Prespa
Prespa (Greek: Πρέσπα, Macedonian: Преспа, Albanian: Prespa) is a region shared between Greece, Albania, and the Republic of Macedonia. It shares the same name with the two Prespa lakes which are situated in the middle of the region. The largest town is Resen with 9,000 inhabitants.
Prespa (disambiguation)
Prespa is a region shared between Greece, Albania, and the Republic of Macedonia.
Prespa may also refer to:
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Prespa (medieval town)
Prespa (Bulgarian: Преспа) was a medieval town, situated in the homonymous area in south-western Macedonia. It was a residence and burial place of the Bulgarian emperor Samuel and according to some sources capital of the First Bulgarian Empire and seat of the Bulgarian Patriarchate in the last decades of the 10th century.
Location
The toponym Prespa is used for a lake, an island settlement or simply an island. The exact borders and character of the town are difficult to define by the historical sources. It has been searched in the valley of the Lake Prespa, surrounded by the mountains Baba, Petrino, Galičica, Zvezda and Korbets. It is situated in the territories of three modern countries: Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Greece. According to the archaeological research, in the Early Middle Ages there were construction activities in the following sites:
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