Krystallopigi

Name

Until 1926, the village was known as Smardesi (). In the Bulgarian it is known as Смърдеш, Smardesh or Smrdesh, while in Macedonian as Смрдеш, Smrdeš. The original name of the village is believed to be derived from the local Slavic name of a nearby mineral spring Smrdliva Voda meaning stinky water. The modern name Krystallopigi means "crystal spring".

History

The village was mentioned in an Ottoman defter of 1530, under the name of Ismirdesh, and was described as having 53 households. The bigger part of the population of Smerdesh in 19th and in the beginning of 20th century was Bulgarian. There were 1780 inhabitants in 1900. The church of St. George was built in 1891.

Many residents of Smardesh took part in the struggle of IMORO. There was an illegal foundry and depot for hand grenades in 1903. The village was burned by Turkish troops in May 1903. It was plundered and burned for the second time in 1903 during the Ilinden–Preobrazhenie Uprising.

Immigrants from Smardesi in Toronto, Canada participated in the early Bulgarian community to build church infrastructure. In mid–1941 Krystallopigi along with Slavic Macedonian inhabitants from several villages partook in a celebration commemorating the Battle of Lokvata, fought by Bulgarian revolutionaries (Komitadjis) against Ottoman soldiers in 1903.

During the Greek Civil War (1946-1949) Krystallopigi was destroyed and later rebuilt between 1957–1958. The rebuilt settlement is located east of the original location of the village. The Greek government assisted a group of nomadic transhumant Aromanians, known as the Arvanitovlachs to settle in Krystallopigi. Aromanians are the only inhabitants of the village.

Krystallopigi had 265 inhabitants in 1981. In fieldwork done by anthropologist Riki Van Boeschoten in late 1993, Krystallopigi was populated by Aromanians.

Demographics

|1913|1488 |1920|718 |1928|598 |1940|624 |1961|364 |1971|309 |1981|265 |2001|383 |2011|359 |2021|145

Notable persons

• Vasil Chekalarov (1874–1913), Bulgarian revolutionary
• (1918–1945), partisan

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