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'''Dolna Gorica''' ({{lang-sq|Dollna Goricë}}, [[Bulgarian language|Bulgarian]]/[[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]: Долна Горица), formerly '''Goricë e Vogël''', is a village on the western shore of [[Lake Prespa]] in the [[Pustec Municipality]] which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone<ref>https://minorityrights.org/minorities/macedonians/</ref> located in the [[Korçë County]] in [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reformaterritoriale.al/images/presentations/Ligji%20ndarja%20territoriale_Fletore_zyrtare.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924085559/http://www.reformaterritoriale.al/images/presentations/Ligji%20ndarja%20territoriale_Fletore_zyrtare.pdf |archive-date=2015-09-24|dead-url=no}}</ref> According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are [[Bulgarians in Albania|Bulgarians]].<ref>[http://www.mni.bg/2017/11/selishta-v-mala-prespa.html Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.]</ref><ref>Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, 2005, №1-3, с. 113-129 (Pashova, Anastasija. Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balcanistic forum, 2005, issue No: 1-3, pp. 113-129.)</ref>
'''Dollna Goricë''' ({{lang-sq|Dollna Gorica}}, [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]] : Долна Горица), formerly '''Goricë e Vogël''', is a village on the western shore of [[Lake Prespa]] in the [[Pustec Municipality]] which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://minorityrights.org/minorities/macedonians/|title = Macedonians|date = 19 June 2015}}</ref> located in the [[Korçë County]] in [[Albania]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.vendime.al/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/137-2014.pdf |title=Law nr. 115/2014 |language=sq |pages=6372–6373|access-date=25 February 2022 }}</ref>


==History==
==History==
A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents.<ref>[http://www.vmro-rousse.hit.bg/bulgarite_po_sveta/Albania.html Българите в Албания I част] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709162720/http://vmro-rousse.hit.bg/bulgarite_po_sveta/Albania.html |date=2009-07-09 }}</ref> In 1900, [[Vasil Kanchov]] gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Dolna Goritsa was inhabited by about 42 Bulgarian Christians.<ref>[http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_36.htm Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр. 242. (Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, p. 242]. Accessed 13 May 2018 (in Bulgarian)</ref>
A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents.<ref>[http://www.vmro-rousse.hit.bg/bulgarite_po_sveta/Albania.html Българите в Албания I част] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709162720/http://vmro-rousse.hit.bg/bulgarite_po_sveta/Albania.html |date=2009-07-09 }}</ref>{{bcn|date=June 2024}} In 1900, [[Vasil Kanchov]] gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Dolna Goritsa was inhabited by about 42 Bulgarian Christians.<ref>[http://www.promacedonia.org/vk/vk_2_36.htm Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр. 242. (Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, p. 242]. Accessed 13 May 2018 (in Bulgarian)</ref>


In February 1996, the village hosted a conference attended by officials from the [[Republic of Macedonia]] on the subject of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Albania.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vickers|first1=Miranada|last2=Pettifer|first2=James|title=Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEwo1qeK8fQC&pg=PA315&lpg=PA315&dq=dolna+gorica&source=bl&ots=QDfv3rNwgn&sig=U7kGH2StkgglcCQKdV_rCo3Vsr4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=kt1vU_S8KpSmyAS4tIKoAw&ved=0CFoQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=dolna%20gorica&f=false|accessdate=11 May 2014|year=2000|publisher=New York University Press|location=New York, NY|page=205}}</ref> In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Vogël" to "Dolna Gorica".<ref name="IA">{{cite news|url=http://arkivamediatike.com/lajme/artikull/iden/1047358646/titulli/Pas-Pustecit-edhe-7-fshatra-te-Korces-me-emertime-maqedonase|title=Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Info Arkiv|language=Albanian|accessdate=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://archive.is/20140805065450/http://arkivamediatike.com/lajme/artikull/iden/1047358646/titulli/Pas-Pustecit-edhe-7-fshatra-te-Korces-me-emertime-maqedonase|archive-date=2014-08-05|dead-url=yes|df=}}</ref>
In February 1996, the village hosted a conference attended by officials from the [[Republic of Macedonia]] on the subject of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Albania.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Vickers|first1=Miranada|last2=Pettifer|first2=James|title=Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uEwo1qeK8fQC&q=dolna+gorica&pg=PA315|accessdate=11 May 2014|year=2000|publisher=New York University Press|location=New York, NY|page=205|isbn=9780814788059}}</ref> In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Vogël" to "Dolna Gorica".<ref name="IA">{{cite news|url=http://arkivamediatike.com/lajme/artikull/iden/1047358646/titulli/Pas-Pustecit-edhe-7-fshatra-te-Korces-me-emertime-maqedonase|title=Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase|date=17 April 2013|publisher=Info Arkiv|language=Albanian|accessdate=29 July 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140805065450/http://arkivamediatike.com/lajme/artikull/iden/1047358646/titulli/Pas-Pustecit-edhe-7-fshatra-te-Korces-me-emertime-maqedonase|archive-date=2014-08-05|url-status=dead}}</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==
A 2007 estimate put the village's population at 550.<ref>[http://www.mni.bg/2017/11/selishta-v-mala-prespa.html Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр. 135.]</ref>
A 2007 estimate put the village's population at 550.<ref>[http://www.mni.bg/2017/11/selishta-v-mala-prespa.html Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр. 135.]</ref> According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are [[Bulgarians in Albania|Bulgarians]].<ref>[http://www.mni.bg/2017/11/selishta-v-mala-prespa.html Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.]</ref><ref>Пашова, Анастасия. Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, 2005, №1-3, с. 113-129 (Pashova, Anastasija. Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balcanistic forum, 2005, issue No: 1-3, pp. 113-129.)</ref>


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[[File:Dolna Gorica – bilingual sign 1.jpg|thumb|left| Bilingual sign in Dolna Gorica, written in both [[Macedonian Language| Macedonian]] and [[Albanian Language | Albanian]]]]
[[File:Dolna Gorica – bilingual sign 1.jpg|thumb|left| Bilingual sign in Dolna Gorica, written in both [[Macedonian Language|Macedonian]] and [[Albanian Language|Albanian]]]]

==Culture==
==Culture==
In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.<ref name="Culture">{{cite web|url=http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=2245|title="The Temple of the Book" – Window towards the Fatherland|date=4 March 2002|publisher=Culture.in.mk|accessdate=11 May 2014|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220157/http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=2245|archivedate=12 May 2014|df=}}</ref>
In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.<ref name="Culture">{{cite web|url=http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=2245|title="The Temple of the Book" – Window towards the Fatherland|date=4 March 2002|publisher=Culture.in.mk|accessdate=11 May 2014|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512220157/http://www.culture.in.mk/story.asp?id=2245|archivedate=12 May 2014}}</ref>


A monument commemorating the ethnic Macedonian [[Refugees of the Greek Civil War#Exodus of Macedonians from Greece|refugees of the Greek Civil War]] was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.<ref name="Janevska">{{cite news|url=http://kanal5.com.mk/vesti_detail.asp?ID=6344|title=Во село Горица поставен споменик за егзодусот на македонските бегалци|last=Janevska|first=Ubavka|date=7 May 2013|work=Kanal 5|language=Macedonian|accessdate=12 May 2014}}</ref>
A monument commemorating the ethnic Macedonian [[Refugees of the Greek Civil War#Exodus of Macedonians from Greece|refugees of the Greek Civil War]] was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.<ref name="Janevska">{{cite news|url=http://kanal5.com.mk/vesti_detail.asp?ID=6344|title=Во село Горица поставен споменик за егзодусот на македонските бегалци|last=Janevska|first=Ubavka|date=7 May 2013|work=Kanal 5|language=Macedonian|accessdate=12 May 2014}}</ref>


Dolna Gorica is home to the annual "Day of Wine" event, occurring each December.<ref name="Lider">{{cite news|url=http://lider.mk/2013/12/23/mala-prespa-organizira-manifestacija-den-na-vinoto/|title=Мала Преспа организира манифестација "Ден на виното"|date=23 December 2013|publisher=Lider|language=Macedonian|accessdate=12 May 2014}}</ref>
Dolna Gorica is home to the annual "Day of Wine" event, occurring each December.<ref name="Lider">{{cite news|url=http://lider.mk/2013/12/23/mala-prespa-organizira-manifestacija-den-na-vinoto/|title=Мала Преспа организира манифестација "Ден на виното"|date=23 December 2013|publisher=Lider|language=Macedonian|accessdate=12 May 2014|archive-date=12 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140512224652/http://lider.mk/2013/12/23/mala-prespa-organizira-manifestacija-den-na-vinoto/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==People from Dolna Gorica==
*[[Dola Škembi]] (1986 - ), poet<ref name="Vlahov-Micov">{{cite web|url=http://www.maticanaiselenici.com/old/?page=kniga_vojna|title=Македонска еманципација на Балканот|last=Vlahov-Micov|first=Stefan|publisher=Maticana Selenici|language=Macedonian|accessdate=11 May 2014}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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Revision as of 09:55, 27 June 2024

Dollna Goricë
Dolna Gorica
Goricë e Vogël
Долна Горица
Village
Dolna Gorica and Lake Prespa
Dolna Gorica and Lake Prespa
Dollna Goricë is located in Albania
Dollna Goricë
Dollna Goricë
Coordinates: 40°52′37.92″N 20°55′30″E / 40.8772000°N 20.92500°E / 40.8772000; 20.92500
Country Albania
CountyKorçë
MunicipalityPustec
Municipal unitPustec
Population
 (2007)
 • Total550
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)

Dollna Goricë (Template:Lang-sq, Macedonian : Долна Горица), formerly Goricë e Vogël, is a village on the western shore of Lake Prespa in the Pustec Municipality which is officially recognised as a Macedonian minority zone[1] located in the Korçë County in Albania.[2]

History

A survey in the late 19th century found Dolna Gorica to consist of 75 houses and 67 male Bulgarian Orthodox residents.[3][better source needed] In 1900, Vasil Kanchov gathered and compiled statistics on demographics in the area and reported that the village of Dolna Goritsa was inhabited by about 42 Bulgarian Christians.[4]

In February 1996, the village hosted a conference attended by officials from the Republic of Macedonia on the subject of the ethnic Macedonian minority in Albania.[5] In 2013, the village's official name was changed from "Goricë e Vogël" to "Dolna Gorica".[6]

Demographics

A 2007 estimate put the village's population at 550.[7] According to Bulgarian sources, including research by a Bulgarian scientist from Albania, the local inhabitants are Bulgarians.[8][9]

Demographics
Year Population
1900 42
1926 511 (with Gorna Gorica)
1945 149
1960 108
1969 210
1979 271
1989 253
2000 364[10]
Bilingual sign in Dolna Gorica, written in both Macedonian and Albanian

Culture

In 2002, a library opened in the village consisting of primarily Macedonian-language books.[11]

A monument commemorating the ethnic Macedonian refugees of the Greek Civil War was unveiled in the village in May, 2013.[12]

Dolna Gorica is home to the annual "Day of Wine" event, occurring each December.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Macedonians". 19 June 2015.
  2. ^ "Law nr. 115/2014" (PDF) (in Albanian). pp. 6372–6373. Retrieved 25 February 2022.
  3. ^ Българите в Албания I част Archived 2009-07-09 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Васил Кънчов. „Македония. Етнография и статистика“. София, 1900, стр. 242. (Macedonia: Ethnography and Statistics, p. 242. Accessed 13 May 2018 (in Bulgarian)
  5. ^ Vickers, Miranada; Pettifer, James (2000). Albania: From Anarchy to a Balkan Identity. New York, NY: New York University Press. p. 205. ISBN 9780814788059. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  6. ^ "Pas Pustecit, edhe 7 fshatra të Korçës me emertime maqedonase" (in Albanian). Info Arkiv. 17 April 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-08-05. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
  7. ^ Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, №3, стр. 135.
  8. ^ Бело Раки (Belo, Raki). Селищни имена в Мала Преспа - Албания, в: Македонски преглед, ХХХ, № 3, с. 134.
  9. ^ Пашова, Анастасия. Българите в района на Корча и Мала Преспа (Албания) - съвременна картина, Балканистичен Форум, 2005, №1-3, с. 113-129 (Pashova, Anastasija. Bulgarians in the region of Korcha and Mala Prespa (Albania) nowadays, Balcanistic forum, 2005, issue No: 1-3, pp. 113-129.)
  10. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-02-11. Retrieved 2008-04-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  11. ^ ""The Temple of the Book" – Window towards the Fatherland". Culture.in.mk. 4 March 2002. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  12. ^ Janevska, Ubavka (7 May 2013). "Во село Горица поставен споменик за егзодусот на македонските бегалци". Kanal 5 (in Macedonian). Retrieved 12 May 2014.
  13. ^ "Мала Преспа организира манифестација "Ден на виното"" (in Macedonian). Lider. 23 December 2013. Archived from the original on 12 May 2014. Retrieved 12 May 2014.
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