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between the Greeks and Bulgarians, as it provided hiding places for the armed bands of both sides. The conflict for control of the Lake is the central historical event of
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The lake was drained in 1928-1932 by the New York Foundation Company.
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Google Earth view of Giannitsa and the drained lakebed
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Battle of Giannitsa
Location of Giannitsa Lake in Greece.
Location of Giannitsa Lake in Greece.
Macedonia (Greece)
40°42′31″N 22°25′7″E / 40.70861°N 22.41861°E / 40.70861; 22.41861
Type
Giannitsa
Primary inflows
Loudias River
Primary outflows
Loudias River
Giannitsa
Greek
Greek
Central Macedonia
Giannitsa
Gidas
marshland
Loudias River
Roumlouki
Bulgarian
Macedonian Struggle
Penelope Delta
Greek revolutionaries Tellos Agras and Ioannis Demestichas at Giannitsa Lake c. 1906
Tellos Agras
Ioannis Demestichas
Bulgarian revolutionary Apostol Petkov at Giannitsa Lake c. 1906
Bulgarian
Apostol Petkov

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