Wednesday 4 January 2017

DESKTOP 1254 - ZAGORI, GREECE

Zagori (Greek: Ζαγόρι), is a region and a municipality in the Pindus mountains in Epirus, in northwestern Greece. The seat of the municipality is the village Asprangeli. It has an area of some 1,000 square kilometers and contains 46 villages known as Zagori villages (or Zagorochoria or Zagorohoria), and is in the shape of an upturned equilateral triangle.

The southern corner of the triangle contains the provincial capital, Ioannina, the south-western side is formed by Mount Mitsikeli (1,810m), and the Aoos river and Mount Tymfi constitute the northern side, and the south-eastern side runs along the Varda river to Mount Mavrovouni (2,100m) near Metsovo. The municipality has an area of 989.796 km2. The population of the area is about 3,700, which gives a population density of 4 inhabitants per square kilometer, compared to an average of 73.8 for Greece as a whole.

This post is part of the Outdoor Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wordless Wednesday meme,
and also part of the ABC Wednesday meme,
and also part of the Wednesday Waters meme,
and also part of the Travel Tuesday meme.

8 comments:

  1. summer.... spring.....beautiful weather.... at such a location an extra treat

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  2. Does that bridge have Roman influence? Or did the Romans have a Greek influence? Awesome shot!

    Leslie
    abcw team

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  3. So Beautiful... Greece is on my bucket list.

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  4. Oh so lovely!!!
    Thanks for linking up at http://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2017/01/church-of-primacy-of-peter.html

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  5. LOVE the bridge in the foreground

    ROG, ABCW

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  6. What a beautiful spot! We are planning a trip with the kids to Greece this year to celebrate a BIG birthday in the family! I'm going to look up this gorgeous spot!

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