Banitsa (ruins)

Steeple of bell tower at Banitsa

Banitsa (Greek: Καρυαί - Karié, Bulgarian/Macedonian:[1] Баница, Banitsa or Banica) is a deserted former village in Serres regional unit, northern Greece. Its ruins are situated some 15 km north-east of the town of Serres, near the present-day village of Oreini, on the southern slopes of the Vrontous mountains. During the Ottoman period it had a Bulgarian population.[2][3][4][5] The village was destroyed by the Greek Army during the Second Balkan War, and the population migrated to Bulgaria.[6]

Banitsa was the site of the death of the revolutionary Gotse Delchev, who was killed in a skirmish with Ottoman police forces on 4 May 1903.[7]

References

  1. ↑ Republichkata zaednica na kulturata (2005). Sovremenost: literatura, umetnost, opštestveni prašanja (53 ed.). Kočo Racin.
  2. ↑ Йордан Иванов. „Местните имена между Долна Струма и Долна Места". София, БАН, 1982, стр.20.
  3. ↑ „Македония и Одринско. Статистика на населението от 1873 г." Македонски научен институт, София, 1995, стр.116-117.
  4. ↑ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика". София, 1900, стр.176.
  5. ↑ D.M.Brancoff. "La Macédoine et sa Population Chrétienne". Paris, 1905, р.198-199.
  6. ↑ "Weekend - Към Бяло море по стъпките на Гоце - Стандарт". Retrieved 2010-10-24.
  7. ↑ Vanče Stojčev (2004). Military History of Macedonia. Skopje: Military Academy "General Mihailo Apostolski". ISBN 9989-134-05-7.

Coordinates: 41°12′N 23°37′E / 41.200°N 23.617°E / 41.200; 23.617

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