Cultural Heritage / Related projects

13 Apr

Completed project
13/04/2023

Prespa’s local authorities, farmers, schools, sports-cultural associations and other local bodies joined forces to implement a major project (2018-2023) that set out to create an innovative model for the development of the country's protected areas. The core of the ambitious multi-partner PoliPrespa project was the parallel strengthening of Prespa’s social and institutional capital and the sustainable utilisation of the region's valuable natural and cultural resources, incorporating environmental values in productive...

06 Jul

Completed project
06/07/2023

Up until the middle of the 20th century Prespa was more densely populated than it is today and there were once many mills in Prespa, particularly in the eastern part of the basin which has a number of small rivers and streams. The Agios Germanos watermill, built in 1930, is one of the few mills in the area to have survived almost completely intact and the original building included a...

06 Jul

Completed project
06/07/2023

The remains of the lakeshore church of Agia Anna were discovered by local people, following a fall in the water level of Lesser Prespa Lake. In collaboration with the Ephorate of Byzantine Monuments of Kastoria, the Society for the Protection of Prespa moved to help carry out basic restoration of the Byzantine church dedicated to Saint Anna, that would protect the remains from further deterioration.Funded by the SPP’s MAVA Foundation...

04 Jul

Completed project
04/07/2023

The project entitled "Enhancing the cultural touristic product of the transboundary area of Prespa through the promotion of the natural and cultural heritage", or “Holy Water” for short, was an attempt to comprehensively approach tourism development in the transboundary area of Prespa through the promotion of cultural and environmental values. The project partners (Municipality of Prespa, Municipality of Resen, Ephorate of Antiquities of Florina, Bitola Museum and the Society for...

20 Apr

Completed project
20/04/2023

The remains of the lakeshore church of Agia Anna were discovered by local people, following a fall in the water level of Lesser Prespa Lake. The Society for the Protection of Prespa (SPP) moved, through collaboration with the Ephorate of Byzantine Monuments of Kastoria, to ensure the basic restoration of the Byzantine church dedicated to Saint Anna, which was carried out by the Ephorate, protecting the remains from further deterioration.Funded...

04 Jul

Completed project
04/07/2023

The Prespa Centre for Nature and Anthropos (PCNA) was founded in 2004 as a distinct part of the Society for the Protection of Prespa. In essence it was a centre for all the documentation about the natural and cultural heritage of the entire Prespa basin. The PCNA’s mission is twofold: on the one hand, to bring together, archive and make available to the public the total body of knowledge regarding...