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Mavrochori (Greek: Μαυροχώρι(οv) meaning "black town"; formerly Mavrobon, Μαύροβον; Macedonian: Маврово) is a village in Greece near Kastoria on the shores of Kastoria lake which was in existence at least from 1380 and is denoted, under the name Mavrobo, in the British Baldwin & Craddock Map of Greece which was published on 1 January 1830 (printed by a printer at 47 Paternoster Row, London).
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Map of Mavrochori 520 56, Greece
The name Mavros, together with the name Krepeni, is found in a title deed executed by Serbian nobleman Nikola Bagaš.
History
In the end of the 18th century the patriarch of the Mavrovitis family moved his people from the nearby Krepeni village to Mavrovo in order to avoid a plague pandemic, and it is believed that people were frequently moving between Krepeni and Mavrovo.
The Monastery of Mavriotissa, originally named Mesonisiotissa (meaning "in the middle of the island"), was built near the village.
Mavrovo had a historical relationship with both the Mavriotissa monastery as well as with the nearby village of Krepeni.