Foteino ( el, Φωτεινό []) is a village (community) in the municipal unit of
Kompoti
Kompóti ( el, Κομπότι, ) is a village and a former municipality in the Arta (regional unit), Arta regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas (munic ...
in the Arta (regional unit), regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2011 its population was 178.
History
The old name of the village, Hósiana ( el, Χώσιανα), appears for the first time in 1696, in a historic document in which the villages of Arta asked the
Venetian Republic
The Republic of Venice ( vec, Repùblega de Venèsia) or Venetian Republic ( vec, Repùblega Vèneta, links=no), traditionally known as La Serenissima ( en, Most Serene Republic of Venice, italics=yes; vec, Serenìsima Repùblega de Venèsia, ...
for protection from pirates.
In 1899, a new church was built by destroying a small old one, dating to the early 12th century
The village was constituted as a separate commune with the 186/10.08.1947 government gazette (ΦΕΚ). Until then it was part of the commune of Ano-Petra. With ΦΕΚ 195/23.07.1953, its name changed from Hosiana to Fotino,
[Kaselouris, Lampros Christos. 1980. ''Historic And Folklore of Arta''. Athens. Page 98] and with law 2539/1997, as part of the Kapodistrias reforms, the commune became a municipal district of the municipality of Kompoti.
Gallery
Image:Fotino Artas 2008.06.02.jpg, Fotino
Image:Fotino Artas Amvrakikos 2007.10.06.jpg, Fotino - Amvrakikos view
Image:Fotino Artas Meyarhi 2007.11.16.png, Fotino - Meyarhi View
Image:Fotino Artas Peta 2007.10.27.png, Fotino - Peta View - October
Image:Fotino Artas Peta 2008.06.02.jpg, Fotino - Peta View - June
See also
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Kompoti
Kompóti ( el, Κομπότι, ) is a village and a former municipality in the Arta (regional unit), Arta regional unit, Epirus (region), Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Nikolaos Skoufas (munic ...
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Sellades
Sellades ( el, Σελλάδες) is a village in the municipal unit of Kompoti in the regional unit of Arta, Greece. In 2011 its population was 606 for the town and 714 for the community (including the village Alonia). Sellades is 1 km northw ...
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Menidi
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Ambracian Gulf
The Ambracian Gulf, also known as the Gulf of Arta or the Gulf of Actium, and in some official documents as the Amvrakikos Gulf ( el, Αμβρακικός κόλπος, translit=Amvrakikos kolpos), is a gulf of the Ionian Sea in northwestern Greec ...
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Ionian Sea
The Ionian Sea ( el, Ιόνιο Πέλαγος, ''Iónio Pélagos'' ; it, Mar Ionio ; al, Deti Jon ) is an elongated bay of the Mediterranean Sea. It is connected to the Adriatic Sea to the north, and is bounded by Southern Italy, including C ...
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Arachthos River
The Arachthos ( el, Άραχθος) is a river in eastern Epirus, Greece. Its source is in the Pindus mountains, near the town Metsovo ( Ioannina regional unit). It is long, and its drainage area is . Its upper course is known as '' Metsovitikos'' ...
External links
The municipality of Kompoti
Footnotes
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Populated places in Arta (regional unit)