- Pyrsogianni
Pyrsogianni or or Pirsogianni (Greek: Πυρσόγιαννη), accented forms: Monastíri, older forms: -o and -on, is one of the most important villages in the area of
Konitsa (Ioannina Prefecture ) in northernGreece . It is in the municipality ofMastorochori and serves as a municipal seat. Its 2001 population was 370 for the village. The GR-20 (Ioannina - Konitsa - Kozani), the old road is approximately 2 km northwest.Nearest places
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Vourbiani , north
*Lagkada, northeast
*Kastania, southeastPopulation
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 theGreek Civil War , its buildings were rebuilt. Once a village of around 200 to 300, its population loss begna 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. Pyrsogiannibecame 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 Konitsa.Other
Pyrsogianni has a school, a lyceum (middle school), a church, a square ("
plateia "). Its nearest, gymnasium (secondary school) are inKonitsa .ee also
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List of places in the Ioannina prefecture
*Administrative divisions of the Ioannina prefecture External links
External links
* [http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Thebes/2912/indexen.htm Pyrsogianni]
* [http://www.mastorohoria.gr/index1.htm Mastorochoria (in Greek)]
* [http://www.gtp.gr/LocPage.asp?id=2816 Pyrsogianni at the GTP Travel Pages]
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