Ioannina

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Ioannina

Aslan Pasha Mosque Lake Pamvotis

 

along Lake Pamvotis

 

lake front

Ioánnina, also Yannina or Janina, city, northwestern Greece, administrative center of Epirus Region. Located within an agricultural and livestock-raising area, Ioánnina is a commercial center and distribution point for the outlying district. It has a large textile industry, and gold and silver jewelry are manufactured here.

 

 

Ioánnina was founded by the Byzantine emperor Justinian I about 527 AD and during the early Middle Ages was part of the Eastern Roman Empire. Ioánnina was annexed to the Ottoman Empire in the 1430s. The city was taken by Greece in 1913. During World War II Ioánnina was the site of heavy fighting, and the city was eventually captured by Germany in 1941. Population (1991) 56,699.

Text from Microsoft Encarta

 

 

street shrine with oil lamp
(supplies to keep the lamp burning are in the lower compartment)

 

needs restoration

 

graffiti

 

statue with its own graffiti


Ottoman Old Town

 


Ali Pasha, an Albanian provincial governor had established a semi-independent province with his capital at Ioánnina

 

 



mosque in old town

Photos of the Aslan Pasha Mosque


Island in Lake Pamvotis

 

Lake Pamvotis

 

boat to the island

 

restaurant on the island

More Photos from the Island


Shops of Ioannina

 

 

 

 


Aslan Pasha Mosque Lake Pamvotis

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