Pelagonia

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Pelagonia (Greek: Πελαγονíα or Pelagonía; Macedonian: Пелагонија or Pelagonija) was an ancient region of Europe later incorporated into Macedon. It was roughly bounded by Dardania to the far north, Illyria to the west and north, Paionia to the east, and Lynkestis to the south. The region was inhabited by Pelagones, Paionians and Illyrians, and later settled by Macedonians. Strabo (7.327) calls Pelagonia Tripolitis, referring to the three major cities of ancient Pelagonia.

Today Pelagonia (or Pelagonija) is a valley shared between the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. It incorporates the Macedonian towns of Bitola and Prilep and the northwestern Greek Macedonian city Florina; it is also the location of the lower key border crossing between the two countries Medžitlija-Niki.

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• Pelagonian margins in central Evia island (Greece)
• The oldest rocks of Greece: first evidence for a Precambrian terrane within the Pelagonian Zone
• The ancient city of Pelagonia in the historical and epigraphic monuments