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Palaistra

Palaistra is a village in the , . Pre–war and post–war immigration from Palaistra led to the formation of a diaspora and most of the village population lives abroad in the northern suburbs of in .
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Village with 336 residents
  • Description: village in Florina, Greece
  • Also known as: “Borésnitsa”, “Palaistra, Florina”, and “Palestra”
  • Historically known as: “Boresnitsa”
  • Postal code: 53100

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mesonisi.

Railway station
railway station is a railway station near , a village in , . It is situated on the Thessaloniki–Bitola railway. It was opened in 1894, along with the line. The station is served by the Thessaloniki Regional Railway. is situated 3½ km west of Palaistra.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sitaria and Tripotamos.

Village
Photo: Македонец, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in the , , . is situated 2½ km southeast of Palaistra.

Village
Photo: Extratall, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a village in , , . The 1920 Greek census recorded 135 people in the village. Following the Greek–Turkish population exchange, Greek refugee families in Petoraki were from the and three others from an unidentified location in 1926. is situated 2½ km northwest of Palaistra.

Village
Photo: Подпоручик, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , , . The 1920 Greek census recorded 796 people in the village, and 60 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923. is situated 3½ km southwest of Palaistra.

Palaistra

Latitude
40.80277° or 40° 48′ 10″ north
Longitude
21.51605° or 21° 30′ 58″ east
Population
336
Elevation
616 metres (2,021 feet)
Open location code
8GG3RG38+4C
Open­Street­Map ID
node 296235180
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
734800
Wiki­data ID
Q3403707
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In Other Languages

From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Palaistra” goes by many names.
  • Bulgarian: “Борешница”
  • Bulgarian: “Палестра”
  • Cebuano: “Palaístra”
  • Dutch: “Palaistra”
  • French: “Palestra”
  • German: “Palestra”
  • Greek: “Μπορέσνιτσα” (historical)
  • Greek: “Παλαίστρα Φλώρινας”
  • Greek: “Παλαίστρα”
  • Irish: “Palaistra”
  • Macedonian: “Борешница”
  • Serbian: “Борешница”
  • Swedish: “Palaístra”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Palaistra”. Photo: Pudelek, CC BY-SA 3.0.