Foufas

[1] In 1845 the Russian slavist Victor Grigorovich recorded Paliora as mainly Bulgarian village.

[3] Stefan Verkovich, folklorist from Bosnia, noted in 1889 that there were 50 Bulgarian and 30 Turkish houses in Paleor.

[4] On May 11, 1907 during an armed clash with the local villagers the captain from Hellenic Army Foufas (Zaharias Papadas), commander of a Greek paramilitary squad, was killed.

In 1932 the village was renamed Foufas (Fufas) after the nickname of Captain Papadas.

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