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Spata (Eine Stadt 20km östlich von Athen): Since the Middle Ages, Spata has been inhabited by Arvanites. The town (then village) was repopulated by the medieval Tosk clan of Shpata around the 15th century, after they emigrated from Epirus. It was named after Gjin Bua Shpata, who was despot of Arta in the 14th century.[SUP][4][/SUP]
Plaka (älteste Siedlung Athens): Plaka, on the foot of the Acropolis hill, is mentioned for the first time in the anonymous note “About Attica” of the Paris Library, dating back to the 17th century. It mentions “various Albanian houses” in the area. First, in 1833, J. Hann observed that Plaka comes from an Arvanite (today’s Albanians) word (plak), meaning “old, aged”. As K. Biris writes, it is a “medieval name, which arose after the end of the 16th century, when there was a settlement of Arvanites outside the so-called Valerian Wall. Philip Chrytopoulous.
Metamorfosi (nördlichste Gemeinde Athens): Der eigentliche Ort Koukouvaounes ist erst in der Neuzeit belegt. Er war bis ins 20. Jahrhundert eine arvanitische Siedlung, deren albanischer Name als Fouvaia (Φουβάια, auch Fuvaje, Fuvajat) überliefert ist.[SUP][3][/SUP]
Plaka (älteste Siedlung Athens): Plaka, on the foot of the Acropolis hill, is mentioned for the first time in the anonymous note “About Attica” of the Paris Library, dating back to the 17th century. It mentions “various Albanian houses” in the area. First, in 1833, J. Hann observed that Plaka comes from an Arvanite (today’s Albanians) word (plak), meaning “old, aged”. As K. Biris writes, it is a “medieval name, which arose after the end of the 16th century, when there was a settlement of Arvanites outside the so-called Valerian Wall. Philip Chrytopoulous.
Metamorfosi (nördlichste Gemeinde Athens): Der eigentliche Ort Koukouvaounes ist erst in der Neuzeit belegt. Er war bis ins 20. Jahrhundert eine arvanitische Siedlung, deren albanischer Name als Fouvaia (Φουβάια, auch Fuvaje, Fuvajat) überliefert ist.[SUP][3][/SUP]