830:('nflucati, velentza), which they sold at the region's trade fairs. The people of Samarina were also involved in trade, and as muleteers they pioneered long caravans that traveled all over the Balkans. The level of culture reached by this town (it had churches, schools and a library) is evident in the excellence of its religious painting. Samarina flourished at the end of the 18th century and during the 19th. The economic success was based on a group of activities, but mostly in the cattle-breeding, the small industries, the trade and the arts.
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population enjoyed successful periods of exceptional economic growth and cultural development. On a map it was shown under the name Santa Marina. Its inhabitants tended sheep and goats and wove a woolen fabric called
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range and the second-highest mountain in all of Greece. At an altitude of 1380–1515 meters (4528' to 4970'), it is considered one of the highest villages in Greece and also one of the highest in the
990:"Vlachohoria, or the four famous Koutsovlach villages of Grevena–Samarina, Perivoli, Avdella, and Smixi–are described as the summer villages of the Koutsovlach, where Aroumani is spoken."
354:): thousands of people hold hands and form concentric circles, and they walk slowly and ceremonially counterclockwise, while singing their traditional songs in a rousing unison chorus.
346:, Samarinans from all over the world assemble on their ancestral village to celebrate. There, on the main square outside the Great Church, they perform the "Great Dance" (Greek:
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An important account of the life of the
Aromanian population of Samarina at the beginning of the 20th century is provided in a study by A.J.B. Wace and M.S. Thompson entitled
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947:[Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
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Biagi, Paolo; Starnini, Elisabetta; Efstratiou, Nikos; Nisbet, Renato; Hughes, Philip D.; Woodward, Jamie C. (2022).
978:"Pastoral Transhumance in the Southern Balkans as a Social Ideology: Ethnoarcheological Research in Northern Greece"
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959:"ΦΕΚ B 1292/2010, Kallikratis reform municipalities"
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1000:Ntassiou, Konstantina; Doukas, Ioannis D. (2019).
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224:Time zone
194:Elevation
1625:Sarakina
1595:Exarchos
1556:Polyneri
1551:Panorama
1526:Anavryta
1483:Samarina
1475:Samarina
1464:Perivoli
1456:Perivoli
1411:Kokkinia
1347:Kyrakali
1265:Gorgiani
1197:Trikorfo
1192:Oropedio
1177:Kydonies
1162:Dasyllio
1096:14 March
757:(86.31)
755:2,192.35
752:(14.38)
747:(11.16)
702:(11.83)
697:(10.53)
688:Average
683:(36.56)
678:(26.04)
673:(31.30)
668:(35.82)
663:(42.82)
658:(50.94)
653:(51.40)
648:(46.92)
643:(39.76)
638:(35.58)
633:(29.66)
628:(26.06)
623:(22.46)
613:(47.03)
608:(32.43)
603:(37.83)
598:(48.60)
593:(58.32)
588:(66.97)
583:(67.12)
578:(61.47)
573:(53.73)
568:(44.62)
563:(35.80)
558:(30.25)
553:(27.21)
543:(55.63)
538:(37.06)
533:(46.11)
528:(59.29)
523:(71.28)
518:(77.18)
513:(77.09)
508:(70.05)
503:(62.31)
498:(51.94)
493:(44.83)
488:(37.45)
483:(32.94)
364:Smolikas
358:Location
293:Σαμαρίνα
285:Samarina
72:Samarina
26:Σαμαρίνα
23:Samarina
1656:Grevena
1620:Pyloroi
1615:Pontini
1587:Ventzio
1571:Trikomo
1566:Spilaio
1531:Kosmati
1401:Kivotos
1396:Aidonia
1357:Myrsina
1342:Kalochi
1309:Grevena
1298:Sitaras
1235:Dotsiko
1227:Dotsiko
1216:Avdella
1208:Avdella
1172:Kalloni
1140:Grevena
1036:(1): 1.
828:flokati
817:History
798:101.84
795:150.20
792:189.78
789:252.93
786:288.62
783:275.24
780:212.79
777:164.69
774:141.21
771:125.85
742:(6.48)
737:(3.04)
732:(2.79)
727:(2.75)
722:(3.06)
717:(4.88)
712:(6.86)
707:(8.55)
394:Climate
372:Balkans
321:Grevena
175:Grevena
163:Grevena
135:Country
1600:Kentro
1576:Ziakas
1536:Lavdas
1327:Elatos
1283:Kranea
1187:Megaro
801:78.98
768:99.19
750:365.24
745:283.58
740:164.54
715:123.98
710:174.16
705:217.18
700:300.39
695:267.55
434:Month
382:) and
380:Densko
368:Pindus
340:Pindus
329:Vlachs
317:Greece
267:511 00
139:Greece
110:21°4′E
107:40°6′N
1605:Knidi
1502:Smixi
1494:Smixi
1416:Milea
1362:Rodia
1337:Felli
1052:(PDF)
928:Notes
910:]
730:70.89
725:69.90
720:77.84
676:−3.31
671:−0.39
656:10.52
651:10.78
631:−1.30
626:−3.30
621:−5.30
591:14.62
586:19.43
581:19.51
576:16.37
571:12.07
556:−0.97
551:−2.66
541:13.13
526:15.16
521:21.82
516:25.10
511:25.05
506:21.14
501:16.84
496:11.08
473:Year
388:Selia
289:Greek
278:24620
250:UTC+3
229:UTC+2
1098:2021
1030:Land
855:and
735:77.1
681:2.53
666:2.12
661:6.01
646:8.29
641:4.31
636:1.99
611:8.35
606:0.24
601:3.24
596:9.22
566:7.01
561:2.11
536:2.81
531:7.84
491:7.13
486:3.03
481:0.52
470:Dec
467:Nov
464:Oct
461:Sep
458:Aug
455:Jul
452:Jun
449:May
446:Apr
443:Mar
440:Feb
437:Jan
384:Seli
254:EEST
181:Area
420:Cfb
408:Dfb
390:).
307:in
243:DST
233:EET
210:253
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