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Fragades is a picturesque village, built amphitheatrically at an altitude of 960 meters, opposite to the imposing Mitsikeli, 58 km away from Ioannina. They owe their name to Antonios Franco, who killed the Serbian ruler of Ioannina Thomas Perlubo in 1431. Fragades, a compound settlement since 1431, grew in 1583, with inhabitants of [...]

The Sopothelli place name comes from the aromonic spout, "the pipe from which the water of a source is poured" and the aromanian and Romanian ending -el, meaning "the place that has water". In 1920 it was renamed as Dilofo, since it is built on two hills. It is built at an [...]

In Koukouli, with its impressive stone-built houses and the small beautiful square, next to Vikos Gorge at an altitude of 850-900, you can visit the Lazaridis Folklore Museum, the church of Virgin Mary (1788), explore the old mansions (Plakida's mansion stands out), and the old school with its five fountains. Around the village [...]

Kapesovo is 43 km away from Ioannina and is situated amphitheatrically on the edge of Mesaria, at an altitude of 1,100 meters. The visitor can see the large stone houses of the village and visit the church of Saint Nikolaos (1793). In addition, there is a library, the Folklore Museum (Paschalion School), where [...]

Various theories of the toponym’s etymology are expressed. One point of view is that the place name is related to the modern Neo-Hellenic worf Tzadila or to the Slavic word tsedilio. The opinion of Mr. K. Ikonomou is that the place name has to be attributed to the Albanian Cotille-a (seal), the wood [...]

Vradeto (49 km from Ioannina) is considered to be the "balcony" of Zagori. Due to the fact that it is located at an altitude of 1340 m, it is the highest village of Zagori and has an immense view towards every direction. The famous area of Beloi is situated half an hour northwest [...]

The place name comes from the aromanian terbu which means deer (Latin cervus) and the aromanian and romanian conclusion -arie, which is particularly associated with the subject of words that denote animals. Tservari, built at 1150 meters, consisted of two settlements: the small village of Chervari, inhabited around 1150 AD. and the great [...]

The "Doliani" community was recognized from the very beginning by the name "Doliani", and the only settlement of the area. With the Royal Decree 20.9.1955 (Government Gazette A 287/1955) the settlement and the community were renamed to "Neon Amarousion", while with the PD. 142 / 19.3.1984 (Official Gazette A 45/1984),  the settlement and [...]

Dobrinovo is located about 70 kilometers northeast of Ioannina, on the slopes of Mount Tymfi, at an altitude of about 900 meters, within a green scenery. When exactly our village was built, it can not be determined. Findings and oral testimony appear to delimit the creation of the union of many small settlements [...]

Kavalari is a very old village, but the historians do not identify the time of its foundation. It seems, however, that it was already inhabited by the conquest of Ioannina by the Turks in 1431. In 1870, it had 36 houses and 310 inhabitants and at the beginning of our century, there were 200 residents. [...]