Chameria is a historical region along the coast of the Ionian Sea in southwestern Albania and northwestern Greece, traditionally associated with the Albanian ethnic subgroup of the Chams. For a brief
The falls of the Thyamis by Edward Lear, 1851. Pencil and watercolour on paper, 16.50 × 26.00 cm.
Albanian school of Filiates in 1942–44
The "Trendafilat e Çamërise" Monumental Cemetery in Kllogjer, Konispol, dedicated to the expulsion of Cham Albanians during 1944–1945.
Maximum extent of Cham Albanian dialect: 19th century till 1912/1913 (Hatched line), according to Kokolakis.M. Population (irrespective of linguistic background) shown by religion: Muslim majority (Brown), Orthodox majority (Pink), Mixed (Light Brown). Colored areas do not imply that Albanian-speakers formed the majority of the population.
The expulsion of Cham Albanians from Greece was the forced migration and ethnic cleansing of thousands of Cham Albanians from settlements of Chameria in Thesprotia, Greece after the Second World War t
Chameria
…to internment camps or placed in exile on Greek islands. The "Trendafilat e Çamërise" Monumental Cemetery in Kllogjer, Konispol, dedicated to the expulsion of Cham Albanians during 1944–1945. At the end of World War II, Cham Albanians were systematically cleansed from the region by the guerrilla forces of the right-wing…
Monument to the expulsion of Cham Albanians in Elbasan