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The place name Stolovo comes from the Slavic stolb = seat, throne and especially from the use of the word as a geographical term, which denotes a "flat table-like area", and the -ovb suffix. Mr. Labridis, speaking of the village of Stolovo, interprets it as a form of table. Its official name is [...]

Greveniti is built at an altitude of 980 m. and is at a distance of 44 km from Ioannina. It is one of the vlach villages in the area of Zagori and its inhabitants have been occupied with livestock and logging. The sight is amazing from the village, since the surrounding forests and [...]

Tristeno is located on the western slopes of the central mountain range of Pindos at an altitude of 940 meters. The establishment of Tristeno remains unknown. Its former name was Drestenikon of Dodoni Province until 1927, when its name was changed. It is recorded for the first time in 1319 in a golden sealed decree [...]

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 [...]

The place name must be considered as a proper name coming from the surname of Bultsis, a family of Ioannina. The name Bulltsis comes from the Albanian bulci-a, which means the soft part of the cheek, from the cheekbone to the jaw – also, the one who gets as much food as his [...]

Elatochori is built at an altitude of 1,100 meters, at the foot of the Tsuka Gina peak. It is 57 kilometers away from the city of Ioannina. Until 1927, the village was called Chernesi and with that name the village is mentioned in the known folk song of Epirus “Fesodervenas” ("... and in [...]

Flambourari is one of the 43 local communities of Zagori with an altitude of 1001m., surrounded by rich pine and beech forests, plenty of cool water springs. It is included in the eastern part of Zagori. This section originally belonged to the northern part of Malakasi, whose inhabitants were mostly farmers, completely independent [...]

The community "Demation" was initially identified with the name "Demati" with its unique settlement and the seat of the "Demati". The community, by orders of the D. 2.6. 1926 (Government Gazette A 199/1926), was abolished and annexed to the community "Liapi" (later named “Itea”), while by orders of the D. 10.9.1926 (Official Gazette A 356/1926), [...]

The old name of the village was Dragari, while nowadays, it is called Kastanonas because of the many chestnut trees in the area. Drougarios Michael, a Byzantine officer, was the founder of the village as well as the church of the Virgin Mary. In 1870 the village had 310 inhabitants. The inhabitants in the past [...]