Monday, December 30, 2019

Macedonian refugees in Atalanti

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[[File:Σφραγίδα δωρεών Μπέλλιου.jpg|thumb|right|Donation seal on the books donated by Bellios to the [[National Library of Greece]], originally intended for the Macedonian refugee settlement of Nea Pella<ref>''ΕΠΟΧΕΣ'', Vol. 17 (September 1964), p. 85</ref>]]
'''The Macedonian refugees in Atalanti''' are a compact population from the [[Macedonia]] region, located in the [[Phthiotis]] town of [[Atalanti]] after the establishment of the independent [[Kingdom of Greece]].

On November 5, 1826, the port of Atalanti arrived there, the Thessalomacedonians (Θεσσαλομακεδόνες), led by [[Angelis Gatsos]] (Angel Gatzo) and [[Anastasios Karatasos]], organized by the [[Philhellene]] through [[Ioannis Kolettis]]. In 1829, 545 Macedonian families or 2,436 people were accommodated in [[Skopelos]]. <ref></ref> Between February and March 1831, 150 captains with their men fled from [[Thessaloniki]] to the free southern parts of Greece and the government of [[Ioannis Kapodistrias]], principally suspicious of the armed forces, receiving and accommodating them in Atalanti. <ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 5, expected 1)</ref>

A royal decree of March 20, 1835, affirmed that 370 Macedonian refugees were granted the right to settle in Atalanti, freeing up 3.5 acres of state land for cultivation and food. Subsequently, other Macedonian refugees settled in Atalanti, and all of them were granted state-owned timber for the construction of houses.

By royal decree of April 25, old style, or May 7, 1837, Macedonians were granted the right of self-government - in this case, against the existing local Greek community. This provoked protest by the mayor and as a result the formation of two parallel self-governing communities, with no analogue in the territory of the Kingdom of Greece. Immediately after the royal decree, philanthropist [[Konstantinos Bellios]] donated 2000 books to the local ''Macedonian library''. The parallel settlement of the Greek Atalanti is called by the local Greeks the ''Turkish neighborhood'' (Τουρκομαχαλάς), officially named [[Pella]] or ''Nea Pella''.

==References==


==See also==
*[[Wallachian uprising of 1821]]
*[[Macedonian Question]]
*[[Macedonia naming dispute]]

[[Category:Modern history of Macedonia (region)]]
[[Category:Greek War of Independence]]
[[Category:History of Greece (1832–1862)]]
[[Category:History of Phthiotis]]


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