Kanallaki
Καναλλάκι | |
|---|---|
  Kanallaki | |
| Coordinates: 39°23′N 20°20′E / 39.383°N 20.333°E | |
| Country | Greece |
| Administrative region | Epirus |
| Regional unit | Preveza |
| Municipality | Parga |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
Kanallaki (Greek: Καναλλάκι, romanized: Kanalláki, Albanian: Kanallaqi) is a settlement in the regional unit of Preveza, Epirus. It belongs to the municipality of Parga and is simultaneous the seat of it.[1] The number of inhabitants of the town amounts to 2,491.[2]
History
Kanallaki was one of the Christian Orthodox Albanian-speaking villages which either due to the absence of Greek or for reasons of demographic importance, would see Greek education expanded, through measures such as the establishment of kindergartens.[3]
From 29 July – 31 August 1943, a joint Nazi German-Cham Albanian armed operation was launched. As a result in 21 settlements in the vicinity of Kanallaki 400 inhabitants were arrested and forced to march to the nearest concentration camp in Thessaloniki (KZ Pavlos Melas). When the march begun the armed groups did not hesitate to execute a diseased priest in front of the rest of the hostages.[4]
In Kanalaki and also Anthousa (Albanian: Rapëza) , the closest existing variants of Souliotic Albanian are spoken. This dialect is spoken only by few people in modern times.[5]
References
- ↑ "ΦΕΚ A 87/2010, Kallikratis reform law text" (in Greek). Government Gazette.
- ↑ https://www.eetaa.gr/metaboles/apografes/apografi_2011_rev.pdf
- ↑ Baltsiotis. The Muslim Chams of Northwestern Greec. 2011. "Parallel measures were taken at the same time regarding the language in Christian Albanian speaking villages. The most important and easily confirmed measure consisted of opening kindergartens in villages selected either by the absence of knowledge of Greek or by their demographic importance. According to a 1931 document, these villages included Aghia, Anthoussa, Eleftheri[o], Kanallaki, Narkissos, Psakka, Aghios Vlassios, Kastri (Dagh) and Draghani."
- ↑ Meyer, Hermann Frank (2008). Blutiges Edelweiß: Die 1. Gebirgs-division im zweiten Weltkrieg [Bloodstained Edelweiss. The 1st Mountain-Division in WWII] (in German). Ch. Links Verlag. p. 204. ISBN 978-3-86153-447-1.
- ↑ Psimuli 2016, pp. 180–81
Sources
- Ψιμούλη, Βάσω Δ. (2006). Σούλι και Σουλιώτες. Ιστορία και Πολιτική (4th ed.). Athens: Βιβλιοπωλείον της Εστίας.
- Psimuli, Vaso Dh. (2016). Suli dhe suljotët [Souli and the Souliots]. Toena. ISBN 9789928205728.