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The Best Attractions In Epirus

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Epirus , is a traditional geographic and modern administrative region in northwestern Greece. It borders the regions of West Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The region has an area of about 9,200 km2 . It is part of the wider historical region of Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory.
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  • 1. Acheron Parga
    The Acheron is a river located in the Epirus region of northwest Greece. It is 52 km long, and its drainage area is 705 km2 . Its source is near the village Zotiko, in the southwestern part of the Ioannina regional unit and it flows into the Ionian Sea in Ammoudia, near Parga.
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  • 2. Venetian Castle of Parga Parga
    The Frankokratia , also known as Latinokratia and, for the Venetian domains, Venetokratia or Enetokratia , was the period in Greek history after the Fourth Crusade , when a number of primarily French and Italian Crusader states were established on the territory of the dissolved Byzantine Empire . The term derives from the name given by the Orthodox Greeks to the Western European Latin Church Catholics: Latins. Most Latins had French , Norman, or Venetian origins. The span of the Frankokratia period differs by region: the political situation proved highly volatile, as the Frankish states fragmented and changed hands, and the Greek successor states re-conquered many areas. With the exception of the Ionian Islands and some isolated forts which remained in Venetian hands until the turn of the ...
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  • 3. Valtos Beach Parga
    Valtos Beach is a large crescent-shaped beach 5 minutes walk northwest of Parga, Greece.
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  • 5. Vrellis Greek History Museum Bizani
    The Pavlos Vrellis Greek History Museum also known as Pavlos Vrellis Museum of Wax Effigies is a privately owned wax museum in Ioannina regional unit, Greece. It was set up by the sculptor Pavlos Vrellis in February 1983, and is the best known wax museum in Greece. The museum hosts 150 wax models in 37 themes, inspired by various events from Greek history.
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  • 7. Ioannina Castle Ioannina
    Ioannina , often called Yannena within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. Its population is 112,486, according to 2011 census. It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 metres above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis . Ioannina is located 410 km northwest of Athens, 260 kilometres southwest of Thessaloniki and 80 km east of the port of Igoumenitsa in the Ionian Sea. The city's foundation has traditionally been ascribed to the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, but modern archaeological research has uncovered evidence of Hellenistic settlements. Ioannina flourished in the late Byzantine period . It became part of the Despotate of Epirus following the Fourth Cr...
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  • 8. Averoff Gallery Metsovo
    The Averoff Gallery, also known as the Averof Art Gallery of Metsovo, is an art museum in Metsovo, Greece. It was built in 1985 and inaugurated in 1988. In 1994 the building was extended to include a new wing and its facilities were updated. Its initial collection consisted of 200 paintings and sculptures of Greek artists of the 19th and 20th century, which are still part its permanent exhibition. After the museum's expansion, the collection was significantly augmented.
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  • 9. Lake Pamvotis Ioannina
    Lake Pamvotida or Pamvotis , commonly also Lake of Ioannina is the largest lake of Epirus, located in the central part of the Ioannina regional unit in northern Greece. The regional capital Ioannina to the west and the town of Perama to the north are urban settlements fringing the lake while the remaining of its periphery is composed of farmland. The lake features small fishing ports and a boating port. There is a regular boat service to the Ioannina Island. The Greek National Road 6 surrounds the northern half of the lake.
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