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SAMARINA (Village) GREVENA
Samarina was founded in 15th century on the wooded slopes of Mount
Smolikas, west of Grevena.
This market town in the Pindos
mountains with its Vlach population enjoyed three successive centuries of exceptional
economic growth and cultural development. On a map from 1560, it is shown under
the name Santa Maria de Praetoria.
Its inhabitants tended sheep and goats and wove a woolen fabric called
'velentza', which they sold at the region's trade
fairs. The people of Samarina were also involved in trade, and as muleteers
they headed the long caravans that traveled all over the Balkans. The level of
culture reached by this town (it had both schools and a library) is evident in
the excellence of its religious painting.
Artists from Samarina, organized into family teams, covered not only
local needs but also branched out into other regions, as far away as the Peloponnese.
After the liberation of 1913, the residents of Samarina and other mountain villages
began to move down to the urban centers of the plains; many of them also emigrated
abroad.
By kind permission of:Ekdotike Athenon
This text is cited Nov 2003 from the Macedonian Heritage URL below, which contains images.
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