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Dispilio

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Also known as Dokonakoi, Doupiakoi

Dispilio (, before 1926: Δουπιάκοι – Doupiakoi) is a village near Lake Orestiada, in the Kastoria regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Near the village is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island.

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Place details

Locality
Δισπηλιό
Region
Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
Country
Ελλάς
Population
944
Timezone
Europe/Athens

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Greece place.name
Dispilio
Greece place.name_local
Δισπηλιό
Greece place.type
community
Greece place.image_skyline
78 GR1320001 SCI LAKE ORESTIAS 04 KASTORIA (By TRYFON MANOLIS THESSALONIKI HELLAS).jpg
Greece place.caption_skyline
Modern reconstruction of the hypothetical Neolithic settlement of Dispilio, on lake Orestiada
Greece place.georegion
Macedonia
Greece place.periph
Western Macedonia
Greece place.periphunit
Kastoria
Greece place.municipality
Kastoria
Greece place.municunit
Makednoi
Greece place.elevation
620
Greece place.population
944
Greece place.population_as_of
2021

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Population
954
Elevation
620
Image
78 GR1320001 SCI LAKE ORESTIAS 01 KASTORIA (By TRYFON MANOLIS THESSALONIKI HELLAS).jpg
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Dispilio (Kastoria)
native label
Δισπηλιό
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Dispilio (, before 1926: Δουπιάκοι – Doupiakoi) is a village near Lake Orestiada, in the Kastoria regional unit of Western Macedonia, Greece. Near the village is an archaeological site containing remains of a Neolithic lakeshore settlement that occupied an artificial island.

==Archaeology== The remains of the lakeside settlement were discovered in 1932. The lake level was especially low in 1932 owing to a dry winter and some infrastructural works around the lake, revealing the remains of piles sticking out of the lake bottom. These have been interpreted as supports for stilt houses and walkways, similar to those found at other sites in Europe, such as the Somerset Levels

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