Tristeno ( el, Τρίστενο; older name , ), is a village and a
community of the
Zagori municipality.
Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of
East Zagori, of which it was a municipal district.
The 2021 census recorded 55 inhabitants in the village.
The community of Tristeno covers an area of 15.325 km
2.
History
Although no memories are preserved among the local population of any past
Orthodox Christian
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Orthodoxy within Christianity refers to acceptance of the doctrines defined by various creeds and ecumenical councils in Antiquity, but different Churche ...
Albanian
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**Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans
**Albanian language
**Albanian culture
**Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
presence, Albanian linguistic remnants in the local Greek speech may point that they were the first settlers of the village. This would also explain the local
Aromanian name of the village given the nearby
Aromanian settlement of Zagori (, "Albanian village"). Kahl (1999) suggests that the village might have been a mixed Albanian-Aromanian village, while Koukoudēs (2003) argues that it shouldn't be included among Vlach villages.
The Tristeno of
Eastern Zagori is not known when it was created as a village. It was first recorded in a
golden edict of 1319 (a type of concession) of Byzantine Emperor
Andronikos II. It referred to a lord of
Ioannina
Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...
called Drestenikos, whose name existed at least until the last century in
Ioannina
Ioannina ( el, Ιωάννινα ' ), often called Yannena ( ' ) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. According to the 2011 census, the c ...
.
Apparently from the name of this Byzantine honorary, the village was named Drestenikos
Greek: Δρεστένικος and later Dresteniko
Greek: Δρεστένικο and Ntresteniko
Greek: Ντρεστένικο. Several years after the liberation of Epirus (1912-1913), in 1927 with a decree
(ΦΕΚ 76/1927), it was renamed Tristeno, out of the three straits that exist above the village.
The first settlers are mentioned as shepherds from Himarra who brought their sheep for grazing in Zagori in the summer. This version is not accepted by the village's inhabitants who oppose the view that the first settlers came from Veria and were craftsmen.
See also
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List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit
This is a list of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit, Greece.
* Achladies
* Aetomilitsa
* Aetopetra, Konitsa
* Aetopetra, Zitsa
* Aetorrachi
* Agia Anastasia
* Agia Marina
* Agia Paraskevi, Konitsa
* Agia Paraskevi, Zagori
* Agia ...
References
Sources
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Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)
Zagori
Aromanian settlements in Greece
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