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Lake Prespa

Lake Prespa is a pair of lakes in the mountains of the southern Balkans, shared by North Macedonia, Albania and Greece. Around 1000 Tsar Samuel of Bulgaria made it a centre of his realm, building a basilica and residence on the island of Saint Achillius in Small Prespa Lake, where relics of the saint were brought from Larissa. The area remained a seat of Bulgarian power until the Byzantine conquest of 1018.

Lake Prespa
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Lake Prespa. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/lake-prespa
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