Gorna Belica

Gorna Belica (Macedonian: Горна Белица; Albanian: Belicë e Sipërme) is a village in the municipality of Struga, North Macedonia.

[2] According to a local tradition, Gorna Belica was founded on the unseen slopes of Mount Jablanica by Aromanians from the villages of Niçë and Llëngë, fleeing the 18th century socio-political and economic crises in what is now southern Albania.

[3] During the first World War, Gorna Belica was occupied by the Bulgarian military who evacuated most of the Aromanian villagers and sent them into the interior of Bulgaria and Serbia.

[3] The relocation of local Aromanians was due to Bulgarian forces being concerned that pro-Greek and pro-Serbian sympathies existed among them resulting in possible cooperation with the Entente Allies.

[3] Some Aromanians returning to Gorna Belica through Thessaloniki, Greece attempted to stay in that country and settle there though Greek authorities turned down their requests.