Mavrochori (Greek: Μαυροχώρι, Macedonian: Маврово) is a village in Greece near Kastoria on the shores of Kastoria lake which was in existence at least from 1380[1] and is denoted, under the name Mavrobo, in the British Baldwin & Craddock Map of Greece which was published on 1 January 1830 (printed by a printer at 47 Paternoster Row, London).[2]
The name Mavros, together with the name Krepeni, is found in a title deed executed by Nicholas Bagas Baldovin of Serbia.[3]
In the end of the 18th century the patriarch of the Mavrovitis family moved his people from the nearby Krepeni village to Mavrovo in order to avoid a plague pandemic, and it is believed that people were frequently moving between Krepeni and Mavrovo.[1]
The Monastery of Mavriotissa, originally named Mesonisiotissa (meaning "in the middle of the island"), was built near the village.[1]
Mavrovo had a historical relationship with both the Mavriotissa monastery as well as with the nearby village of Krepeni.[1]
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