page_title: Nymfaio
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Nymfaio / History
caption_attribution_description: Ελληνικά: Νυμφαίο Φλώρινας«Νυμφαίο Φλώρινας» This is a photo of a monument in Greece identified by the ID GR-C63-0006
context_page_description: Nymfaio and in Ancient Greece: Νυμφαῖον or Νύμφαιον, is a predominantly Aromanian village and a former community in Florina regional unit, West Macedonia, Greece. After the 2011 local government reform it became a member of the municipality Amyntaio. The municipal unit has an area of 28.209 km². As of 2011 the village had a population of 132 residents. The village is protected by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture in order to preserve its architectural integrity.
context_section_description: Nymfaio, or Neveska as it was called then, was settled around 1385 by Vlach travellers, who fled into the mountains after heavy battles with the Ottomans.  The fighters of Neveska capitulated conditionally: they remained armed and autonomous, directly ruled by Valide Sultan (the mother of the Sultan), and paid reduced taxes. Until the early 17th century, their main source of income was raiding the estates in the plains. Around 1630, the village became a centre of silversmithing, known all over Macedonia for the next three centuries.
  During the Albanian incursions in the late 18th century, after the Orlov revolt, Neveska accepted Vlach refugees from Moscopole, Nikolitsa, Linotopi and other Vlach places that were ruined by the raiders. Furthermore, people from Neveska moved to places in eastern Macedonia, including Ano Poroia, Kato Tzoumagia, Alistrati, Nigrita, Serres and others. During the Macedonian uprising of 1878, the revolutionary leader Vasileios Zourkas from Neveska operated in the areas of Varnous and Mariovo.
caption: A reconstructed traditional mansion.
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