Selloi ( el, Σελλοί) is a former municipality in the
Ioannina regional unit,
Epirus
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, settlement_type = Historical region
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, map_caption = Map of ancient Epirus by Heinrich ...
,
Greece
Greece,, or , romanized: ', officially the Hellenic Republic, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the southern tip of the Balkans, and is located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Greece shares land borders with ...
. Since 2011, local government reform it is part of the municipality of
Dodoni
Dodoni ( el, Δωδώνη) is a village and a municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Agia Kyriaki (community Theriakisi).
The modern village of Dodoni is located near the ancient ci ...
, of which it is a municipal unit.
The municipal unit has an area of 166.432 km
2.
Is in the southwest of the Ioannina regional unit. The municipal unit is subdivided into fifteen communities.
The seat of the municipality was in
Tyria, a village of the community of Baousioi next to the river
Tyria. From there is passing the Via Egnatia Road (A/K of Selli). The name comes from the ancient
Selloi The Selloi ( el, Σελλοί) were an ancient Greek tribe inhabiting Epirus in ancient Greece, in a region between Dodona—site of the oldest reported oracle—and the Achelous river; Aristotle named the area ancient Hellas. A group who were fo ...
who lived around Dodona.
Tourist sites include the cave of the bears, the Stournari Well and the Batzarion Cheese Factory.
References
Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)
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