Vasileiada
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Vasileiada (, before 1928: Ζαγο��ιτσάνη – Zagoritsani; Macedonian and ) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Vasileiada, Agia Paraskevi and Verga.
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Place details
- Locality
- Βασιλειάδα
- Region
- Περιφέρεια Δυτικής Μακεδονίας
- Country
- Ελλάς
- Population
- 325
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Key facts
- Greek Dimos.name
- Vasileiada
- Greek Dimos.type
- community
- Greek Dimos.periph
- Western Macedonia
- Greek Dimos.periphunit
- Kastoria
- Greek Dimos.municipality
- Kastoria
- Greek Dimos.municunit
- Agioi Anargyroi
- Greek Dimos.population_as_of
- 2021
- Greek Dimos.population
- 375
- Greek Dimos.georegion
- Macedonia
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Wikidata facts
- Population
- 325
- Image
- Zagorichani-crkva-dvor.jpg
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- Vasileiada
- native label
- Загоричани
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Vasileiada (, before 1928: Ζαγο��ιτσάνη – Zagoritsani; Macedonian and ) is a village in Kastoria Regional Unit, Macedonia, Greece. The community consists of the villages Vasileiada, Agia Paraskevi and Verga.
Originally named Zagorichani, the village had a Slavic speaking population during Ottoman rule. After the rise of nationalism the locals were divided in pro-Bulgarian and pro–Greek community. During the struggle for Macedonia, a massacre occurred and around 80 Bulgarian inhabitants were killed on March 25 (April 7, New Style), 1905 by a Greek bands.
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