Dodoni () is a village and a municipality in the
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 region in northwester ...
regional unit,
Epirus
Epirus () is a Region#Geographical regions, geographical and historical region, historical region in southeastern Europe, now shared between Greece and Albania. It lies between the Pindus Mountains and the Ionian Sea, stretching from the Bay ...
,
Greece
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. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Kyriaki (community
Theriakisi).
The modern village of Dodoni is located near the ancient city of same name and site of the ancient oracle of
Dodona
Dodona (; , Ionic Greek, Ionic and , ) in Epirus in northwestern Greece was the oldest Ancient Greece, Hellenic oracle, possibly dating to the 2nd millennium BCE according to Herodotus. The earliest accounts in Homer describe Dodona as an oracle ...
. ''
Oedipus the King'' was shot here in 1967.
Municipality
The present municipality Dodoni was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 4 former municipalities, that became municipal units:
[
* Agios Dimitrios
*Dodoni
* Lakka Souliou
* Selloi
The municipality Dodoni has an area of 657.499 km2, the municipal unit Dodoni has an area of 101.016 km2, and the community Dodoni has an area of 8.748 km2.]
Gallery
File:Amphitheatre at Dodoni, Greece.jpg, Theatre at Dodoni
File:Dodona.JPG, View on theatre and Mount Tomaros
References
Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)
Municipalities of Epirus (region)
Cities in ancient Greece
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