Mesolouri
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Mesolouri (Μεσολούρι) is a community in the Grevena Prefecture, Greece. Population 139 (2001).
Mountainous village of Macedonia, Greece , built in Eastern side of Northern Pindos in altitude 1.080 m. It administratively constitutes seat of homonym community and depends in Grevena prefecture and in the Region of Western Macedonia. Ecclesiastical in the Holy Metropolis of Grevena. It borders north with the community of Dotsiko, easternly with the municipality of Ag. Kosmas, southernly with the community of Filippei and the municipality of T. Ziaka and westwards on the community of Samarina. It abstains from Grevena 28 km ,turnpike road, from Athens 441 km., from the Thessaloniki 215 km., from Larissa 178 km. and from Ioannina 136 km.. The village surrounded by a verdurous region, extent of 18.000 acres, from black pine, fir and oaks. From the elevations "Petra" (1.326 m), "Tsouka"(1.220 m) and "Krania" (1.237 m) which they are located around the village the view to Kastoria, Grammos, Vintsi, Kissavos and Olympus is fascinating. Between the elevations "Petra" and "Tsouka" exists a small river which shapes three possessed waterfalls of height 3 m, 2,5 m, and 5 m respectively in distance 1 km NW of village. In distance 2 km southern of settlement, in a way that is offered for walk in the forest, are located 2 small lakes of surface 150 m 2 and 50 m 2 and there near the locality "Paliospita" with ruins of old settlement. Northern of the village in distance 1km is located the church of Prophet Helias and in the 2 km locality "Mauromati" with the homonym fountain. Southernly in distance 1 km from the village is found the locality "Mylos" is found the ruins of old watermills as well as the foundations of bridge. Inside the settlement of worthy attention are the fountain in the central square which is dated by the creation of village and the church of Agios Dimitrios, which was built in 1777 and constitutes the ornament of village
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| Municipalities and communities of the Grevena Prefecture |
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| Chasia • Deskati • Gorgiani • Grevena • Irakleotes • Kosmas o Aitolos • Theodoros Ziakas • Ventzio |
| Avdella • Dotsiko • Filippaioi • Mesolouri • Perivoli • Samarina • Smixi |
