My Town - Ioannina (Epirus)

 

Ioannina, often called Yannena, is the capital and largest city of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece, with a population of 112,486 (in 2011). It lies at an elevation of approximately 500 metres (1,640 feet) above sea level, on the western shore of lake Pamvotis.

Founded by the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD. It was part of the Despotate of Epirus from 1358 to 1416, before surrendering to the Ottomans in 1430. Between 1430 and 1868 the city was the administrative center of the Pashalik of Yanina. Ioannina joined Greece in 1913 following the Balkan Wars. 

The city has both a General and a University Hospital, and is the seat of the University of Ioannina (situated 5 km south of the city, with 17 departments and 20,000 students) as well as several departments of the Τechnological Educational Institute of Epirus.

The city's emblem consists of the portrait of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian crowned by a stylized depiction of the nearby ancient theater of Dodona.

 

Discover more Ioannina at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ioannina

 

 

 

Photos: Konstantinos K. - Marina A.

 

 

Dafni T. - Athina K. - Ioanna K.

 

 

Views of Epirus

Collage was made in BigHugeLabs: Dimitrios A. - Christos Z. - Theodoros K. - Apostolos K.

 

 

A folk song of Epirus

Proposed by Olga A. - Ioanna-Maria G.