Mousiotitsa
| Mousiotitsa Μουσιωτίτσα | |
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| Location | |
  Mousiotitsa | |
| Coordinates | 39°23′N 20°49′E / 39.383°N 20.817°ECoordinates: 39°23′N 20°49′E / 39.383°N 20.817°E |
Location within the region  | |
| Government | |
| Country: | Greece |
| Administrative region: | Epirus |
| Regional unit: | Ioannina |
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| Time zone: | EET/EEST (UTC+2/3) |
| Elevation (center): | 650 m (2,133 ft) |
| Postal code: | 45500 |
| Telephone: | 02564 |
Mousiotitsa (Greek: Μουσιωτίτσα) is a village located in the Ioannina regional unit in the Epirus region (Greek: Ήπειρος) of western Greece. Situated 33 km south of the city of Ioannina (Greek: Ιωάννινα) near the springs of the river Louros (Greek: ποταμός Λούρος), the village consists of 4 areas: Kato Mousiotitsa, Ano Mousiotitsa, Nea Mousiotitsa and Mesoura. As of 2011 the village belongs to the municipality of Dodoni (Greek: Δωδώνη) after the merger of its previous municipal unit Agios Dimitrios (Greek: Άγιος Δημήτριος) with three other units.[1]
It is widely regarded to have been settled in the early 18th century. The old St Nicholas church is first mentioned in the Greek church archives in the year 1791. The village belonged to the group of villages that made up Souli (Greek: Σούλι).[2]
On July 25, 1943, followed by 27 August 1943, German SS troops entered the village and executed a total of 153 civilians (List of massacres in Greece). The attack and resulting massacre was a retaliation by the Nazi German troops against alleged resistance activity in the village, and that it had supported a deadly attack on a German officer in the nearby area of Zita.[2][3]
See also
References
- ↑ Kallikratis law Greece Ministry of Interior (Greek)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Σταύρου-Αναγνώστου, Γεωργία (1998). Η προσφορά της Μαρτυρικής Μουσιωτίτσας στη Νεώτερη Ιστορία-Χρονικό του Ολοκαυτώματος (Ιούλιος-Αύγουστος 1943). Ioannina: Έκδοση: Κοινότητα Μουσιωτίτσας
- ↑ Μουσιωτίτσα, 25 Ιουλίου 1943 Μουσιωτίτσα, 25 Ιουλίου 1943 (Greek)
External links
- Σύλλογος Νέων Μουσιωτίτσας
- Αδελφότητα Μουσιωτίτσας
- Μουσιωτίτσα, 25 Ιουλίου 1943
- Mousiotitsa massacre - online video documentary (in Greek)
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