{"id":4508,"date":"2023-09-03T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-03T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucid-brahmagupta.185-138-42-84.plesk.page\/?p=4508"},"modified":"2023-09-04T15:33:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T15:33:11","slug":"vovousa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epirusexplorer.com\/en\/zagorohoria-en\/vovousa\/","title":{"rendered":"Vovousa: A beautiful village in a mountainous valley"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Vovousa is a distant but beautiful village in East Zagori. It is built at an altitude of 1000 m. in a mountain valley that is divided in two by the river Aoos that springs in the south. It belongs to the human-geographical and cultural unit of the Vlach villages of Pindos, is located 70 km northeast of the city of Ioannina and administratively belongs to the Municipality of Zagori. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vovousa together with the villages Doliani, Vrysochori<\/a>, Greveniti, Elatochori, Iliochori<\/a>, Kavallari, Kastanona, Laista<\/a>, Makrino, Tristeno <\/a>and Flampourari make up the so-called Vlachozagoro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This integration in the administrative unit of Zagorochoria<\/a> shaped its historical course and influenced its economic organization and its relations with the Vlach villages of the surrounding areas, close and varied relations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u00abThe famous Valia Calda which many times served as a refuge for the infamous thieves extends above the village\u2026 There are green forests, from which the wood and the torch are extracted for Zagori and the other provinces of Epirus, where in summer men and women go there to carry home the torches they need, and their songs are very strange and their dances are inimitable\u2026\u00bb<\/p>\nIoannis Lampridis in \u201cZagoriaka\u201d (p.83)<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

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