Vissani ( el, Βήσσανη Ιωαννίνων) is a village in the municipal unit of

Delvinaki Delvinaki ( el, Δελβινάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pogoni, of which it is a municipal unit. The municipal unit has an a ...

, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus,

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. It is situated in the mountainous Pogoni area near the

Albania Albania ( ; sq, Shqipëri or ), or , also or . officially the Republic of Albania ( sq, Republika e Shqipërisë), is a country in Southeastern Europe. It is located on the Adriatic and Ionian Seas within the Mediterranean Sea and shares ...

n border, at 750 m above sea level. A small road connects Vissani with the

Greek National Road 22 Greek National Road 22 is a national highway of Greece. It connects Kakavia, on the border with Albania, with Kalpaki Kalpaki ( el, Καλπάκι) is a former municipality in the Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, Greece. Since the 2011 local go ...

Kakavia - Kalpaki.

Population

History

Vissani was founded in the 14th century, and grew during Ottoman rule. It became a part of

after the

Balkan Wars The Balkan Wars refers to a series of two conflicts that took place in the Balkan States in 1912 and 1913. In the First Balkan War, the four Balkan States of Greece, Serbia, Montenegro and Bulgaria declared war upon the Ottoman Empire and defe ...

in 1913. The village retains elements of its traditional architecture. In the center of the village is the church of Saint Nicholas from 1791, decorated with frescoes. The village houses were built by craftsmen from the villages of

Pyrsogianni Pyrsogianni ( el, Πυρσόγιαννη) is a village in the Ioannina regional unit, northern Greece. It is situated on a mountain slope on the right bank of the river Sarantaporos. It is in the municipal unit of Mastorochoria, and it was the se ...

and Vourbiani. Vissani is the birthplace of Kitsos Harisiadis, one of the greatest traditional clarinetists of Epirus,Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey Into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music, by Christopher King who mastered and taught the tradition of playing the "miroloi".

References

External links

Vissani at the GTP Travel Pages
{{Delvinaki Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit)

Population

History

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