Pisoderi ( el, Πισοδέρι; rup, Pisuderea) is a village 17 km west of

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. Nearby, 5 km away, is the

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Vigla. The ski center is located on Mount Verno, and currently has five lifts and ten trails. The summit of the resort is 1939m above sea level, with a total vertical drop about 420m. The resort has a view of the

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, on the border between

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and

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. First mentioned in an Ottoman

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of 1481, the village, then known as ''Ipsoder'', had only twelve households. During Ottoman times, the village was purely Aromanian.The War of Numbers and its First Victim: The Aromanians in Macedonia (End of 19th – Beginning of 20th century)
/ref> Pisoderi had 30 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Pisoderi was populated by Aromanians. The

Aromanian language The Aromanian language (, , , or ), also known as Macedo-Romanian or Vlach, is an Eastern Romance languages, Eastern Romance language, similar to Megleno-Romanian language, Megleno-Romanian, Istro-Romanian language, Istro-Romanian and Romania ...

was used by people of all ages, both in public and private settings, and as the main language for interpersonal relationships. Some elderly villagers had little knowledge of Greek. Table 3: Pisoderi, 30; V, V1; V = Valaques (Aroumains), V = valaque (aroumain)"

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External links

Pisoderi website (Greek)

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