. In short, we mention villages of special architecture,
like those in the Prespa region with the villages of Psarades,
Aghios Germanos, Miliona,
Kallithea, Oxia
etc. being the most characteristic ones.
The Korestia region (Antartiko,
Prassino, Korifi,
Kottas etc.) makes up a separate
group and so do some villages in the eastern part of Varnous,
west of Florina and such
are Proti, Ethniko,
Akritas, Alona,
Kratero, Parori
etc.
There are some isolated examples of very particular villages and such
are Pissoderi and mainly
Nymfeo. The latter, has been
preserved in the best possible condition and is rightly considered to be unique
all over Greece, with mansions
decorated with frescoes and fretwork found everywhere.
Peculiarly shaped constructions can be seen in almost all the villages,
some examples being the windmill in Aghios
Panteleimon, the school building in Xino
Nero, the Nikios Scholi (School) in Nymfeo,
the Town Scholi (School) in Lehovo
etc.
(text: Andreas Andreou)
This text (extract) is cited October 2003 from the Prefecture
of Florina - Florina
Prefecture Tourism Committee tourist pamphlet.
PRESPES (Municipality) FLORINA
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