Plaisia, Ioannina

Plaisia (Πλαίσια) Ioannina

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Plaisia[2][3] or Plaisia ​​Malakasiou[4][5] is a settlement in Epirus in the Regional Unit of Ioannina.

General information

Plaisia ​​is located in Northern Tzoumerka, west of the Arachthos River, at an altitude of 620 meters[2] and belongs to the Katsanohoria of Epirus[6]. It is 30 km. S.-SE. of the city of Ioannina and 35 km. W.-SW. of Pramanta. The village is built amphitheatrically and radially around its central square in an area overgrown with walnut trees, fig trees, wild pears, sycamore trees, lime trees and large plane trees. Its houses are stone-built according to traditional architecture.[3]

Sights

The house of the Geros brothers, which has been described as a work of art because it "presents remarkable interest both from a typological point of view (loggia with two characteristic columns, consisting of stone flywheels) and from a morphological point of view (cornice stones, lamp of the openings, hewn crypt)".[7]
The church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which has been described as a historical monument. "It is a cruciform basilica with a dome and an additional narthex. It is built with hewn stone and the roof is covered with black slate. The church is recorded with frescoes from 1664. The church is adorned with a wooden carved iconostasis from the 17th century and two important icons from 1653".[8]

Administrative - population data

Plaisia ​​is mentioned after the liberation of Epirus written as Plesia Malakasiou in 1919 in the Government Gazette 184A - 19/08/1919 to be designated as the seat of the homonymous newly founded community and in 1928 its name was corrected to Plaisia.[5] According to the Kallikratis plan, it constitutes the community of Plaisia ​​Malakasiou which belongs to the municipal unit of Katsanohoria of the Municipality of North Tzoumerka and according to the 2011 census it has a population of 234 inhabitants.[9]

Demographic evolution

The demographic evolution of the settlement is as follows:

Year Population
1991 158
2001 210
2011 234
2021 118

References

GEOnet Names Server. June 11, 2018. -826467.
Papyrus Encyclopedia Britannica. 49. Papyrus Publishing House. 1996. p. 265.
«Frames». www.voreiatzoumerka.gr. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
Encyclopedia Nea Domii. 28. Athens: Tegopoulos - Maniateas. 1996. p. 149.
«EETAA-Administrative Changes of Settlements». www.eetaa.gr. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
«Geographical - Historical Data - Monuments of Epirus - Monuments of Epirus». epigrepirus.project.uoi.gr. Retrieved on 1 April 2023.
«PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS / Afon Gerou's house». listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved on 1 April 2023.
«PERMANENT LIST OF DECLARED ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES AND MONUMENTS». listedmonuments.culture.gr. Archived from the original on 1 April 2023. Retrieved on 1 April 2023.
«Official Gazette of results of PERMANENT population», p. 10561 (p. 87 of 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)
Fortosi (Φορτόσι, το)

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