Ioannina
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Ioannina, often called Yanina, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in northwestern Greece.
The "Rule of Sinan Pasha" (9 October 1430), written in Greek, granted to the citizens a series of privileges under Ottoman control
Interior view of the dome of the Aslan Pasha Mosque built on the site of the Church of Saint John, which was torn down after the failed anti-Ottoman revolt of 1611
The old Zosimaia School, now municipal school
Zois Kaplanis, Greek philanthropist from Ioannina, founder of the Kaplaneios School
Ioannina Castle
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The Ioannina Castle is the fortified old town of the city of Ioannina in northwestern Greece. The present fortification dates largely to the reconstruction under Ali Pasha in the late Ottoman period,
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…to be linked to the establishment of a monastery dedicated to Saint John the Baptist, around which the later settlement (in the area of the current Ioannina Castle) grew. According to another theory, the city was named after Ioannina, the daughter of Belisarius, general of the emperor Justinian…
Clock tower over the main gate of the Ioannina Castle
View of Its Kale and the palace of Ali Pasha from the Lake of Ioannina in the 1820s, by Louis Dupré
Road to the castle
West gate