Fortosi, Ioannina

Fortosi (Φορτόσι) Ioannina

Fortosi , officially Fortosion, is a semi-mountainous village in the prefecture of Ioannina, Epirus, at an altitude of 860 meters[1] and belongs to the Katsanochoria of Epirus.[2][3]

Geography - Sights

Fortosi is located in the southeast of the prefecture with the prefecture of Arta and west of the Arachthos River. The provincial road Arta - Ioannina passes through the village and is 25.5 km. SE. of the city of Ioannina and 29.5 km. W. of Pramanta. Sights of the area are:

The sacred temple of Faneromeni located on the homonymous hill, to the west of the village and neighboring Nistora. It is a three-aisled basilica with a dome, which according to local tradition was built by Kosmas the Aitolokan and has frescoes inside from 1787.[4] It has been declared an ancient monument since 1964.[5]
The bridge of Politsa on Arachthos and the road connecting Fortosi with Ampelohori. It is a stone bridge with a main and auxiliary arches, almost 14 meters high, which rests on rocks. A concrete bridge has been built next to it.[6]
The stone elementary school, which has been declared a modern monument since 2008, because "it is a typical example of an Epirus school building of the beginning of the 20th century, with remarkable morphological and architectural elements and on the other hand it is closely connected to the educational history of the settlement and the memories of its inhabitants".[7]

Name - Administrative

According to local tradition, a little outside the village of Kostitsi, at the location "Lati", there was a large settlement, Latio, which was plagued by a plague. From this plague, only four brothers named Kostas, Nestoras, Petros and Fotis survived. These four brothers built the villages that still bear their name today, with various corruptions of course, namely "Kostitsi" (Kostas), "Nistora" (Nestoras), "Patero" (Petros) and "Fortosi" (Fotis). In the past, the village was written as Fortosi and in 1919 it was designated the seat of the homonymous community. In 1940 it was corrected to Fortosi.[8] According to the Kallikratis program, together with the settlements of Kostitsi, Nistora and Patero, they form the local community of Fortosi, which belongs to the municipal unit of Katsanohoria of the Municipality of Northern Tzoumerka and according to the 2011 census, as a community it has a population of 135 residents and as a settlement 38.[9]

References

Encyclopedia Nea Domii. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 309 vol.34.
Frangos, Christos (2010). Ioanninon&f=false Epirus-Northern Epirus, Tzoumerka and Katsanohoria: History, Folklore, Cultural Monuments, Tourism Check ). Christos Frangos. ISBN 9789609318044.
«Arachthos-Katsanohoria». athenorama travel. Retrieved October 28, 2018.[dead link]
"Fortosi – Kostitsi – Patero - Nistora". www.voreiatzoumerka.gr. Archived from the original on August 5, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
Nikos, Kapetanakos E. "PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS". listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on November 26, 2020. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
"Politsa Bridge | The Stone Bridges of Greece". petrinagefiria.com. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
Nikos, Kapetanakos E. “PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS”. listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on 27 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
“Administrative Changes of Municipalities and Communitieswebsite=ΕΕΤΑΑ”. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
“Official Gazette of the results of the PERMANENT population census 2011”, p. 10561 (p. 87 of the pdf)

Municipal unit Katsanochoria
Community Aetorrachi
Aetorrachi (Αετορράχη, η)
Lazaina (Λάζαινα, η)
Community Elliniko
Elliniko (Ελληνικό, το)
Community Kalentzi
Kalentzi (Καλέντζι, το)
Community Koritiani
Koritiani (Κορίτιανη, η)
Community Monolithi
Agios Georgios (Άγιος Γεώργιος, ο)
Monolithi (Μονολίθι, το)
Xirovouni (Ξηροβούνι, το)
Community Pigadia
Pigadia (Πηγάδια, τα)
Community Plaisia Malakasiou
Plaisia (Πλαίσια, τα)
Community Platanoussa
Dafni (Δάφνη, το)
Zoodochos Pigi (Ζωοδόχος Πηγή, η)
Platanoussa (Πλατανούσσα, η)
Community Fortosi
Kostitsi (Κωστήτσι, το)
Nistora (Νίστορα, η)
Patero (Πάτερο, το)

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