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Pogoni
Pogoni (, ) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki. The municipality has an area of 701.059 km2. Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census. History Pogoni was populated by the end of the Neolithic Age. Historically, the region was inhabited by the ancient Greek tribe of the Molossians. Along with the rest of Epirus, the area was annexed by the Kingdom of Greece in 1913 after the First Balkan War. Pogoni was also home to the 268th Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I. Municipality The municipality Pogoni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Ano Kalamas * Ano Pogoni * Delvinaki * Kalpaki * Lavdani * Pogoniani Province The province of Pogoni () was one of the provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoniani
Pogoniani (, pronounced , before 1928: Βοστίνα, ''Vostina''; ) is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 56.693 km2, the community 18.830 km2. The municipal unit consists of 4 villages: Pogoniani, Dolo, Drymades, Stavroskiadi. History In antiquity the area of Pogoniani was inhabited by Molossians, one of the three main Ancient Greek tribes of the northwestern Greek group. The establishment of the bishopric of Pogoniani is associated with the reign of Byzantine Emperor Constantine Pogonatos () due to the latter's nickname, but it first appears in the ''Notitiae Episcopatuum'' during the reign of Andronikos III Palaiologos (). The seat of the archbishop was most likely in Depalitsa (modern Molyvdoskepastos). Pogoniani fell to the Ottoman Empire in 1447. During the 16th century a s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pogoni
Pogoni (, ) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki. The municipality has an area of 701.059 km2. Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census. History Pogoni was populated by the end of the Neolithic Age. Historically, the region was inhabited by the ancient Greek tribe of the Molossians. Along with the rest of Epirus, the area was annexed by the Kingdom of Greece in 1913 after the First Balkan War. Pogoni was also home to the 268th Patriarch of Constantinople, Athenagoras I. Municipality The municipality Pogoni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 6 former municipalities, that became municipal units: * Ano Kalamas * Ano Pogoni * Delvinaki * Kalpaki * Lavdani * Pogoniani Province The province of Pogoni () was one of the provinces A province is an administrative division within a country or state. The term derives from the ancient Roman , which was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ano Pogoni
Ano Pogoni () is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 137.084 km2. The seat of the municipality was in Kefalovryso. Subdivisions The municipal unit Ano Pogoni is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): * Agios Kosmas * Kakolakkos * Kato Meropi * Kefalovryso *Meropi (formerly Roumpates) *Oraiokastro * Palaiopyrgos * Roupsia * Vasiliko Population Names The name Ano Pogoni means "Upper Pogoni". Some Albanian toponyms exist for names of villages in the Pogoni area such as Roumpates meaning robe or garment. "όπως και από αλβανικές ονομασίες χωριών: Ρομπάτες (= ρόμπα, ένδυμα), Δελβινακίων (= αμπελότοπος), Γούβερη (Γούβα - Κοίλωμα) κ.λ.π." History During the Balkan Wars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Delvinaki
Delvinaki () is a former municipality in the Ioannina (regional unit), Ioannina regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform, it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 255.8 km2, the community 54.8 km2. In 2021 its population was 538 for the village and 1,609 for the municipal unit. Delvinaki is part of the traditional area of Pogoni. Delvinaki lies along the Greek National Road 22, GR-22/European route E853, E853 road, which links Kalpaki with the Albanian border. The border crossing Kakavia (border crossing), Kakavia is west of town. Subdivisions The municipal unit of Delvinaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Agia Marina, Ioannina, Agia Marina *Argyrochori, Ioannina, Argyrochori *Charavgi, Ioannina, Charavgi *Delvinaki *Farangi, Ioannina, Farangi (formerly Gouveri) *Kastani, Ioannina, Kastani *Kerasovo, Ioannina, K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ioannina (regional Unit)
Ioannina () is one of the regional units of Greece, located in the northwestern part of the country. It is part of the region of Epirus (region), Epirus. Its capital is the city of Ioannina. It is the largest regional unit in Epirus, and one of the largest regional units of Greece, with a population of 160,773 people, according to the 2021 census. Geography Ioannina borders Albania in the north, and the regional units of Kastoria (regional unit), Kastoria in the northeast, Grevena (regional unit), Grevena and Trikala (regional unit), Trikala in the east, Arta (regional unit), Arta in the southeast, Preveza (regional unit), Preveza in the south and Thesprotia in the southwest and west. Ioannina is a mountainous region, dominated by the Pindus mountains, that cover the eastern part of the regional unit. The main subranges of the Pindus are from north to south: Gramos, Smolikas (2,637 m, the highest of the Pindus), Tymfi, Lygkos, Lakmos and Athamanika. The lower Xerovouni mountains ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kalpaki
Kalpaki () is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it has been part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. It is situated about northwest of Ioannina, and southwest of Konitsa. The municipal unit has an area of 116.756 km2, and the community 13.189 km2. The Greek National Road 20 connects Kalpaki with Ioannina and Konitsa. The GR-22 connects Kalpaki with Kakavia, the border crossing into southern Albania. Subdivisions The municipal unit Kalpaki is subdivided into the following communities (constituent villages in brackets): *Kalpaki (Kalpaki, Lioumpa) *Ano Ravenia *Chrysorrachi *Doliana (Doliana, Agios Georgios Dolianon) *Geroplatanos *Kato Ravenia *Mavrovouni *Negrades Population History Kalpaki joined Greece after the Balkan Wars of 1913. The Battle of Elaia–Kalamas took place in the area in November 1940, during the Italian invasion of Greece. See also *List of sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lavdani
Lavdani () is a village and a former community in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni Pogoni (, ) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki. The municipality has an area of 701.059 km2. Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census. History Pogoni was ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 48.191 km2, the community 31.866 km2. Population 119 (2021). Notable people * Spyridon Simos,Επίτομο Γεωγραφικό Λεξικό της Ελλάδος (Geographical Dictionary of Greece), Μιχαήλ Σταματελάτος, Φωτεινή Βάμβα-Σταματελάτου, εκδ. Ερμής, ΑΘήνα 2001 journalist and politician References Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Pogoni {{Epirus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ano Kalamas
Ano Kalamas ( , Albanian:Mazrek) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni Pogoni (, ) is a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Kalpaki. The municipality has an area of 701.059 km2. Its population was 6,848 at the 2021 census. History Pogoni was ..., of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an area of 86.50 km2. Population 1,970 (2021). The seat of the municipality was in Parakalamos. References Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Pogoni {{Epirus-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Molossians
The Molossians () were a group of ancient Greek tribes which inhabited the region of Epirus in classical antiquity. Together with the Chaonians and the Thesprotians, they formed the main tribal groupings of the northwestern Greek group. On their northern frontier, they neighbored the Chaonians and on their southern frontier neighbored the kingdom of the Thesprotians. They formed their own state around 370 BC and were part of the League of Epirus. The most famous Molossian ruler was Pyrrhus of Epirus, considered one of the greatest generals of antiquity. The Molossians sided against Rome in the Third Macedonian War (171–168 BC) and were defeated. Following the war, the region witnessed devastation while a considerable number of Molossians and other Epirotes were enslaved and transported to the Roman Republic, in the Italian Peninsula. Ancient sources According to Strabo, the Molossians, along with the Chaonians and Thesprotians, were the most famous among the fourtee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epirus (region)
Epirus ( ; , ) is a traditional geographic regions of Greece, geographic and modern administrative regions of Greece, administrative region in northwestern Greece.Π.Δ. 51/87 "Καθορισμός των Περιφερειών της Χώρας για το σχεδιασμό κ.λ.π. της Περιφερειακής Ανάπτυξης" (''Determination of the Regions of the Country for the planning etc. of the development of the regions, Efimeris tis Kyverniseos ΦΕΚ A 26/06.03.1987'' It borders the regions of Western Macedonia and Thessaly to the east, West Greece to the south, the Ionian Sea and Ionian Islands (region), Ionian Islands to the west and Albania to the north. The region has an area of about . It is part of the wider historical region of Epirus, which overlaps modern Albania and Greece but lies mostly within Greek territory. Geography and ecology Greek Epirus, like the region as a whole, is rugged and mountainous. It comprises the land of the ancient Moloss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Provinces Of Greece
The provinces of Greece (, "eparchy") were sub-divisions of some the country's prefectures of Greece, prefectures. From 1887, the provinces were abolished as actual administrative units, but were retained for some state services, especially financial and educational services, as well as for electoral purposes. Before the Second World War, there were 139 provinces, and after the war, with the addition of the Dodecanese, Dodecanese Islands, their number grew to 148. According to the Article 7 of the Code of Prefectural Self-Government (Presidential Decree 30/1996), the provinces constituted a "particular administrative district" within the wider "administrative district" of the prefectures. The provinces were finally abolished after the 2006 Greek local elections, 2006 local elections, in line with Law 2539/1997, as part of the wide-ranging administrative reform known as the "Kapodistrias reform, Kapodistrias Project", and replaced by enlarged Municipalities and communities of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ecumenical Patriarch Of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox Church. The ecumenical patriarch is regarded as the representative and spiritual leader of the Eastern Orthodox Christians worldwide. The term ''ecumenical'' in the title is a historical reference to the Ecumene, a Greek designation for the civilised world, i.e. the Roman Empire, and it stems from Canon 28 of the Council of Chalcedon. The patriarch's Episcopal see, see, the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, is one of the most enduring institutions in the world and has had a prominent part in world history. The ecumenical patriarchs in ancient times helped in the spread of Christianity and the resolution of various doctrinal disputes. In the Middle Ages, they played a major role in the affairs of the Eastern Orthodox Church, as w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
