Kastri,_Thesprotia

Kastri, Thesprotia

Kastri, Thesprotia

Community in Greece

Kastri (Greek: Καστρί or Καστρίον, Kastríon; Albanian: Kastriot) is a town in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece.[2][3] The local church is dedicated to Saint George.

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Kastri is mainly inhabited by Greek residents while the presence of an Orthodox Albanian Albanian-speaking community has been vivid throughout the past Century.[4] During the Axis occupation of Greece, 18 residents of Kastri were executed by German forces and local Cham Albanian collaborators.[5]

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    "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
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    "Location of Kastri". Retrieved 2 May 2010.
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    Ahmedaja, Ardian; Gerlinde Haid (2008). European voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. European Voices. Vol. 1. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 243. ISBN 978-3-205-78090-8.
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    Ethnologia Balkanica. LIT Verlag Münster. 2002. p. 179.
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    Έκθεσις των γενομένων ζημιών εν γένει Ηπείρου από της κηρύξεως του Ελληνο-ιταλικού πολέμου (28-10-40) μέχρι της τελικής απελευθερώσεώς της, Οκτώβριος 1944, Βιβλιοθήκη Ηπειρωτικής Εταιρείας Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1987, σ. 136 και 140.
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