Vourinos ( el, Βούρινος) is a
mountain range covering the eastern
Grevena and southern
Kozani regional units in
Greece. Its highest elevation is .
[ Its length is approximately from northwest to southeast. It is drained by the river ]Aliakmonas
The Haliacmon ( el, Αλιάκμονας, ''Aliákmonas''; formerly: , ''Aliákmon'' or ''Haliákmōn'') is the longest river flowing entirely in Greece, with a total length of . In Greece there are three rivers longer than Haliakmon, Maritsa ( ...
and its tributaries. There are forests on the northern slopes and the lower areas, the higher elevations are covered with grasslands. The nearest mountain ranges are Askio
Askio ( el, Άσκιο; Pronunciation: As•ki•o) is a mountain range in the northwestern part of the Kozani and the eastern part of the Kastoria regional units in northern Greece. The elevation of its highest peak, Siniatsiko, is . to the north and Kamvounia to the southeast.
The nearest villages are Chromio Chromio, known before 1927 as Sfiltsi (Σφίλτσι), is a community located in Aiani municipal unit, Kozani regional unit, in the Greek region of Macedonia. It is situated at an altitude of 640 meters above sea level. The postal code is 5000 ...
to the east, Palaiokastro to the northwest and Pontini to the southwest. The nearest larger towns are Grevena to the west and Kozani to the northeast. The Egnatia Odos motorway ( Igoumenitsa - 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 ...
- Kozani - Thessaloniki - Alexandroupoli) and the Greek National Road 20 (Kozani - Konitsa - Ioannina) pass along its northern edge.
History
The mountain is known for being one of the two revolutionary outbreaks of the Macedonian Revolution of 1878
The 1878 Macedonian rebellion ( el, Μακεδονική επανάσταση του 1878) was a Greek rebellion launched in opposition to the Treaty of San Stefano, according to which the bulk of Macedonia would be annexed to Bulgaria, and in fa ...
, demanding the union of Macedonia (then still under the control of the Ottoman Empire) with Greece.Ourselves and Others: The Development of a Greek Macedonian Cultural Identity Since 1912, Peter Mackridge, Eleni Yannakakis, Berg, 1997
, pp. 7-8.
References
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Landforms of Grevena (regional unit)
Landforms of Kozani (regional unit)
Mountain ranges of Greece
Landforms of Western Macedonia