{"id":4245,"date":"2022-10-21T14:08:07","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T14:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucid-brahmagupta.185-138-42-84.plesk.page\/?p=4245"},"modified":"2023-02-08T08:15:36","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T08:15:36","slug":"chioniades-the-village-of-folk-painters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epirusexplorer.com\/en\/mastorochoria-en\/chioniades-the-village-of-folk-painters\/","title":{"rendered":"Chioniades – The beautiful village of folk painters"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Chioniades (or Chionades or Sioniades) is a small, mountainous, acretic settlement drowned in the green and built on the eastern slopes of Grammos, and in particular the Bandra<\/strong>\u2019 s peak that we share with Albania at an altitude of 1159 meters near the border with Albania and over the villages of Asimohori (Leskatsi) and Gorgopotamos (Turnovo, framed by rugged peaks and canyons and has an endless view to the valley of the Vourbianitiko stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the heavy snowfall and many rains, there are many springs with plenty of water forming two torrents on either side of the village, Alonitikos and Manouras, which meet up and flow into Sarantaporos, the tributary of Aoos river.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chioniades<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

History and Information<\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Based on iformation we found on http:\/\/chioniades.gr<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Chioniades is one of the historical villages of craftsmen, known as Mastorohoria of Konitsa, with the characteristic paved square, the tall stone terraces due to the sloping ground, the fountain, the plane tree and, of course, the stone cobbled streets and the stone houses. It was once the center of a large geographical area with common cultural features: the Mastorohoria in Voio, Kastoria, Florina, Tzoumerka, but also in Cologne, Korce, Elbasan (today Albania).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no data when the settlement was created. However, from the many Slavic place names in the village and from the words that came into the vocabulary of the inhabitants, we conclude that this place was inhabited before 1000 AD. Chioniades and the villages of the area seem to have been created by joining, perhaps, nomads who felt the need to form a united community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In one version the first inhabitants of Chionades built their first village in the 14th century at the \u201cPaliospita\u201d site, with a central church the existing church of Agios Nikolaos, and where there are three cemeteries. Later in the 16th century, unknown why, they abandoned this site and settled in today\u2019s.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chioniades<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Chioniades<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n