Lake Pamvotida
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Lake Pamvotida or Pamvotis, also known as the Lake of Ioannina, is the largest lake in Epirus, located in the central part of the Ioannina regional unit in northern Greece. The regional capital Ioanni
The ferry dock in Molos
A ferry on Lake Pamvotida, returning from the island
Lake Pamvotida
Lake Pamvotida
Ali Pasha of Yanina
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Ali Pasha, commonly known as Ali Pasha of Yanina or Ali Pasha of Tepelena, was an Albanian ruler who served as pasha of the Pashalik of Yanina, a large part of western Rumelia, in the Ottoman Empire.
Lake Pamvotida
…1960 a tunnel and ditch were constructed that drain from the northern end of the lake to the river Kalamas. The small inhabited Ioannina Island, where Ali Pasha was hiding during the last days of his reign, is situated near the northern shore. Urbanisation and pollution are threatening the lake ecosystem, home…
Portrait of Ali Pasha in 1818 by Spyridon Ventouras
The statue of Ali Pasha in Tepelenë
Portrait of Ali Pasha, drawn by Charles Robert Cockerell (published in 1820), based on Thomas Smart Hughes' travels in Albania in 1813.
"Ali Pasha of Janina hunting in the lake of Butrint in March 1819" by Louis Dupré (1825)