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How many Albanians populated Athens 170 years ago?
2023-09-16 17:30:58 / EKONOMI&SOCIALE
An article in the Greek media entitled "Athens in 1850: Albanians, Poles, Maltese, arsonists and others...", quotes a Frenchman as saying that Athens was partly inhabited by Albanians at that time. How many Albanians populated Athens 170 years ago ?
"One of the foreigners who visited Greece a few years after its liberation was the French writer, academic and journalist Edmond Abou (Edmond Francois Valentin About, 1828 - 1885). He came to our country as a scholarship holder of the French School and settled in Athens. He stayed in Greece until 1854. He traveled all over our small country at that time, and returning to Paris, published in 1855 his work 'Otto's Greece', provoking a storm of reaction.
In 1856 he published his novel 'King of the Mountains', which also caused a sensation. At the same time he started writing articles for the newspaper Le Figaro. He then took over the management of Shek newspaper.
And '1/4 of the population of Greece in the middle of the 19th century were Albanians, writes Abou'
In chapter two of his book, Abou writes as follows: 'Albanians make up about a quarter of the country's population. They are a hardy and hardy race, as well fitted for agriculture as the Greeks are for commerce. The Albanians are a settled population, while the Vlachs are nomads and breeders, working and feeding the Greeks.
Ata nuk kërkojnë punë dhe nuk kanë ambicie të ulen në zyrë. Çdo mbrëmje në perëndim të diellit takoni përreth Athinës karvanë të tërë shqiptarësh që kthehen me gratë e tyre nga puna në fusha. Pothuajse të gjithë jetojnë në shpate të Akropolit, në të njëjtën zonë ku dikur jetonin pellazgët”.
Por grekët nuk janë dakort me francezin dhe përshkrimin e tij. “Kuptohet, leximi i këtij fragmenti të veçantë nga libri i Abou-së na bëri të mendojmë. Kështu kërkuam më shumë të dhëna për popullsinë e Greqisë në atë kohë”, shkruan Protothema dhe vijon:
Sipas të dhënave të regjistrimit zyrtar të vitit
"Is it possible that within two years, 1852-1854, Abou traveled to all countries and made a count of Albanians, with the means and conditions of the time? Maybe it was impossible. Therefore his reference that ¼ of the population are Albanians is wrong. But who were the Albanians of Abou? Obviously, these are the Arvanites since the areas where they lived, according to Abou, were Attica, Hydra and Arcadia". / teseshi.com
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