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The Ethnonym of the Vlachs in the Written Sources and the Toponymy in the Historical Region of Macedonia (11th-16th Cent.)

Places

ID Name Class Description
10525 Belasica Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the summer pasture in the mountain of Belasica, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I planina Belasica, a megja jei kako grede putь ōtь Ključa u planinu, pravo putemь na vьrhь, na Mut’nicu, na Debrěvnikь, na Ivanovo selište i na Šugovo, na Sulu, na Prěseku).
9408 Blatce Place In 1326 the Serbian King Stefan Uroš III Dečanski refused to donate the land of the Vlachs in Blatce (na Blatci) to Bishop Arsenije of Prizren and gave to him other landed property instead. In the years 1347/48 tsar Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the village of Blatce together with its Vlachs to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
10582 Borisovo Place In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Borisovo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Borisovo sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, sь voštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipuriami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, sь brodovi). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Borisovo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village Borisovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
10586 Borisovo, Summer Pasture Place In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, together with her sons donated the village of Mokrino, Mokrievo, Zubovo, Borisovo, and Gabrovo with each a summer pasture.
117974 Casalia Radicis maioris et Radicis minoris Place The King of Sicily, Charles I Anjou, issued on the 18 May 1273 a charter for the Sevastus Paulus Gropa on account of his accomplished services. Paulus Gropa obtained in the donation the control of „casalia (open settlement) Radicis maioris et Radicis minoris". Toni Filiposki assumes, that the hamlets surrounded the river Radika.
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117987 Craye Place The King of Sicily, Charles I Anjou, issued on the 18 May 1273 a charter for the Sevastus Paulus Gropa on account of his accomplished services. Paulus Gropa obtained in the donation the control of „Craye" in "valle de Ebu."
10529 Draguljevo Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the summer pasture in the mountain Ōgraždeno and Draguljevo, a former land of Stefan Hrelja Dragovol, to the Monastery of Hilandar after May 1343 (I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninьje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku, na Frugopulovь brodь, pravo uzь Vasilicu a izь Vasilice nadesno, na Veli kamenь, na hridь, prěsь putь u Glod’nь i na Bukovu rav’nь, na Ivanovь krьstь, nizь Trholjevo na Stokje, u s Kupinov’cь, na Noštenь, na Gor’nje Věino, na Šabanь, na Gaino vrěteno, na Suho borije, na Turtelju, na studen’cь, tere na Subotin’cь, na Ljubivo, putemь na Gubiněgь, na Kalugericu, na Dol’ni brodь k’ Suhimь lukamь nadь Draguljevo, na putь brěznič’ski i na Bělinь, na Črьveni brěgь, prěz rěku velimь putemь nyz’ brьdo ōbь desnu stranu něže pravo na mogilu, putemь na pronijarevo krušije, putemь na Mut’nь i prěsь putь nadesno više košarьь protosevasta Hrele gde upada Brěznica u Turiju, tere rěkomь u Stavrakь/ I planina Ōgraždeno i Draguljevo i podьplaninje sь vseju ōblastiju. I megja imь: brodь Stavrakь, niz Veliju rěku na Frugopulovь brodь, pravo uzь Vasilicu i izь Vasilice nadesno, na Veli kamenь, na hridi, prěsь putь u Glodьnь i na Bukovu rav’nь, na Ivanovь krьstь i nizь Troholjevo na Stoke, usь Kupinovьcь, na Noštenь, na Gor’nje Věino, na Šabanь, na Gaino vreteno, na Suho borije, na Tur’telju, na studenьcь, tere na Subotinьcь, na Ljubivo, putemь na Gubiněgь, na Kalugericu, na Dol’ni brodь k’ Suhimь lukamь nadь Draguljevo, na putь brězničьski i na Bělinь, na Črьveni brěgь, prěz rěku velimь putemь niz’ brьdo, ōbь desnu stranu něže pravo na mogilu, putemь na pronijarevo krušije, putemь na Mutьnь i prěsь putь nadesno gde upada Brěznica u Turiju, tere rěkōmь u Stavrakь. I si vьsa priloži protosevastь Hrelja sь milostiju kraljevьstva mi). In the year 1371 the judge Michalis Ioskules made a boundary description in the valley of the river Strumica for the Monasteries of Chilandar and Hagios Panteleimon on Mount Athos commissioned by the Serbian Despot Jovan Uglješa, wherein the summer pasture of Draguljevo is mentioned (tēn planinēn tēn Draguleban).
11656 Frugovi Vlasi Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the settlement site of Frugovi Vlasi with boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (selište Frugovi Vlasi sь megami). Because of the Vlachs using this land, the settlement site can be interpreted as a temporary settlement and not as a deserted village (as selište could suggest). Probably identical with the village Frangovo, which is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Ohrid between the years 1536 and 1539 and under the year 1583.
10590 Gabrovo (1) Place The dijakь (scribe) and anagnostь (reader or lector) Dragoje moved in the place before the field Trěblěgrьmь, which was above Gabrovo near the Belasica mountain, in order the erect a Church dedicated to the Holy Mother of God and to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel (izide dijakь anagnostь Dragoje kako estь ulezlь više Gabrova u Belasici predь Trěblěgrьmь zidati hramь prěčistee crьkvь i besplьtnihь silь Mihaila i Gabrila). At the request of Kalinik, the Bishop of Banьska (Velbužd, Kjustendil), made the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan the endowment of Dragoje exempt from various duties and allowed Dragoje live here freely with his father-in-law. Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated to Dragoje also a field Podь and another field beneath Gabrovo. The Serbian Emperor gave him the permission to settle people near the church.In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Gabrovo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Gabrovo sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, sь voštьjemь, sь vodeničjemь, sь kipuriami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, sь brodovi). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Gabrovo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Gabrovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
10594 Gabrovo (1), Summer Pasture Place In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, together with her sons donated the village of Mokrino, Mokrievo, Zubovo, Borisovo, and Gabrovo with each a summer pasture.
11670 Gjunьmino Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the donation of the village of Gjunьmino with boundaries to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (Selo Gjunьmino...sь megami).
12294 Golemo Radobil Place Golemo Radobil (also Veliko Radobilo, Veliki Radobil, Radobil) is a mountain village, located to the north-east of the town of Prilep in the upper catchment area of the river Raec. The village is to be found at an altitude of 620 meters. In the "Ethnography of the Vilayet Adrianople, Monastir and Thessalonica", which was published in Constantinople in 1878 and in which the statistics of the male population from 1873 are given, Radobil-golémo is indicated as a village in the caza Prilep with 64 households and 271 citizens. The name of the village points to the existence of Vlach population in the respective area. In Golemo Radobil there is a church dedicated to "St. Nicholas". It is a three-nave basilica with a semicircular apse in the east. It was erected in 1870. On the west side there is an open porch, built at the same time with the church. Apart from the newer church, which is located in the middle, there was an older church. At the entrance of this church there were two marble plates, and on one of them there is a Greek inscription reading "Brought from Tsarev Dab".
12353 Gopeš Place The village of Gopeš is a pre-Ottoman village in the region of Bitola. Theodor Capidan claims that the first Vlachs in Gopeš came from Moglena/Meglen in the second half of the 13th century. Some researchers claim that the village existed as a Vlach settlement as early as the start of the 14th century, though it may have been confused with another settlement of the same name in the Devol valley in Opar (Albania). G. Zuca thinks that the first Vlach settlers came to Gopeš before the mid-17th century, from Fourka near Konitsa. T. Papahagi states that the first Vlach nucleus in Gopeš came into being in the second half of the 17th century, and that these Vlachs from Moglena soon assimilated the indegenious Slavs. In the Ottoman registers of the sanjak Ohrid from 1583 15 Christian families and 19 male inhabitants are registered in Gopeš, though their names do not solve the dilemma, if these inhabitants were Vlachs or Slavs. G. Zuca writes that the original location of the village was 2-3 km south of its current location, at the place called Curia al Simu. In 1800 Gopeš reportedly had 120 houses, while 800 houses and 4,800 inhabitants were counted in 1870. In 1900 the Bulgarian Vassil Kančov registers 2,460 inhabitants in Gopeš, all Vlachs. In 2002 Gopeš had 53 houses with 0 (zero) inhabitants according to the population census conducted in the (FY) Republic of Macedonia. The village is located in mountainous terrain in the western part of the Municipality of Bitola. Between 23 and 31 December 1633 Nicio from the village of Gopeš accused some inhabitants of the village of Kutretino for robbing him and killing his friends. On 26 December 1734 a plea was sent to Sultan Mahmud I by certain Husein Bacdar to arrest the bandits Cocio Yorgo, Dimo Nano and Papa Kosta, all from Malovište, as well as the bandits Nicio Kiras and Papa Nicio from Gopeš, who robbed and killed his brother Bacdar Mustafa near the town of Prilep.
19947 Gramos Place Gramos is a remote mountain village in the municipality Nestorio (Kastoria regional unit of Macedonia, Greece). Mount Gramos, where the village of Gramos is situated, was the starting point from which a large and mainly pastoral and nomadic Vlach population ventured forth and dispersed over almost the entire central Balkan peninsula. The origins of most of the modern Grammoustians lie in the area around Mount Gramos, and more particularly the settlement of Gramos, which was once the center of quite a considerable group of Vlach settlements. The Vlach villages on Gramos flourished and declined in the course of the eighteenth century, but we cannot be certain precisely when the right conditions that gave birth to them arose. There were most probably large groups of Vlachs on the slopes of Mount Gramos as early as the tenth century, long before the Ottomans appeared, and we cannot rule out the possibility that they were there even earlier. The Vlachs who lived on the slopes of Gramos must have been part of a more widespread Vlach population which in 1020 was incorporated into the “bishopric of Breanyte, or of the Vlachs”, which was part of the archbishopric of Ohrid. Pouqueville seems to include the Vlachs of Gramos among the Dassaritae or Mesaritae. The existence of notable 16th century churches on the now abandoned sites of Vlach villages on Gramos, as also of older churches, bear witness to the presence of a considerable population on Gramos in the period before and after the Ottoman conquest. We cannot be certain that all the people who gathered in the Vlach villages on Gramos at that time were Vlachs. What is certain is that by the 17th century the Vlachs were in the majority there, and we know this because when these settlements were destroyed towards the end of the 18th century, the villages produced waves of Vlach refugees. In regards to the village of Gramos, which is sometimes regarded as a small town, it was established when a number of smaller settlements and katuns merged in the little valley where river Aliakmonas rises. In its final ekistic form, before the first great assault and collapse between 1760 and 1770, Gramos had three large districts, which were known by the names of their first or most important settlers. In the 16th century two of the districts were called Mina and Mici, while the name of the third district is unknown. Later the districts were named: The district of Hadzisteryiou, the district of Patsioura and the district of Pissiota. It is reported that in its heydays Gramos had 5000 two-storey houses, but this figure seems improbable. The booming economy of the village led to overpopulation, in terms of both livestock and people. This meant that the surplus population had to look for living space. Thus, in the 17 and 18 century, in what was a gradual process which culminated with the conflict between the Vlachd and the Arnauts in the 1760s, the Grammoustians dispersed over the entire central Balkan, where they colonized or established many villages and hut settlements, and in the early 19th century there were very few people left in Gramos. The Register for citizens in nahie Chroupichta, part of the Grand Register of Pasha Sanjak, was composed in 1568/69. The Register refer to the male citizens of Mahalle (District?) (the name of this district is unreadable in the original document) in the village of Gramos. In total, this neighbourhood had 106 male heads of families and 42 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census. Pages 142b and 143a of the same Register refer to the male citizens of Mahalle (District) Mici in the village of Gramos. In total, this neighbourhood had 63 male heads of families and 44 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census. Pages 143a, 143b and 144a of the same Register refer to the male citizens of Mahalle (District) Mina in the village of Gramos. In total, this neighbourhood had 112 male heads of families and 84 unmarried men, whose names are registered in the Census.
9271 Htětovo, Hill Plesh Place On the Hill of Pleš an argument between noblemen and ordinary people over the possession rights of the hill Pleš took place initiated by Bishop Georgii Markuš of Prizren. The Nomic's Charter occured some time before the Brebion was issued (1343-1345 or in the first half of the 1340s). A copy of the Nomic’s Charter preserved in the Land Inventory-Brebion (in original called "Brěvno matere Božije Htětovskije") of church properties of the largest landowner in Polog, the Monastery of Bogorodica Htětovska (Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo). Nomics are people who wrote documents and sometimes acted as public notaries. The Nomic's Charter occured some time, before the Brebion (1343-1345 or in the first half of the 1340s) was issued.
116123 Iflak Place Iflak, or Vlae, was a village in Skopje Vilayet. Today it is a neighbourhood in the city of Skopje. In the Defter for the regions of Skopje and Tetovo, created between 1452 and 1455, Iflak/Vlae is a village with 13 male heads of families and 8 unmarried men. The names of the inhabitants are predominantly of Slavic origin (Dushan, Stanisha, Branko, Mirko, Vladislav, Miloslav). However, some names (Vlaho, Petru, Vlayko) could imply Vlach origins.
113138 Ipsoder Place Ipsoder (Pisoderi) is a mountain village in Florina regional unit. It is one of the oldest existing Vlach villages in Macedonia, with close links with the Vlach villages on Gramos and around Moscopole. Pissoderi most likely predated the Ottoman conquest. Just like the Vlach settlements alongside Pindos, or the nearby Kleisoura and Nevesca inMacedonia, Pissoderi too developed and evolved on or near major mountain passes. Pissoderi is on the Vigla pass, a branch of the via Egnatia linking the Korce plateau with Florina and the Pelagonian plain. In the 1481 census for nahie Florina, Ipsoder had 12 households. Some of the names in this census imply Slavic influence in the village. In 1900 Vassil Kanchov registers 750 inhabitants in Pisoder, all of them Vlachs. Three documents from the Court in Bitola: Page 31b of Document 2 from Sicil 28 writen on 9 Jumada al-thani 1106 (January 25, 1695); Page 49b of Document 2 from Sicil 28 writen in the third decade of Rabi al-thani 1105 (between 20-28 December 1693); and Page 49b of Document 3 from Sicil 28 writen in the third decade of Jumada al-awwal (between 18-27 January 1694). All three documents are orders sent to the kadis in Kastoria, Florina, Ostrovo, Bitola, Bihlishte and Prespa, who are informed that 80 bandits attacked the home of Aliya in Yasikoy near Komotini in Western Thrace, and they are ordered to catch the bandits. The bandits, around 80, attacked the house of Aliya in Yesikoy, they killed his father Hasan, his brother Hussein and a female slave, robbing 4,000 golden coins, 33 bags full of silver coins and other stuff. The bandits were led by certain Ioan Karakash Papazoglou from Nymphaio. The others in the band came from Kleisoura, Nymphaio and Pisoder. By January 25, 1695, the authorities arrested 5 of these bandits, while the others were hiding in Nikolitsa, Nymphaio, Kleisoura and Gramatikovo. Considering that a century later all named villages were predominantly Vlach, it is probable that the band that made the above mentioned attack was consisted of Vlach bandits.
116147 Ivlahlar Place The village of Vlahlar/Ivlahlar was situated in the vilayet Gorni Debar. Its current name is Evla in the municipality of Centar Župa (Republic of North Macedonia). Today the village is abandoned. In the Census of 1466/67, the village is registered as Ivlahlar, with only one family. In the Census from 1583 of Sancak Ohrid, the village is registered under the name Vlah, in nahie Zhupa, with 15 Christian families. The Defter for nahie Zhupa in Sancak of Ohrid, written in 1583, indicated that the village Vlah, or Iflah, in nahie Zhupa, had 10 male heads of families and 5 unmarried men. All the inhabitants were Christian.
116293 Ivlasik Place The village of Ivlasik/Vlasiki was situated in the vilayet Gorni Debar. Its current name is Vlasikji in the municipality of Centar Župa (Republic of North Macedonia). At the beginning of the 20th century, Vassil Kanchov registered 65 inhabitants, 10 of which were Bulgarian and 55 Muslim. Today the village is abandoned. In the Census of 1466/67, the village is registered as Ivlasik, with only one family. The head of this family is Nikola Vlasik, who may have given the name to the village. In the Census from 1583 of Sancak Ohrid, the village is registered under the name Vlasik, in nahie Zhupa, with 13 Christian families.
116140 Ivlașin Place Ivlașin/Vlashino was a village in Vilayet-I Koprulu (Veles). Its location is unknown. The data for this village is extracted from the Census conducted during Sultan Murad II’s reign (1421-1451). The census was completed before 1440. In the list of villages in this vilayet, Ivlașin follows after the village of Teovo, which is an existing village in Municipality Chashka, region Azot, in the Republic of North Macedonia, and is followed by another inexisting village. Ivlașin is registered as a village with 18 male heads of families and 3 widows. The inhabitants are Christian.
9338 Katun Běloglavci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Běloglavci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9333 Katun Capar'ci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Capar'ci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9343 Katun Flokov'ci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Flokov'ci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9304 Katun Ginov'ci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Ginov'ci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9348 Katun Gonov'ci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Gonov'ci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9323 Katun Magjer'ci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Magjer'ci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9318 Katun Novaci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Novaci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9328 Katun Črьnьča Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Črьnьča to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
9313 Katun Špinadin'ci Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated amongst nine other Albanian katuns the katun Špinadin'ci to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel near Prizren.
23918 Kleisoura Place Kleisoura is a mountain village in the municipality Kastoria in Greece. Local traditions relate that it was established at the end of the 15th century by the Vlach inhabitants of 5 small agricultural and pastoral communities lower down and not far away. If that is indeed the case, then the census of nahie Florina from 1481, where 67 male heads of families and 3 widows are registered, is showing us the people who founded the village. Judging by the names of the registered villagers, the inhabitants were of mixed Vlach and Slavic origins, with 3 muslims or islamicised heads of families. Pressure from the Konyar Turks seems to have been the basic reason for this relocation, though the new village seems to have been established with a special permission of the Ottoman authorities, gained with the help of one of the local men, who was apparently in the service of the Sublime Porte. . This suggests that Vlachs may have been living in the area of these two villages since as early as Byzantine times. In late 17th century, the inhabitants of Kleisoura were in all probability Vlachs, which is shown by their connections with the other Vlach villages in West Macedonia, Gramos, Epirus and Albania. In 1900 Vassil Kanchov registers 3400 inhabitants in Kleisoura, all of them Vlachs. Three documents from the Court in Bitola between 1693 and 1695 were sent to the kadis in Kastoria, Florina, Ostrovo, Bitola, Bihlishte and Prespa, who are informed that 80 bandits attacked the home of Aliya in Yasikoy near Komotini in Western Thrace, and they are ordered to catch the bandits. The bandits, around 80, attacked the house of Aliya in Yesikoy, they killed his father Hasan, his brother Hussein and a female slave, robbing 4,000 golden coins, 33 bags full of silver coins and other stuff. The bandits were led by certain Ioan Karakash Papazoglou from Nymphaio. The others in the band came from Kleisoura, Nymphaio and Pisoder. By January 25, 1695, the authorities arrested 5 of these bandits, while the others were hiding in Nikolitsa, Nymphaio, Kleisoura and Gramatikovo.
12280 Klisura Place The city itself played a major role in a strategic position, and by the end of the IX century the Bulgarians took over this territory from Byzantium. Later this space falls under the power of Tsar Samuil and then again under Byzantium.The former city settlement is determined by walls, and it is naturally protected on the south side. In the Roman part of the city, remains of sewage, ceramics, glass, etc. are discovered. In this area later a church was built which probably dates back to the IX - X century, at the time when the Slavs received Christianity. Judging by the found graves and the grave findings, the church was in use until the 15th century when it was demolished and abandoned. The region of Demir Kapija (turkish name for Black Gate) as a prominent strategic place was the seat of many cultures.
10515 Konče Place The Church of Saint Stefan in the village of Konče was built and given together with a summer pasture (planina) by the Vojvod Nikola Stanjević to the Monastery of Chelandariu and 1366 confirmed by Emperor Stefan Uroš V.
10519 Konče, Church of Saint Stefan Place The Church of Saint Stefan in the village of Konče was erected by the Vojvod Nikola Stanjević. He granted the church to the Hilandar Monastery. The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš V. confirmed the donation of Nikola to the Hilandar Monastery (priloži i da mu potpiše carьstvo mi materi Bōžijei hilandarьskōi crьkьvь u Kon’či Svetago Stěfana što si jestь sьzidalь svoimь trudōm i ōtkupumь u svojei baštině zapisanoi, što mu jestь zapisalь i utvrьdilь roditelь carьstva mi, u baštinu do věki, svetopočivьši carь).
10517 Konče, Summer Pasture Place The Church of Saint Stefan in the village of Konče was built and given together with a summer pasture (planina) by the Vojvod Nikola Sanjević to the Monastery of Chelandariu and 1366 confirmed by Emperor Stefan Uroš V.
112059 Magarevo Place Magarevo is a village in the region of Bitola. The Vlach character of the village was given after the exoduses of 1769, when Vlachs from Moscopole, Gramos, Linitopi, Niculitsa and other parts of Epirus and Albania settled in kaza Bitola. Most researchers agree that until the Vlachs settled in Magarevo in late 18th century, the village was inhabited by a small number of Slavonic-speaking Christians. However, data from Ottoman defters and court registers suggest that there might have been Vlachs living in Magarevo as early as 1638. Documents from 1623 show that there were also some Muslims (Turks or Albanians) living in Magarevo. By the end of the 19th century, Magarevo was an exclusively Vlach village. In 1900, the Bulgarian Vassil Kanchov registers 2,400 inhabitants in Magarevo, all Vlachs. It is likely that some of the Slavonic speaking inhabitants of Magarevo were gradually assimilated by the more numerous Vlachs. In this context, we can mention the prominent Vlach family from Magarevo, the Mano family, which had its businesses in Pest. However, members of the Mano family in Magarevo are mentioned in 1640, when the village was predominantly Slavic. In the 2002 population census conducted in the Republic of Macedonia, Magarevo had 87 inhabitants, 62 of which were Macedonian, while only 24 were Vlach. Page No. 38a in Document 5 of Sicil No. 6 of Bitola Court was created in 1640. It is consisted of a statement by the villagers from Magarevo, who give their guarantees that the former bandit Loshan from Magarevo will no longer be a robber, because he became a martolos (local security force of the Ottoman Empire in the Balkans, active between 15-17 centuries, initially constituted out of the local Christians) Bitola Court from February 17, 1641, is consisted of a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola. In it, Magarevo is listed as a village with 55 houses.
11693 Malovište Place The village of Malovište is a traditional Vlach village from the pre-Ottoman period. During the Ottoman era the village is predominantly Vlach. Even in the 21st century the Vlachs form the majority of the population. Between 10 and 24 July 1622 Dervish Bay, sipahi of the village Gramos in the region of Argos Orestiko, declared: “I ask for a muhzir (court courier) to bring in front of this court Ghin, the ironmonger Kolcio, the priest Hristo, Doke Kuyunci, Nikola Ghin, Fote Lazo and other villagers from Gramos who now reside in Malovište, kaza Bitola, in order to pay the ispence (land tax levied on non-Muslims)”. In return, the mentioned villagers declared: “We will not go to court. Instead, we will kill you with stones and escape to the mountains.”. Between 30 August and 8 September 1639 it is stated in the Court Registers of Bitola that three Jews from Bitola accused the residents of Malovište for kidnapping the Jews Haim, Isaak and Haim from Bitola. Malovište is mentioned in a list of Christian villages in the region of Bitola from 26 December 1639 to 14 December 1640 with its number of houses (namely 55). In 1658 a bandit named Mishe, was convicted by the court in Bitola. Following the accusation that he is “a bandit who attempted to start a rebellion in the Empire”, Mishe admitted that he was “a bandit who attacked many places and robbed them”. Since Mishe was from the village of Malovište, it is highly probable that he was of Vlach descent. In May 1707 the Divan of Rumeli ordered the kadi of Bitola to catch, arrest, tie and send the villagers Dimo, Nicio and Volkan from Malovište, sons of Niko and Ianciur, to the Divan of Rumeli. In July 1709 a woman called Sora from the village of Malovište accused the bandit Ivan for killing and robbing her son Dimo. The Court in Bitola convicted Ivan. In November 1721 Dimo Pagor, Tane Simo, Kosta Petko, Cocio Dudu, Neto Kuyunci, Cocio Gogo, Simo son of Pancio, Yoryi Cioshcu, Hristu Papas, Kosta Papu, Edamo Iano and other inhabitants from the village of Malovište guaranteed for each other and they made a commitment to chase and catch bandits as well as to bring them to the Sharia. In May 1729 a plea is sent to Sultan Ahmed III to arrest the Christians Ludo Malo and Kudo Ludo for killing Haji Halil. In December 1734 a plea was sent by Husein Bacdar to the Ottoman Sultan Mahmud I to arrest the bandits Cocio Yorgo, Dimo Nano and Papa Kosta, all from Malovište, as well as the bandits Nicio Kiras and Papa Nicio from Gopeš, who had robbed and killed Husein Bacdar near the town of Prilep. Between 5 June and 3 July 1742 a list was composed consisting of all the names of the villagers from the nahiye Demir Hisar and Gyavato, assigned to chase and to arrest outlaws in the mentioned nahiye.
10833 Melnik Place On 8 March 1350 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued a charter in Melnik for the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Jerusalem.
10835 Melnik, Summer Pastures Place The Byzantine emperors Andronikos II, Michael IX, Andronikos III and Ioannes V Palaiologos donated and confirmed between 1319 and 1342 several summer pastures to the Monasteries of Chilandar and Zographu on Mount Athos. These summer pastures are called Matzista, Hagios Demetrios Pterotos, Lakteba and Tzerkbista in the respective sources (1319: hē peri ton Melenikon dēmosiakē planēnē hē Matzista syn tē tu Hagiu Dēmētriu tu Pterōtu kalumenē; 1321: hē peri ton Melenikon planēnē hē Matista; 1327: tēn peri ton Melenikon eis ta Lestia dēmosiakēn planēnēn tēn Lakteban; 1328: anti tēs planēnēs tēs legomenēs Laktebas tēs katechomenēs para tōn dēlōthentōn monachōn epilabesthai kai katechein to meros autōn tēn peri ton topon tu Meleniku dēmosiakēn heteran planēnēn tēn legomenēn Tzerkbistan; 1342: peri ton Melenikon dēmosiakēs planēnēs tēs hutō kalumenēs Laktebas […] tēn peri ton auton topon ton Melenikon heteran dēmosiakēn planēnēn tēn legomenēn Tzerkbēstan). The Serbian emperor Stefan Uroš V confirmed in 1356 a donation of the church of Saint Nikola and an unnamed summer pasture to the Metropolitan of Melnik (Svetago Nikoli Čudotvor’ca Stožьskoga u Mělnicě u gradu s planinomь).
10566 Mokrievo Place The village Mokrievo is mentioned in course of the boundary delimitation of the land around the church of the priest Simon Prьkja and of the land, which belonged to Laskar Siderofag and Tutko. The litigants (Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos) were settled by the arbitration-comitee summoned by the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš in 1375/1376 (i okolo crkve od Krьnače vode polovinu i nizь rěčište Krьnaču do više Makrieva tere na kamenь gde putь ulazi u Gabrь). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Mokrievo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, river and fords and the land of Tutko and Siderofajev to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Makrijevo sinoromь, sь planinomь, zь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, s voštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipurijami, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, sь rekomь, zь brodovi, i zemlju Tutkovu i zemlju Sideropsajevu). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the settlement site Mokrievo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Mokrievo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in 1519 and in 1573.
10570 Mokrievo, Summer Pasture Place In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, together with her sons donated the village of Mokrino, Mokrievo, Zubovo, Borisovo, and Gabrovo with each a summer pasture.
10558 Mokrino Place The village Mokrino is mentioned in course of the boundary delimitation of the land around the church of the priest Simon Prьkja and of the land, which belonged to Laskar Siderofag and Tutko. The litigants (Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos) were settled by the arbitration-comitee summoned by the Serbian Despot Konstantin Dragaš in 1375/1376 (i prězь Gabrь prěkim putem koi grede u Mokrane). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Mokrino with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, vineyards, fruit trees, watermill, vegetable gardens, field, meadow, hunting grounds, fords, river and the land of Ljenьdin, which was added to Mokrino by the Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan, to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Mokrani sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь vinogradi, sь ovoštьjemь, sь vodeničьjemь, sь kipuriamy, sь poljemь, sь lugomь, sь lovišti, zь brodovi, sь rekomь, i što jestь priložilь carь Stefanь zemlju Ljenьdinovu kь Mokranomь). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Mokrino to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The vilage of Mokrino is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in 1519 and 1573.
10562 Mokrino, Summer Pasture Place In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, together with her sons donated the village of Mokrino, Mokrievo, Zubovo, Borisovo, and Gabrovo with each a summer pasture.
10657 Monastery of Chilandar Place In the period from January until April 1348 the Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) issued a charter for the Monastery of Chilandar on the Holy Mount Athos in the monastery itself.
10710 Monastery of Iberon Place The former Georgian Monastery which is now under Greek administration.
10785 Monastery of Saint Panteleimon Place The Monastery of Saint Panteleimon was founded in the 10th century and is nowadays a Russian-Orthodox Monastery on Mount Athos.
11788 Monastery of St. John (Ivan) of Rila Place The Bulgarian Tsar Ivan III Šišman (reigned 1371-1395) issued a charter, the so-called "Rilska gramota", for the Monastery of St. John (Ivan) of Rila on 21 September 1378. Therein, he confirmed existing possessions and donated new ones as well as privileges to the monastery. It seems that Vlach population was living in the surrounding area of the monastery, since the Bulgarian Tsar is stating that none of the "primikjuri" ("primićuri") shall exercise power over the population belonging to the monastery. The "primikjur" or "primićur" was the head of a "katun" (a temporary Vlach settlement), which points to the existence of pastoral economy (and possibly Vlach population) in the area.
15079 Mušutišta, the Church of the Mother of God (Hodegetria) Place The church of the Virgin Hodegetria near the village Mušutišta was erected in 1314/1315 as the endowment of the grand kaznac Jovan Dragoslav, his wife Jelena, his son Staniša and his daughter Annna (Poče se: i sьzda se: božьstvьni, i vsečstnii hramь prěčistie vladičice naše bogorodice ōdigitrie: is temelna va dan prěvisokago kralě Uroša sь trudomь i sь pospešeniemь Iōvana velikago kaznca Dragoslava sь Elenomь sь podružjemь svoimь i Stanišomь synomь si i sь Anomь dьšteriju si vь lěto 6823 endikta 20). The Serbian emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the church of the Virgin Hodegetria near the village of Mušutišta to the to the Monastery of the Holy Archangels in Prizren (Selo M’šutišta i sь crьkvami Svetomь Bogorodicomь i Svetymь Symeōnomь, sь zemlomь, i s vinogrady, i sь vokijemь, i črьnicami, i sь mliny). It was a Church of a developed cross-in-square plan with a dome built in alternating rows of stone and brick (with the recognizable features of the ecclesiastical architecture of Thessaloniki), and was fresco decorated. Unfortunately, the Church was completely ruined by Albanian extremists in 1999.
9297 Nanov Dol, Mountain Place From the time of the issue of the Htětovo Charter the Mountain (pasture) Nanov Dol was prohibited to Vlachs, Albanians and the travničar (the state pasture tax collector) (I vidě kraljevьstvo mi crьkьvь Svetuju Bogorodicu Htětovьsku ne imuštu planine, i priložihь planinu Nanovь Dolь sь vsěmi megami ōkolʼnimi, da ju ima svetaja crьkьvy, i da ne meteha nikto ōtь vladuštihь kraljevьstva mi, ni travʼničar, ni Arʼbanasinь, ni vlahь. Kto li se naide zabavljaje na toi planině da plati kraljevьstvu mi 300 perperь). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan issued a charter to the Monastery of Bogorodica Htetovska (Monastery of the Holy Virgin in Htětovo), also known as the Htětovo’s Charter, between 24 September 1343 and 15 October 1345. The terminus ante quem seems to be the year 1345, when Stefan Dušan had already started to use the title “Master of almost the entire Empire of Romania”, and as terminus post quem the period after the autumn of 1343, when Stefan Dušan had started to use the title “Master and/or King of Greek lands” for the first time.
113005 Nevesca Place evesca (Nymfaio) is a mountain village in the municipality Amyntaio in Florina regional unit in Greece. Local traditions relate that Nymfaio was established by the Vlach inhabitants of a settlement named Iordana, near Lake Zazari and Lake Himaditida. Pressure from the Ottomans forced the inhabitants of this lowland settlement to seek a safer location on mount Vitsi, where they establishd a new settlement named Niviasta. The relocation may have been connected with, or precipitated by, the mass arrival of Konyar Turks in the low lands of what is now Ptolemaida. The first mention of the village, under the name Nevesca, is in the Ottoman defter (census for nahie Florina) from 1481, where 6 families are registered. Judging by some of the names of the registered villagers (like Gon or Arnaut) it is possible that at least some of the inhabitants in 1481 were Albanian. In the Ottoman defter for Florina in 1626-1627, Nevesca is a village with 94 families. Around 1630, the village became a center of silversmithing. Before the exoduses of the Vlachs from Gramos and Moscopole around 1769, Nevesca was already predominantly Vlach. In the 19 century it is a flourishing Vlach village. In 1900 Vassil Kanchov registers 2,300 inhabitants in Nevesca, all of them Vlachs. Between 1693-1695 orders were sent to the kadis in Kastoria, Florina, Ostrovo, Bitola, Bihlishte and Prespa, who are informed that 80 bandits attacked the home of Aliya in Yasikoy near Komotini in Western Thrace, and they are ordered to catch the bandits. The bandits, around 80, attacked the house of Aliya in Yesikoy, they killed his father Hasan, his brother Hussein and a female slave, robbing 4,000 golden coins, 33 bags full of silver coins and other stuff. The bandits were led by certain Ioan Karakash Papazoglou from Nymphaio. The others in the band came from Kleisoura, Nymphaio and Pisoder. By January 25, 1695, the authorities arrested 5 of these bandits, while the others were hiding in Nikolitsa, Nymphaio, Kleisoura and Gramatikovo. Considering that a century later all named villages were predominantly Vlach, it is probable that the band that made the above mentioned attack was consisted of Vlach bandits.
15386 Rodokali Place The Sevastokrator called Kerьsakь donated the village of Rodokali with hamlets and all rights to the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid. The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed the endowment done by Kerьsakь in the charter for the Church of the Holy Mother of God Peribleptos in Ohrid (I kako prihodi vseōsvešteni jepiskopь Děvolьski kirь Gligori i uspomenu mi kako jestь priložilь prěljubovni vlastelinь kraljevstva mi sevastokratorь Kerьsakь selo Rodokali, i sь zaselьci i sь vsěmi pravinami sela toga crьkvi Periblepьtu, monastiru kralevstva mi i kraličinu. I kralevstvo mi zapisa i utvrьdi, jako da jestь tvrьdo i nerazorimo do věka i da jestь otь crьkve neotiemlemo do dni i do věka). The village of Rodokali is registered in the Defter for the Nahija Mokra under the year 1583.
117984 Sirclani Place The King of Sicily, Charles I Anjou, issued on the 18 May 1273 a charter for the Sevastus Paulus Gropa on account of his accomplished services. Paulus Gropa obtained in the donation the control of „Sirclani" in "valle de Ebu."
10542 Summer Pasture Hagioi Theodoroi Place The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan (reigned 1331-1355) donated the summer pasture called Hagioi Theodoroi, which cannot be localised with certainty, to the Monastery of Iviron. The context in the written source suggests that the summer pasture lay in the vicinity of Veljusa. The Byzantine Emperor John V Palaiologos (reigned 1341-1391) donated the same summer pasture to the Monastery of Iviron in 1357.
10523 Summer Pasture Ogražden Place Stefan Hrelja Dravovol donated the Summer Pasture called Ogražden (probably near the town of Strumica) to the Monastery of Chelandariu. Stefan Uros IV Dusan donated the Summer Pasture called Ogražden in 1336 to the Monastery of Chelandariu. In 1340/41 the Byzantine Emperor Andronikos III Palaiologos confirmed the donation of the Summer Pasture called Ogražden to the Monastery of Chelandariu.
10538 Veljusa, Metochion Theotokos Eleusa Place The Serbian Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated the Metochion of the Mother of God Eleusa together with a unlocalised summer pasture called Hagioi Theodoroi to the Monastery of Iberon.
116130 Vlah Place The village Vlah (registered as Iflah or Ulah) is an abandoned village. The location of this village is unknown. We know that it was in nahie Biglichta, near the village of Agios Georgios, which was near the village of Kosinec. Since Agios Georgios’ location is unknown, while Kosinec is now called Ieropigi (Kastoria region in Greece, 25 km north-west of Kastoria, and 3 km from the Greek-Albanian border) and there is a monastery named Agios Georgios near Kosinec (on the south-east of the village), we can assume that the village of Vlah was nearby. In the census for nahie Biglichta 1568/69, 6 married men (Miho Div, Petri Nicola, Yanko Miro, Miro Kole, Tiho Yacio, Velko Koyo) and 5 unmarried men (Peio Miho, Mekshi Miro, Tiho Miro, Petcu Velcu, Atanas Yacio) lived in the village Vlah/Iflah/Ulah.
116199 Vlahishta Place Vlahishta was a village in vilayet Keşişlik (today in Serres regional unit in Central Macedonia, Greece). The precise location of the village is unknown. In the Defter of 1476, the village is registered between the villages Shipchani (today called Taxiarches in Drama regional unit in Greece) and Zdravik (current name Draviskos, in Nea Zichni municipality in Serres regional unit in Greece).
12324 Zabel Monastery Place The church of the monastery (katholikon) was built between 1852 and 1856 on the foundations of an old church, which was erected in 1330. Тhe church of the monastery is dedicated to the Dormition of the Holy Mother of God (Uspenie na Bogorodica or Golema Bogorodica). The katholikon has three naves, a central eight-sided dome and a five-sided apse in the East (with entrances in the West, South and North). The name of the monastery comes from the medieval Serbian term for uncultivated land (zabel). The place, where the monastery is located, is in the triangle between the villages Nikuljane, Staro Nagoričane and Čelopek.
117990 Zessizan Place The King of Sicily, Charles I Anjou, issued on the 18 May 1273 a charter for the Sevastus Paulus Gropa on account of his accomplished services. Paulus Gropa obtained in the donation the control of „Zessizan" in "valle de Ebu."
117981 Zuadigoriza Place The King of Sicily, Charles I Anjou, issued on the 18 May 1273 a charter for the Sevastus Paulus Gropa on account of his accomplished services. Paulus Gropa obtained in the donation the control of „Zuadigoriza" in "valle de Ebu".
10574 Zubovo Place Nine old men, who bore witness to the decision of the arbritation-comitee in the case of the land dispute between the Hilandar Monastery and the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos in 1375/1376, came from the village Zubovo (A se imena starinnikov: popь Davidь, Zaharija, Sěno, Dobromirь, Peso, Drьmešь, Hrьsь, Hohoje, Draganь iz Ubova). In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, donated together with her sons the village of Zubovo with boundaries, summer pasture, mountain, and field to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on Mount Athos (Selo Zubovce sь sinoromь, sь planinomь, sь brьdomь, sь poljemь i sь vsemь ottesomь što si jestь imalo). The Serbian Despot Jovan Dragaš and his brother Konstantin Dragaš confirmed after 1376/1377 the donation of the village Zubovo to the Monastery Hagios Panteleemon on the Holy Mount Athos (I prьvo selo Mokrane, i selište Crьkvišta, i selište Makrijevo, i selo Borisovo, i selo Zubovo, i selo Gabrovo, i selo Napodu). The village of Zubovo is registered in the Defters for the Nahiya Strumica in the year 1519 and 1573.
10578 Zubovo, Summer Pasture Place In 1376/77 the mother of the Serbian Despots Jovan and Konstantin Dragaš, Evdokija, together with her sons donated the village of Mokrino, Mokrievo, Zubovo, Borisovo, and Gabrovo with each a summer pasture.
10608 Štip Place The town of Štip is mentioned in the foundation inscription of the monastery of Lesnovo by the Serbian Despot Jovan Oliver in the year 1341(u štipě). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated several estates of Stefan Hralja Dragovol to the Monastery of Hilandar after 1343. Among them were 50 houses in Štip with all rights, bought property, vineyards, watermills and the marketplace (U gradu 50 kukьь...I trgь u Štipu/U gradu Štipu, u amboriju stasь paričkihь 50 sь všemi pravinami i kuplenicami, sь nivьjemь i vinogradi i vodenicami i těm’ge amboriju trьgь). The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan confirmed in 1348, that the Monastery Hilandar was in possession of the Church of the Holy Archangel and 50 place with people, rights, watermills and vineyards in Štip (U Štipu crьkovь Arhangelь i u gradu 50 stasi sь ljudmi i sь pravinami i sь voděnicami i sь vinogradi). Emperor Stefan Dušan donated the town of Štip to the Monastery of Lesnovo (ѹ градѹ Щипѹ). Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan gives the church of Saint John the Baptist (Sveti Ioan Krьstitelja) and several subjects, a Serb (Dragoslavь Srьblinь) an Albanian (Ginь Arbanasinь) and two Vlachs (Manoo Vlahь and Dragoslavь Vlahь) to the nobleman IVanko Probištitivoić. In the year 1381, the Serbian noblemen Konstantin Dragaš donated the town of Štip to the Monastery of Chilandar (И у граду Штипу).
10612 Štip, Church of Saint John the Baptist Place Emperor Stefan Uroš IV Dušan gives the church of Saint John the Baptist (Sveti Ioan Krьstitelja) and several subjects, a Serb (Dragoslavь Srьblinь) an Albanian (Ginь Arbanasinь) and two Vlachs (Manoo Vlahь and Dragoslavь Vlahь) to the nobleman IVanko Probištitivoić.
9291 Žeden, Winter Pasture Place The Serbian King Stefan Uroš IV Dušan donated together with his son, the Young King (mlad kralь) Uroš, the winter pasture of Žeden to the Archimandry in Htětovo (I zabělь kraljevьstva mi Žed'nь priložihь Svetoi Bogorodici Htětovьskoi da si ima zimovišta kobilamь i ōv'camь).