Ano Pedina (, before 1928: Άνω Σουδενά - Ano Soudena) is one of the villages in Central Zagori in the Ioannina regional unit, northwestern

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. It is located on the western slopes of Mt Tymfi.

History

The village is mentioned in a Golden bull of emperor Symeon Paleologos of Serbia from 1362. There are two monasteries, the monastery of Evangelistria and the monastery of Agia Paraskevi. The first is the oldest, restored in 1786, while the second was founded in 1750.Λαμπρίδης Ιωάννης "Ζαγοριακά", Τυπογραφείον Αυγής, Αθήνα, 1870

Notable people

* Neophytos Doukas, humanist.

References

Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Zagori {{Epirus-geo-stub