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'''Arnissa''' ({{lang-el|Άρνισσα}}; {{lang- |
'''Arnissa''' ({{lang-el|Άρνισσα}}; {{lang-{{lang-mk|Острово}}, ''Ostrovo'',<ref name='Grigorovich'>[http://www.vostlit.info/Texts/Dokumenty/Bulgarien/XIX/1840-1860/Grigorovic/text3.phtml?id=2234 ''Ocherk puteshestvia po evropeyskoy Turcyi'', Viktor Grigorovich] {{ru icon}}</ref> before 1926: Όστροβον - ''Ostrovon''<ref>[http://pandektis.ekt.gr/pandektis/handle/10442/172135 Name changes of settlements in Greece]</ref>) is a town in the [[Pella (regional unit)|Pella regional unit]] of [[Macedonia (Greece)|Macedonia]], [[Greece]]. It is located near the [[Lake Vegoritida]] and [[Kaimakchalan|Mount Kaimakchalan]] and is the seat of the [[Vegoritida]] Municipality. It has a population of 1,550 (as of 2001). |
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Revision as of 23:57, 8 February 2014
Arnissa (Greek: Άρνισσα; {{lang-Macedonian: Острово, Ostrovo,[1] before 1926: Όστροβον - Ostrovon[2]) is a town in the Pella regional unit 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]
References
- Todor Hristov Simovski, The Inhabited Places of the Aegean Macedonia (Skopje 1998), ISBN 9989-9819-4-9, p. 54
40°48′N 21°50′E / 40.800°N 21.833°E
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