Greece
West Macedonia
Kastoria

Mavrochori

Mavrochori is a village on the shores of in of , . Today Mavrochori is a tourist destination for a quiet vacation near the .
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  • Type: Village with 1,290 residents
  • Description: village in Kastoria, Western Macedonia region, Greece
  • Also known as: “Mavrochórion”, “Mavrohori”, “Mavrokhórion”, and “Mávrovon”
  • Postal code: 52056

Places of Interest

Highlights include Lake of Kastoria and Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa.

Lake
Photo: Pvasiliadis, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Lake Orestiada or is a in the of , northwestern . It spreads out in a natural basin, surrounded by mountains and is the remnant of a huge ancient Miocene lake that reached an area of 164 square kilometres and at a depth of 50 meters. is situated 2½ km west of Mavrochori.

Monastery
Photo: Алиса Селезньова, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a monastery that is built on the spot where troops of Byzantine military commander George Palaiologos encircled the attacking Normans in 1083. is situated 2½ km west of Mavrochori.

Cave
Photo: Vagrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is situated 3 km west of Mavrochori.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Polykarpi and Krepeni.

Village
is a village in , , . The 1920 Greek census recorded 585 people in the village, and 250 inhabitants were Muslim in 1923.

Village
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is a village near the in , , part of the Makednoi municipal unit of . is situated 3 km south of Mavrochori.

Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a village in , , . It is part of the community of . The 1920 Greek census recorded 29 people in the village. is situated 3½ km northeast of Mavrochori.

Mavrochori

Latitude
40.51226° or 40° 30′ 44″ north
Longitude
21.31978° or 21° 19′ 11″ east
Population
1,290
Elevation
630 metres (2,067 feet)
Open location code
8GG3G869+WW
Open­Street­Map ID
node 306751691
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
735299
Wiki­data ID
Q2650208
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Swedish—“Mavrochori” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “ماوروخوري”
  • Bulgarian: “Маврово”
  • Bulgarian: “Ма̀врово” (historical)
  • Bulgarian: “Маврохори”
  • Cebuano: “Mavrochóri”
  • Dutch: “Mavrochori”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “ماڤروتشورى”
  • French: “Mavrochóri”
  • French: “Mavrohori”
  • French: “Mavrotissa”
  • German: “Mavrochori”
  • Greek: “Μαύροβο” (historical)
  • Greek: “Μαυροχώρι Καστοριάς”
  • Greek: “Μαυροχώρι”
  • Greek: “Μαυροχώριον”
  • Irish: “Mavrochori”
  • Macedonian: “Маврово” (historical)
  • Macedonian: “Маврохори”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Mavrokhóri”
  • Serbian: “Маврово (Грчка)”
  • Serbian: “Маврово”
  • Swedish: “Mavrochóri”

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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 “Mavrochori”. Photo: konstantinos kolimpa…, CC BY 3.0.