Tsotyli
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Tsotyli (Τσοτύλι) is a municipality in the Kozani Prefecture, Greece. Population 4,753 (2001). It is a really famous western Greek location, especially known for its old housing estate (oikotrofeio).
Starting from Tsotyli, you may visit Apidea, of archaeological interest, in the location of Boufara or Saint Athanassios. The picturesque villages of Krimini and Rodo-chori are situated a few kilometres away from Tsotyli. Near the village of Rodochori, the Tsoukaris bridge over Pramoritsa, a tributary of Aliakmon, bears witness to the local architecture. The Tsotyli-Kastanochoria route is unique. The mountain Ontria, with its forests, tresh water springs and old legends about girls who turned into stone, looms over the area. Polikastano is the biggest village in the area with an amazing landscape at an altitude of 950m.It is where the great family of the legendary Gkatzogiannis was founded. In the mountainous Voio, the village of Augerinos, at an altitude of 1050m. completes the beauty of the landscape. The mastery of the old craftsmen of the village is shown in the two floor houses made of stone in the central square. Following a dirt road you may visit the monastery of Aghia Triada (Holy Trinity) on the outskirts of Vithos and Pentalofos.
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| Municipalities and communities of the Kozani Prefecture |
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| Agia Paraskevi • Aiani • Askio • Dimitrios Ypsilantis • Elimeia • Ellispontos • Kamvounia • Kozani • Mouriki • Neapoli • Ptolemaida • Servia • Siatista • Tsotyli • Velventos • Vermio |
| Vlasti • Livadero • Pentalofos |
