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Arnissa

Coordinates: 40°48′N 21°50′E / 40.800°N 21.833°E / 40.800; 21.833
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Arnissa (Greek: Άρνισσα; Bulgarian: Острово, Ostrovo)[1] is a town in the Pella Prefecture of Macedonia, Greece. It is located near the Lake Vegoritida and Mount Kaimakchalan and is the seat of the Vegoritida Municipality. It has a population of 1,550 (as of 2001).

History

The Battle of Ostrovo was fought near the town in 1041. In 1845 the Russian Slav scholar notes Ostrovo as a nice village situated near a lake and populated by Bulgarians and Turks.[1] 40°48′N 21°50′E / 40.800°N 21.833°E / 40.800; 21.833




References

  1. ^ a b Ocherk puteshestvia po evropeyskoy Turcyi, Viktor Grigorovich Template:Ru icon
  • Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), ISBN 9989-9819-4-9, p. 54
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