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The name Calota is a proper noun and comes from the Slavic kalcota-Kald which means black and the Slavic ota suffix. Historian Mr. Lambridis mentions the name of a Kalota family that flourished in Giannena in the 16th century. The oral tradition mentions two brothers from the Kalota family, one of whom settled [...]

Itea is located in the eastern part of Zagori and is located at a distance of 36 km from the center of Ioannina via the old provincial road of Ioannina-Trikala and only 15 km, via Egnatia Odos. The area consists of 18000 acres of which 4000 are arable land, 3000 forest and the [...]

Built on the two banks of the Aoos River, Vovousa (Bayeasa) is adorned in its center with one of the finest stone-built bridges of Zagori, built in 1748 by Alexios Mishios. Joined in Zagori, Vovousa experienced great growth during the period of autonomy of Zagori within the framework of the Ottoman Empire. [...]

The village is built at an altitude of 900m. It is unknown where the name of village comes from and when it was built. The place name maybe comes from the surname Manassis, but also I. Lambridis has second thoughts about it, wondering if there is a relationship between the Manassis families that [...]

The village of Negades (about 1060 m altitude), rich village of Zagori in the past, with a special local culture, is located 48 km away from Ioannina. It is built on the oak-covered slope of a hill revealing the absolute harmony of nature and culture. The village has been a compound settlement since [...]

The village of Leptokaria is situated 60 km away from Ioannina. It is a beautiful village in the forest that does not have the traditional color that one expects to see in the villages of Zagori. The reason is the village had been totally burnt down twice in the past, the first time [...]

The village, in the golden-sealed PC in 1361, is mentioned as Sudena. In the memoir of the year 1627, the village is also referred to as Stodena. Mr. Lambridis, interpreting the place name Stoudena as "a cold place", mentions that the village until 1634 was called Stoudena. Mr. Vasmer gives the interpretation of [...]

The place name Vitsa comes from the Slavic "bezati" which means flow rapidly and the ending -ica. Before the conquest of Epirus by the Turks and until 1753, the two districts of Vitsa and Monodendri were a united community called Vezitsa and later Veitsa, Vitsa and Vitses. In 1820, the three neighborhoods of [...]

According to Dimitrios Sarros, the name of the village comes from "a colossal tree (fir) rising above the Monastery of Saint Minas, striken by lightning and survived until 1840". Monodendri was united in the beginning with Vitsa, and the community’s name was Vezitsa, a name preserved until the end of the 17th century. [...]

The village of "Petra" in the prefecture of Ioannina is located northeast of the city of Ioannina and it is approximately 40 kilometers away from it. It borders East with the villages of Chrysovitsa and Mikro Papigo, to the south with the Megalo Peristeri and Demati, to the West with the former Itea [...]