Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Kastoria" in English language version.
In fact, in the mid-nineteenth century, Anastassios Piheon of Kastoria (who himself was of Moschopolitan origin), reports that the town's Greek upper class was mainly made up of Vlach families who had eventually settled in Kastoria after leaving Moschopolis, Nikolicë, Vithkuq and elsewhere.
As clearly seen in this photo, the cemetery was somewhat neglected already by that time, and the all area was covered with wild flora. Since 1970, there has been nobody left there to take care of the cemetery, and some 10 years ago the area was taken by the army, transforming the place to military installations. According to both, the Ankori Report and testimony of the last local Jewish family, some of the stones were placed in a special room within the confines of the camp, whereas others were used to pave the internal routes and the barracks.
Army barracks were erected on the former Jewish graveyard in Kastoria most of the tombstones disappeared, except for a few stones which were made into a floor of a storage room.
In contrast to Skylitzes's lack of specificity regarding the opening hostilities was his dramatic accounts of the unexpected deaths in 976 of the two eldest Komitopuli brothers, David and Moisei, leading the Bulgarian incursions. David was killed by a group of wandering Vlahs (perhaps bandits [?]) at a place known locally as Fair Oak Woods, situated somewhere along the road between Kastoria and Prespa.
