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Arachthos River
The Arachthos () is a river in the eastern Epirus region of Greece. Its source is in the Pindus mountains, near the town Metsovo ( Ioannina regional unit). The Arachthos is long and its drainage area is . Its upper course is known as '' Metsovitikos''. From its confluence with the Dipotamos near the village of Batza it is called Arachthos. It flows towards the south, passing between the Athamanika and the Xerovouni mountains. Here it reaches the Plaka Bridge, the largest one-arch stone bridge in Greece. It enters the large Pournari Reservoir, in the Arta regional unit, which is about 18 km² and prevents flooding of the city of Arta and also supplies water to most of Epirus. The town of Peta is situated near the dam. Arta, about 8 km downstream of the dam, is the largest town on the river. Arta's historic landmark is the stone Bridge of Arta over the Arachthos. The river continues through the lowlands south of Arta, and finally empties into the Ambracian Gulf near Ko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pindus
The Pindus (also Pindos or Pindhos; ; ; ) is a mountain range located in Northern Greece and Southern Albania. It is roughly long, with a maximum elevation of (Smolikas, Mount Smolikas). Because it runs along the border of Thessaly and Epirus, the Pindus range is known colloquially as the ''spine of Greece''. The mountain range stretches from near the Greek-Albanian border in southern Albania, entering the Epirus (region), Epirus and Macedonia (Greece), Macedonia regions in northern Greece down to the north of the Peloponnese. Geologically, it is an extension of the Dinaric Alps, which dominate the western region of the Balkans, Balkan Peninsula. History of the name Historically, the name Pindos refers to the mountainous territory that separates the greater Epirus region from the regions of Macedonia and Thessaly. According to John Tzetzes (a 12th-century Byzantine writer), the Pindos range was then called Metzovon. When translated (between 1682/83 and 1689) to a more co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landforms Of Ioannina (regional Unit)
A landform is a land feature on the solid surface of the Earth or other planetary body. They may be natural or may be anthropogenic (caused or influenced by human activity). Landforms together make up a given terrain, and their arrangement in the landscape is known as topography. Landforms include hills, mountains, canyons, and valleys, as well as shoreline features such as bays, peninsulas, and seas, including submerged features such as mid-ocean ridges, volcanoes, and the great oceanic basins. Physical characteristics Landforms are categorized by characteristic physical attributes such as elevation, slope, orientation, structure stratification, rock exposure, and soil type. Gross physical features or landforms include intuitive elements such as berms, cliffs, hills, mounds, peninsulas, ridges, rivers, valleys, volcanoes, and numerous other structural and size-scaled (e.g. ponds vs. lakes, hills vs. mountains) elements including various kinds of inland and oceanic waterbodi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Greece
This is a list of rivers that are at least partially in Greece. The rivers flowing into the sea are sorted along the coast. Rivers flowing into other rivers are listed by the rivers they flow into. The confluence is given in parentheses. For an alphabetical overview of rivers of Greece see :Rivers of Greece. Tributaries Adriatic Sea * Aoos/Vjosë (near Novoselë, Albania) ** Drino (in Tepelenë, Albania) ** Sarantaporos (near Çarshovë, Albania) ** Voidomatis (near Konitsa) Ionian Sea Rivers in this section are sorted north (Albanian border) to south (Cape Malea). Epirus & Central Greece * Pavla/Pavllë (near Vrinë, Albania) * Thyamis (near Igoumenitsa) ** Tyria (near Vrosina) *Acheron (near Parga) * Louros (near Preveza) * Arachthos (in Kommeno) * Acheloos (near Astakos) ** Megdovas (near Fragkista) ** Agrafiotis (near Fragkista) ** Granitsiotis (near Granitsa) * Evinos (near Missolonghi) * Mornos (near Nafpaktos) * Pleistos, near Kirra Peloponnese * E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rivers Of Epirus (region)
A river is a natural stream of fresh water that flows on land or inside Subterranean river, caves towards another body of water at a lower elevation, such as an ocean, lake, or another river. A river may run dry before reaching the end of its course if it runs out of water, or only flow during certain seasons. Rivers are regulated by the water cycle, the processes by which water moves around the Earth. Water first enters rivers through precipitation, whether from rainfall, the Runoff (hydrology), runoff of water down a slope, the melting of glaciers or snow, or seepage from aquifers beneath the surface of the Earth. Rivers flow in channeled watercourses and merge in confluences to form drainage basins, or catchments, areas where surface water eventually flows to a common outlet. Rivers have a great effect on the landscape around them. They may regularly overflow their Bank (geography), banks and flood the surrounding area, spreading nutrients to the surrounding area. Sedime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kommeno
Kommeno () is a village and a former community in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 14.354 km2. Population 524 (2021). Kommeno massacre During the Axis Occupation of Greece in World War II, the village was the site of a massacre perpetrated by 12 Company of the 98th Regiment, of the German 1. Gebirgs-Division (First Mountain Division), which, on 16 August 1943, executed 317 inhabitants and torched the village. On 12 August 1943, a two-man Wehrmacht reconnaissance team had come across a small group of andartes in the village and had reported back to divisional headquarters in Ioannina Ioannina ( ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus (region), Epirus, an Modern regions of Greece, administrative re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambracian Gulf
The Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of Actium, and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf (), is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greece. About long and wide, it is one of the largest enclosed gulfs in Greece, and due to its ecological importance is one of the National Parks of Greece. The towns of Preveza, Amphilochia (formerly Karvassaras), and Vonitsa lie on its shores. Name The gulf takes its name from the ancient city of Ambracia located near its shores. Its alternative name comes from the medieval (and modern) city of Arta, located in the same place as ancient Ambracia. Geography The entrance to the gulf is through a -wide channel between Aktio (ancient Actium) on the south and Preveza on the north; a recent road tunnel connects the two. The gulf is quite shallow, and its northern shore is broken by numerous marshes, large parts of which form an estuary system. The Louros and Arachthos (or Arta) rivers drain into it; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bridge Of Arta
The Bridge of Arta () is a stone bridge that crosses the Arachthos river (Άραχθος) in the west of the city of Arta, Greece, Arta (Άρτα) in northwestern Greece. It has been rebuilt many times over the centuries, starting with Roman architecture, Roman or perhaps older foundations; the current bridge is probably a 17th-century Ottoman architecture, Ottoman construction. The folklore, folk ballad "The Bridge of Arta" tells a story of human sacrifice during its building. From the ballad, a number of Greek language, Greek proverbs and customary expressions arose, associated with interminable delays, as in the text of the ballad: "All day they were building it, and in the night it would collapse." History According to the Epirus, Epirote chronicler Panayiotis Aravantinos, the bridge was first built under the Roman Empire. Some traditions say it was rebuilt when Arta became capital of the Despotate of Epirus, possibly under Michael II Doukas (r. 1230–1268). The current bri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peta, Greece
Peta () is a town and a former municipality in the Arta regional unit, Epirus, northwestern Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality of Nikolaos Skoufas, of which it is the seat and a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 105.571 km2. Peta is located north of Amfilochia, northeast of Arta, south-southeast of Ioannina and east of Preveza. The Arachthos River and its reservoir lies to the northwest. Subdivisions The municipal unit Peta is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Peta (Peta, Agios Dimitrios, Amfithea, Ano Agioi Anargyroi, Kleisto, Neochoraki, Pournari) *Markiniada (Markiniada, Diasella, Zygos, Megkla, Melates) *Megarchi Population History The battle of Peta took place in 1822 during the Greek War of Independence. The Ottoman ruled the region until 1881. The tract of land northwest of Peta remained in Ottoman hands until the Balkan Wars of 1913. Its economy slowly improv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arta, Greece
Arta () is a city in northwestern Greece and capital of the Arta (regional unit), regional unit of Arta, which is part of Epirus (region), Epirus region. The city was known in ancient times as Ambracia (). Arta is known for the Bridge of Arta, medieval bridge over the Arachthos River, as well as for its ancient sites from the era of Pyrrhus of Epirus and its well-preserved 13th-century Castle of Arta, castle. Arta's Byzantine history is reflected in its many Byzantine churches; perhaps the best known is the Panagia Paregoretissa (Mother of God the Consoling), built about 1290 by despot (court title), Despot Nikephoros I Komnenos Doukas. Etymology The origin of the city's name is quite uncertain. It is either derived from a corruption of the river Arachthos, or from the Latin word "artus" (narrow), or from the Slavic languages, Slavic word "balta" (swamp). History Antiquity The first settlement in the area of the modern city dates to the 9th century B.C. Ambracia was founded as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arta (regional Unit)
Arta, ARTA, or Artà may refer to: Places Djibouti * Arta, Djibouti, a regional capital city in southeastern Djibouti * Arta Mountains, a mountain range in Djibouti * Arta Region, Djibouti Greece * Arta, Greece, a regional capital city in northwestern Greece * Arta (regional unit), Greece * Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta, a gulf of the Ionian Sea Elsewhere * Arta, Azerbaijan, a village and municipality * Artà, an independent municipality and village on the Spanish Balearic island of Majorca * Arta Terme, a ''comune'' (municipality) in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe, Western Europe. It consists of Italian Peninsula, a peninsula that extends into the Mediterranean Sea, with the Alps on its northern land b ... * Nartë (Arta in Greek), Albania * Medieval Despotate of Arta (1358–1416) in modern Albania Organizations * Anti-Red Tape Authority, a Phi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plaka Bridge
Plaka Bridge (, ''Gefýri tis Plákas'') is a 19th-century stone arch bridge, one-arch bridge in Greece that collapsed during the floods of 1 February 2015, and was rebuilt in 2020. It is located at the borders of Arta (regional unit), Arta and Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina prefectures, above the waters of Arachthos (river), Arachthos River. Administratively, it belongs to the community of Plaka-Raftaneon.Leftheris et al. (2006), p. 148 With its arch of width and height, it was the largest one-arch bridge in Greece and the Balkans, and the third largest one-arch stone bridge in Europe. It also had two small auxiliary arches of width on its two sides. It was considered "one of the most difficult, single-arch bridges to construct." The bridge was the starting point for rafting and canoeing on Arachthos River. History Construction The bridge was built upon the order of List of sultans of the Ottoman Empire, Ottoman Sultan Abdülaziz of the Ottoman Empire, Abdülaziz, and wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
