Kastri, Thesprotia
# Kastri, Thesprotia

Kastri (Greek: Καστρί or Καστρίον, Kastríon; Albanian: Kastriot) is a town in Thesprotia, Epirus, Greece. The local church is dedicated to Saint George.

Kastri is regarded as a place mainly inhabited by an Orthodox Albanian-speaking community. During the Axis occupation of Greece, 18 residents of Kastri were executed by German forces and local Cham Albanian collaborators.

## Sources

* ↑ "Απογραφή Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2011. ΜΟΝΙΜΟΣ Πληθυσμός" (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority.
* ↑ "Location of Kastri". Retrieved 2 May 2010.
* ↑ Ahmedaja, Ardian; Gerlinde Haid (2008). European voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. European Voices. Vol. 1. Böhlau Verlag Wien. p. 243. ISBN 978-3-205-78090-8.
* ↑ Ethnologia Balkanica. LIT Verlag Münster. 2002. p. 179.
* ↑ Έκθεσις των γενομένων ζημιών εν γένει Ηπείρου από της κηρύξεως του Ελληνο-ιταλικού πολέμου (28-10-40) μέχρι της τελικής απελευθερώσεώς της, Οκτώβριος 1944, Βιβλιοθήκη Ηπειρωτικής Εταιρείας Αθηνών, Αθήνα 1987, σ. 136 και 140.
