Pyrsogianni

Pyrsogianni (Greek: Πυρσόγιαννη) is a village in the Ioannina Prefecture in northern Greece, near Konitsa. It is in the municipal unit of Mastorochoria, and it was the seat of the municipality Mastorochoria. In 2001 its population was 377. The GR-20 (Ioannina - Konitsa - Kozani), the old road is approximately 2 km northwest.

Nearest places

• Vourbiani, north
• Lagkada, northeast
• Kastania, southeast

Population

About the village

The village includes the town hall of the Municipality of Mastorochoria and the Police Station of the region (mostly devoted to border guard duties). Visitors to the village will find also restaurants and coffee shops. The central spot of the village is the Pyrsogianni Hotel, which was built with the donations of the villagers. "The Brotherhood of Pyrsogianni" is a local organization that has to demonstrate remarkable projects. The most important sight of the village is the stone-built church of Agios Georgios, with an impressive bell tower. We should not forget also the new Ethnological Museum of Stonemasons, which is housed on the ground floor of the old stone school that was built in 1927.

History

After World War II and the Greek Civil War, its buildings were rebuilt. Once a village of around 200 to 300, its population loss began when emigration occurred at a higher rate until 1981 through to 1991, the population has been declining slowly but lost by half between 1991 and 2001. Pyrsogianni became connected with asphalt in the 1980s and the 1990s. more pavement was available in recent years. Electricity, radio and automobiles were introduced in the mid-20th century, television in the late-20th century and computer and internet at the turn of the millennium. In the late-1990s, the ex-community (now a municipal district) joined to become the newly formed municipality of Mastorochoria.

See also

• List of places in the Ioannina prefecture

External links

• Pyrsogianni
• Mastorochoria (in Greek)
• Pyrsogianni at the GTP Travel Pages

References