Konitsa
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Konitsa is a town in Epirus, Greece, near the Albanian border located at Mertzani near Melissopetra. It lies amphi-theatre shaped on a mountain slope of the Pindos mountain range, overlooking the valley where the river Aoos meets the river Voidomatis. The valley is used for farming.
Κonitsa is referred for first time in the "Chronicle of Ioannina"(1380). The castle of Konitsa was stregthened by the ruler of Epirus, Thomas II Preljubović. During the ottoman period Konitsa became seat of the homonymous kaza (district) attracting also Turks and Albanians inhabitants. Konitsa was liberated in 1913. Greek general and politician Konstantinos Dovas as well as the Albanian intellectual Faik Konica were born in the town.
Konitsa is a regional centre for many small Pindos villages, and there are shops, schools and a hospital. It is a good starting point for tourists who want to explore the Pindos mountains, or who want to go rafting in the river Aoos or parapenting.
Κonitsa is referred for first time in the "Chronicle of Ioannina"(1380). The castle of Konitsa was stregthened by the ruler of Epirus, Thomas II Preljubović. During the ottoman period Konitsa became seat of the homonymous kaza (district) attracting also Turks and Albanians inhabitants. Konitsa was liberated in 1913. Greek general and politician Konstantinos Dovas as well as the Albanian intellectual Faik Konica were born in the town.
Konitsa is a regional centre for many small Pindos villages, and there are shops, schools and a hospital. It is a good starting point for tourists who want to explore the Pindos mountains, or who want to go rafting in the river Aoos or parapenting.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konitsa
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Coordinates: 40°2'44"N 20°44'52"E
- Kuçovë 113 km
- Nafpaktos 204 km
- Lecce 225 km
- Copertino 232 km
- Brindisi 251 km
- Massafra 316 km
- Crotone 331 km
- Marina di Ginosa 333 km
- Cariati (Kariati) 333 km
- Gioia del Colle 337 km
- Vikos - Aoos National Park 10 km
- Ntaliopolis plateau 12 km
- Misorahi plateau 14 km
- Zagori 16 km
- Mountain Smolikas 18 km
- North Pindus National Park 19 km
- Peripheral unit of Ioannina 24 km
- Kolonjë District 27 km
- Νestorio Municipality 39 km
- Peripheral unit of Kastoria 56 km