{"id":4945,"date":"2024-06-30T15:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-30T15:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lucid-brahmagupta.185-138-42-84.plesk.page\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2024-06-30T17:05:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-30T17:05:15","slug":"metsovo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epirusexplorer.com\/en\/featured-en\/metsovo\/","title":{"rendered":"Tribute to Metsovo – The Vlach village with tradition and history"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Metsovo is located 50 km. northeast of Ioannina and is the seat of the homonymous Municipality. It is built amphitheatrically at an altitude of 1,160 m. on the slopes of a sloping and steep part of the Central Pindos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is located west and directly opposite the neck of the mount Zygos , which from the past is the boundary between the Northern and Central Pindos that continues with South Pindos (dolomite). But it is the \u201cGate of entry\u201d from Epirus to Thessaly and Western Macedonia, and therefore an important transport hub. Among these mountainous parts of Pindos, a large valley is formed up to the village Anthochori which crosses Metsovitikos River and which, in the position \u201cBaldouma\u201d, is poured into the river Arachthos which springs from Zagorochoria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Metsovo is surrounded by high mountains such as: Peristeri (2294 m), Mavrovouni (2160 m.), Zygos (1820 M.), Katara(1689 M.), Karakoli (1491 M.), Chrysovitsa (1559 m.), Tsouka Rossa or Kokkinorachi (1985 m.) in the NW of the artificial lake Aoos near Valia Calda Greece National Park(Attention: There is another Tsouka Rosha 2377 m. In the mountain range of Tymfi, on the border of the Vikos \u2013 Aoos National Park, next to the highest peak of Gamila).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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About Metsovo<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Metsovo is a purely mountainous town, one of the most traditional and picturesque, surrounded by several meadows but mainly from dense fir and beech forests, where various animals (bears, wolves, etc.) nest. In such a position and with such nature, the climate is purely continental, with low temperatures, many rainfalls and snowfall in winter and cool summers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Metsovitikos River is born from two springs, which forms two streams that merge under Metsovo and just before Anilio, creating Metsovitikos River. From there, the river first moves to the west and then to the southwest, where, after about 25 km, it meets the Zagoritikos river at Baldouma and together they create the large river Arachthos. In the past, the rushing waters of Metsovitikos River moved ten watermills and sawmills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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North of Metsovo and in close proximity is the picturesque plateau Politsia or Politsies (Policuare). From old and to the present in the rich meadows of this site, during the summer months, graze sheep, goats, cattle, domesticated or free horses, donkeys and mules that are a wealth for the breeders of Metsovo.\u00a0The name probably originated in the\u00a0latin\u00a0word\u00a0Policia\u00a0and was associated with a Roman military garrison that had settled there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n