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Sitaria

Coordinates:40°47.35′N21°32.60′E/ 40.78917°N 21.54333°E/40.78917; 21.54333
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Sitaria
Σιτάρια
Sitaria is located in Greece
Sitaria
Sitaria
Coordinates:40°47.35′N21°32.60′E/ 40.78917°N 21.54333°E/40.78917; 21.54333
CountryGreece
Geographic regionMacedonia
Administrative regionWestern Macedonia
Regional unitFlorina
MunicipalityFlorina
Municipal unitMeliti
Population
(2021)[1]
• Community533
Time zoneUTC+2(EET)
• Summer (DST)UTC+3(EEST)

Sitaria(Greek:Σιταριά,before 1926: Ρόσνα –Rosna;[2]Bulgarian/Macedonian:Росен / Росна,Rosen/Rosna) is a village in theFlorina regional unit,Western Macedonia,Greece.

Rosen (Lerinsko)

History

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The village with the name "Rosna" is recorded since the 15th century. It was then Mustafa Hasuh's, Ibraim Ibraim's and Kasim Hamza's feud. During 19th century Rosna was amanorbelonging to theRobev familyofOhridand many workers according to the AustrianJohann Georg von Hahnin 1861Rosen(orRastnaat the time) wereBulgarians.[3]This was confirmed the book “Ethnographie des Vilayets d'Adrianople, de Monastir et de Salonique”, published in Constantinople in 1878, that reflects the statistics of the male population in 1873.Rossenewas noted as a village with 45 households and 110 maleBulgarianinhabitants.[4]In 1905, Rosna's population consisted of 480Bulgarian Exarchists.There was a Bulgarian school in the village.[5]

A mosque in the village from the Ottoman period was turned into a small church dedicated to Saint George.[6]

Pan-Macedonian Meeting

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The local Cultural Club of Sitaria "Nei Orizondes"(New Horizons),organized for the 1st time in 2011, the Pan-Macedonian Meeting ofMacedonianFolklore Clubs. Since then, every summer musicians and dancers from all overMacedoniaand abroad (including the Pan-Macedonian Association of United States) are gathered for three days in Sitaria, playingMusic of Macedonia (Greece)and dancing. It's the world's most important festival forPro-Greek Macedonians.[7][8]This government sponsored event was created to compete with a similar event[citation needed]held in the neighboring village ofMeliti,which is organized every summer by theSlavic Macedonian minority.

References

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  1. ^"Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό"[Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ^Institute for Neohellenic Research."Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Rosna – Sitargia".Pandektis.Retrieved18 February2022.
  3. ^Croquis der westlischen Zurflüsse des oberen Wardar von J.G. von Hahn. Deukschriften der k Akad. d wissenseh. philos. histor. CIX1Bd, 1861.(in German)
  4. ^Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г., Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, с. 82-83.(in Bulgarian)
  5. ^D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, рр. 176-177.(in French)
  6. ^Stavridopoulos, Ioannis (2015).Μνημεία του άλλου: η διαχείριση της οθωμανικής πολιτιστική κληρονομιάς της Μακεδονίας από το 1912 έως σήμερα[Monuments of the other: The management of the Ottoman cultural heritage of Macedonia from 1912 until present] (Ph.D.) (in Greek). University of Ioannina. p. 280.Retrieved28 March2022.
  7. ^4th Pan-Macedonian Meeting in Sitaria, Florina, Macedonia, Greece. Paradosiako Sergiani( "Folklore Stroll" )Band
  8. ^Nice moments from the 4th Pan-Macedonian Meeting in Sitaria