The Vikos Gorge is a gorge in the Pindus Mountains of northern Greece. It lies on the southern slopes of Mount Tymfi, with a length of about 20 km, depth ranging from 120 to 490 m, and a width ranging from 400 m to only a few meters at its narrowest part. Vikos is listed as the world’s “deepest relative to […]
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The Folklore Museum of Ioannina was created by the Epirotic Studies Society and its subsidiary Ionian and Adriatic Studies Foundation, with the aim of collecting, rescuing and exploiting objects of Epirus folk culture. The building is a 19th-century Ottoman mansion. The items come from Epirus donations and markets, while many were collected by the museum’s […]
Located on the Island and is housed in the cells of the monastery of Ag. Panteleimonas, where Ali Pasha was murdered in 1822. The collection includes exhibits from the pre- revolutionary period, memorabilia from the era of Ali Pasha. Ali Pasa with his wife Vasiliki and a few loyal servants fled to the small island […]
The Silversmithing Museum is located in the castle of Ioannina, and more specifically in the western bastion of the north-eastern acropolis (Its Kale). It occupies the bastion’s two levels, as well as the adjacent building of the old cookhouses. It is a thematic museum, as it concerns the technology of silversmithing during the pre-industrial period, while simultaneously […]
The Department is situated in the University Hospital of Ioannina in the North-West of Greece and is affiliated with the Medical School of the University of Ioannina. The University General Hospital of Ioannina was established in 1990, has more than 760 beds and employs more than 2,000 staff members. It covers a very wide area, […]
The Aslan Pasha Mosque is an Ottoman-built mosque in the city of Ioannina, Greece. The mosque was built in 1618 in the city’s castle, replacing the Church of Saint John, which was torn down after the failed anti-Ottoman revolt of 1611 led by Dionysius the Philosopher. Since 1933 it houses the Municipal Ethnographic Museum of Ioannina. A Mediterranean Sea tropical-like cyclone damaged the minaret on the […]
The Fethiye Mosque is an Ottoman mosque in Ioannina, Greece. The mosque was built in the city’s inner castle (Its Kale) immediately after the conquest by the Ottomans in 1430, near the ruins of an early 13th-century Byzantine church dedicated to the Archangels Michael and Gabriel. Originally it was a wooden structure, which was replaced in 1611 by a stone […]
The cave spans nearly 15,000 square meters and includes 19 different types of stalactites and stalagmites as well as underground lakes and fossils of animal teeth and bones. An area of just over 1000 square meters is open to the public and guided tours average around 45 minutes to complete. The cave is open to […]
The Zosimaia School of Ioannina (in Epirus) has been one of the most significant Greek middle-level educational institutions. The Zosimaia was founded at 1828 through the personal expense of the Zosimas brothers, and is still functioning as a high school under the regulations of the Greek Ministry of Education. The Zosimaia functions continuously to the present day as a high school offering high level education, under the regulations of the […]
The University of Ioannina is a university located 5 km southwest of Ioannina, Greece. The university was founded in 1964, as a charter of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and became an independent university in 1970. Schools and departments As of 2017, the University of Ioannina consists of seven schools and fifteen departments. Schools Departments School of Philosophy Department of PhilologDepartment of History and ArchaeologyDepartment of Philosophy […]
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. Exhibits […]
The Ioannina Castle is the fortified old town of the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece. The present fortification dates largely to the reconstruction under Ali Pasha in the late Ottoman period, but incorporates also pre-existing Byzantine elements. Layout and monuments The castle is located on the southeastern corner of the modern city, on top a rocky promontory jutting into Lake Pamvotis. The castle is dominated by […]
One of the most notable attractions of Ioannina is the inhabited island of Lake Pamvotis which is simply referred to as Island of Ioannina. The island is a short ferry trip from the mainland and can be reached on small motorboats running on varying frequencies depending on the season. The monastery of St Panteleimon, where Ali Pasha spent his last […]
The Archaeological Museum of Ioannina is a museum located in Litharitsa Park in the centre of Ioannina, Greece. The museum contains many artifacts unearthed in the surrounding area such as Palaeolithic tools, from Kokkinopilos, Asprochaliko and Kastritsa, the ruins of Dodoni and ancient cemeteries such as Vitsa and the Oracle of Acheron. The museums also has many inscriptions, headstones, and a collection of coins. The building was designed by Greek […]
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. According to the 2011 census, the city population was 65,574, while the municipality had 112,486 inhabitants. It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 metres (1,640 feet) above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis (Παμβώτις). Ioannina is […]