Perama, Ioannina

Perama, Ioannina

Perama (Πέραμα) is a town about 4 km NE of Ioannina in Greece. The town's name means "passage" and it lies on the northern edge of lake Pamvotis (Greek Παμβώτις). It is famous for its cave, known as the "Cave of Perama" (Greek Σπήλαιον Περάματος). The cave, extending five kilometres below the ground and having been explored fully only up to one kilometre, has a remarkable arrangement of stalagmites and stalactites. An 11th-century church in the town dedicated to Saint Haralambos and reputedly built by Byzantine Emperor Alexius Comnenus is in a bad state of repair and is rarely open to the general public. Perama has approximately 1,500 inhabitants, and triple that number have emigrated, primarily to Australia, America and Germany. The town lies on GR-6 between Igoumenitsa and Metsovo.

The town (pop. 2,693 in 2001) is the municipal seat of the surrounding Municipality of Pérama, which has a land area of 105.725 km² and a population of 5,743 inhabitants. The municipality's largest other towns are Amfithéa (pop. 555), Perívleptos (509), Krýa (358), Agía Marína (331), and Kranoúla (301).

External links

* [http://www.perama.gr/ Official website] en el icon


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