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Lake of Kastoria

Lake Orestiada or Lake of Kastoria 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.
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  • Type: Lake
  • Description: lake of Kastoria, Macedonia, Greece
  • Also known as: “Lake Kastoria”, “Lake Orestiada”, “Límni Kastoría”, “Limni Kastorias”, “Límni Orestiás”, and “Λίμνη Ορεστίδος”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Monastery of Panagia Mavriotissa and Museum of the Macedonian Struggle.

Monastery
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The is a monastery that is built on the spot where troops of Byzantine military commander George Palaiologos encircled the attacking Normans in 1083.

Museum
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The in , , is housed in a traditional old mansion that belonged to the teacher and fighter Anastasios Pehion.

Museum
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The of Kastoria located in the northern Greek city of , opened in 1999 and is run by "Harmony", a music and literary association.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Doltso and Kastoria.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

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is a city in in the region of . It is the capital of regional unit, in the geographic region of .

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

Lake of Kastoria

Latitude
40.51837° or 40° 31′ 6″ north
Longitude
21.29002° or 21° 17′ 24″ east
Elevation
623 metres (2,044 feet)
Open location code
8GG3G79R+82
Open­Street­Map ID
way 186583110
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­water
Open­Street­Map feature
water=­lake
Geo­Names ID
735926
Wiki­data ID
Q1419902
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In Other Languages

From Albanian to Welsh—“Lake of Kastoria” goes by many names.
  • Albanian: “Liqeni i Kosturit”
  • Arabic: “بحيرة قستورية”
  • Armenian: “Կաստորիա”
  • Bulgarian: “Костурско езеро”
  • Cebuano: “Lanaw ang Orestiada”
  • Cebuano: “Límni Kastorías”
  • Chinese: “卡斯托里亞湖”
  • Danish: “Orestiadasøen”
  • Dutch: “Laki Orestiada”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيره اوريستيادا”
  • Esperanto: “Lago Orestiada”
  • Finnish: “Orestiáda”
  • French: “Lac Kastoria”
  • French: “lac Orestiada”
  • French: “Lac Orestiáda”
  • Georgian: “ორესტიასი”
  • German: “Kastoria-See”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Καστοριάς”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Καστορίας”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Ορεστιάδα”
  • Hebrew: “אגם אורסטיאדה”
  • Italian: “lago Orestiada”
  • Italian: “Lago Orestiada”
  • Japanese: “オレスティアダ湖”
  • Macedonian: “Костурско Езеро”
  • Persian: “دریاچه اورستیادا”
  • Polish: “Kastoria”
  • Polish: “Laki Orestiada”
  • Russian: “Кастория”
  • Russian: “Лаки Орестиада”
  • Russian: “озеро Кастория”
  • Russian: “Орестиада”
  • Serbian: “Костурско језеро”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Orestijada”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Orestijada”
  • Swedish: “Límni Kastorías”
  • Turkish: “Kesriye Gölü”
  • Ukrainian: “Лаки Орестіада”
  • Ukrainian: “Орестіада”
  • Venetian: “lago Orestiada”
  • Veps: “Orestiad”
  • Welsh: “Llyn Orestiada”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Εξωκλήσσι Άγιος Αθανάσιος and Kastoria Hill.

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