Proti, Florina

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Proti is a small village in northern Greece, located approximately 5 kilometers from Florina. It is part of the municipality of Florina.

At one time a flourishing community of 500 people whose primary occupation was tobacco farming, Proti today is a hamlet of fewer than a dozen people who live self-sufficiently but in relative poverty. Their lives consist mainly of farming, which is their primary source of food. While the hamlet falls within the municipal jurisdiction of Florina it is totally ignored in terms of infrastructure support. There is no running water. Water is supplied by one well which was dug in 1917. There is very little electricity.

There is a number of public buildings in the hamlet which the residents maintain of their own accord. The school house, though unused, is in good working order. The local church is in pristine condition, beautifully and impeccably maintained. In the rear of the church is the graveyard - with many stones that are centuries old.

The Village Of Proti, Greece

The cemetery in Proti, Greece

The church in Proti, Greece

The schoolhouse in Proti, Greece

Proti was ravaged during the Second World War. Many of the inhabitants did not survive. In particular, the young males of the village were executed for alleged participation in the Greek Resistance.

The younger residents of Proti long only to leave for a better life - something that has been happening for decades.