Ioannina lies at an elevation of approximately 500 metres (1,640 feet) above sea level, on the western shore of Lake Pamvotis (Παμβώτις). In the period between the 18th and 19th centuries, the city was a major center of the modern Greek Enlightenment. [85] ), The area is famous for its spring water from, The region of Ioannina is well known for the production of, This page was last edited on 22 March 2021, at 12:21. The city hosts consulates from the following countries: An informal meeting of the foreign ministers of the states of the European Union took place in Ioannina on 27 March 1994, resulting in the Ioannina compromise. [34] The school continued its activities until 1758, when it was superseded by the newer collegial institutions within the city. In 2011 its population was 1,009. [18], Under Michael I, the city was enlarged and fortified anew. Kryovrysi is 2.5 km north of Spothoi, 9 km east of Perama and 8 km northeast of Ioannina. According to another theory, the city was named after Ioannina, the daughter of Belisarius, general of the emperor Justinian.[9][10]. He estimated the population at 4,000 hearths. Today, the university is one of the leading academic institutions in Greece. The university was founded in 1964, as a charter of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and became an independent university in 1970. [89][90][91][92][93], As of 2017, there was a student population of 25,000 enrolled at the university (21,900 at the undergraduate level and 3,200 at the postgraduate level) and 580 faculty members, while teaching is further supplemented by 171 teaching fellows and 132 laboratory staff. [60] As a response to the vandalisms, citizens of the city formed an initiative for the protection of the cemetery and organized rallies. Elisaf won 50.3 percent of the vote. In 1841 the “Kahal Kadosh Hadash” (or “New Holy Community”) was built over the foundations of the old synagogue in Ioannina. It dates from the late 19th century. The day the city came under the control of the Greek forces, aviator Christos Adamidis, a native of the city, landed his Maurice Farman MF.7 biplane in the Town Hall square, to the adulation of an enthusiastic crowd. [48], Following the Asia Minor Catastrophe (1922) and the Treaty of Lausanne, the Muslim population was exchanged with Greek refugees from Asia Minor. The south-eastern citadel, which bears the name Its Kale (Ιτς Καλέ, from Turkish Iç Kale, 'inner fortress')[citation needed] is where the Fethiye Mosque, the tomb of Ali Pasha, and the Byzantine Museum are located. There are two forms of the name Greek, Ioannina being the formal and historical name, while the colloquial and much more commonly used Υannena or Υannina (Greek: Γιάννενα, Γιάννινα) represents the vernacular tradition of Demotic Greek. The adjacent building houses the VIII Division headquarters. Even the city's prominent Muslim families preferred to send their children to well-established Greek institutions, notably the Zosimaia. Despite the ongoing Ottoman expansion and the conflicts between Turks and Albanians in the vicinity of Ioannina, Esau managed to secure a period of peace for the city, especially following his second marriage to Spata's daughter Irene in c. 1396. Population of the Municipality of Ioannina. [15] Early 21st-century excavations have brought to light fortifications dating to the Hellenistic period, the course of which was largely followed by later reconstruction of the fortress in the Byzantine and Ottoman periods. [59] The Jewish cemetery too was repeatedly vandalized in 2009. The Cathedral of St Athanasius was completed in 1933. The population of Ioánnina, Greece is 65574 according to the GeoNames geographical database. These were islamized "Yaniotes" (= people from Ioannina), who spoke Greek. In 2003 the memorial was vandalized by unknown antisemites. Population: ~ 120,000. [75] The north-eastern citadel is dominated by the Aslan Pasha Mosque and also contains a few other monuments dating from the Ottoman period. It is located within the Ioannina municipality, and is the capital of Ioannina regional unit and the region of Epirus. The interior of the synagogue is laid out in the Romaniote way: the Bimah (where the Torah scrolls are read out during service) is on a raised dais on the western wall, the Aron haKodesh (where the Torah scrolls are kept) is on the eastern wall and at the middle there is a wide interior aisle. The identification of the site with one of the ancient cities of Epirus has not yet been possible. Ioannina is located 436 km (271 mi) northwest of Athens, 290 kilometres (180 miles) southwest of Thessaloniki and 90 km (56 miles) east of the port of Igoumenitsa in the Ionian Sea. Ioannina became the summer capital of the Tocco domains, and Carlo I died there in July 1429. Its capital is the city of Ioannina. Of the 1,960 Jews who were deported to Auschwitz from Ioannina, Greece, 110 survived. The demotic form also corresponds to those in the neighboring languages (e.g., Albanian: Janina or Janinë, Aromanian: Ianina, Enina or Enãna, Turkish: Yanya). Ioannina , often called Yannena (Γιάννενα Yánnena [ˈʝa.ne.na]) within Greece, is the capital and largest city of the Ioannina regional unit and of Epirus, an administrative region in north-western Greece. The island's winding streets are also home to many gift-shops, tavernas, churches and bakeries. It was built on the foundations of the previous Orthodox cathedral which was destroyed in the fires of 1820. Map and satellite image Map, satellite image, and topographic (terrain) map for Ioánnina, Greece (courtesy of Google Earth): Latitude, Longitude, and Elevation In 1877 for example, Albanian leaders sent a memorandum to the Ottoman government demanding, among other things, the establishment of Albanian language schools and various Muslim Albanians of the Vilayet formed in Ioannina a committee which aimed at defending Albanian rights. Ioannina is the wettest city in Greece. 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In 2020 2021, the population of the city of Ioannina, Greece is - 85 803 people. It suffered financially from the dissolution of the Republic of Venice by the French and finally stopped operation in 1820. At the south-eastern edge of the town on a rocky peninsula of Lake Pamvotis, the castle was the administrative heart of the Despotate of Epirus, and the Ottoman vilayet. The current population of Greece is 10,385,145 as of Tuesday, March 30, 2021, based on Worldometer elaboration of the latest United Nations data. In 2011 its population was 63 people. [36] These were significant historical, theological as well as scientific works, including an algebra book funded by the Zosimades brothers, books for use in the schools of Ioannina such as the Arithmetica of Balanos Vasilopoulos, as well as medical books. Approximately 164 of these survivors eventually returned to Ioannina. Ioannina is located 410 km (255 mi) northwest of Athens, 260 kilometres (162 miles) southwest of Thessaloniki and 80 km (50 miles) east of the port of Igoumenitsa in the Ionian Sea. The monastery of St Panteleimon, where Ali Pasha spent his last days waiting for a pardon from the Sultan, is now a museum housing everyday artefacts and relics of his period. [84] The newest addition to the city's museum, the silversmithing museum, is also in the south-eastern citadel. The municipality Ioannina has an area of 403.322 km2, the municipal unit Ioannina has an area of 47.440 km2, and the community Ioannina (the city proper) has an area of 17.335 km2. [46], According to the Ottoman censuses of 1881/1893, the city and its environs (the central kaza of the Sanjak of Ioannina), had a population comprising 4,759 Muslims, 77,258 Greek Orthodox (including both Greek and Albanian speakers), 3,334 Jews and 207 of foreign nationality. In 1948 there were 170 jews living in the town, and by 1967 their number had dwindled to 92. The city's foundation has traditionally been ascribed to the Byzantine Emperor Justinian in the 6th century AD, but modern archaeological research has uncovered evidence of Hellenistic settlements. The city's emblem consists of the portrait of the Byzantine Emperor Justinian crowned by a stylized depiction of the nearby ancient theater of Dodona. It is part of the region of Epirus. [54] Almost all of the people deported were murdered on or shortly after 11 April 1944, when the train carrying them reached Auschwitz-Birkenau. Some of the most important museums of the city are within the walls of the castle. [13][14] This view is not supported, however, by any concrete archaeological evidence. This was 3.02% of total Greece population. It is a wax museum which covers events and personalities from Greek history as well as the history of the region and is the result of the personal work of Pavlos Vrellis. In 1389, Ioannina was besieged by John Bua Spata, and only with the aid of an Ottoman army was Esau able to repel the Albanians. During that time, the population of Jews and Muslims in Ioannina almost equaled the Christian population. It is the capital of the homonymous prefecture, and a lively city of more than 100,000 inhabitants. Its name means "the Old Synagogue". Outside the walls of the castle, close to the town centre, one will find the Archaeological Museum of Ioannina. After the Balkan Wars, the city of Ioannina became a part of the modern state of Greece and Jews “played an active role in the social and political life” of the city, Battinou said. With a population of over 70,000 residents, it's considered one of the most important commercial, financial, and cultural centers of the region. It is the largest regional unit in Epirus, and one of the largest regional units of Greece, with population 167,901, according to 2011 census. [8], During the Ottoman period (turcokracy) the religious-linguistic minority of "Turco-yanniotes" (Τουρκογιαννιώτες) existed in Ioannina and neighbouring areas. Only 181 Ioannina Jews are known to have survived the war, including 112 who survived Auschwitz and 69 who fled to join the resistance leader Napoleon Zervas and the National Republican Greek League (EDES). It is the capital of the province of Epirus, which is the most mountainous place in Greece. On this occasion, Emperor Andronikos II Palaiologos elevated the city to a metropolitan bishopric, and in 1319 issued a chrysobull conceding wide-ranging autonomy and various privileges and exemptions on its inhabitants. Ioannina is home to a major sports team called PAS Giannina. In this year, Epirus population density was 36.6 p/km². Psalidas established an important library of thousands of volumes in several languages and laboratories for the study of experimental physics and chemistry that aroused the interest and suspicion of Ali Pasha. The city of Ioannina is about 450km north-west from Athens and about 60km south of the Albania border. As a result, the dominance of the Greek language in the city continued: the minutes of the city council were kept in Greek, and the official newspaper, Vilayet, established in 1868, was bilingual in Turkish and Greek. It is also the seat of the University of Ioannina. In addition to the two mosques surviving within the walls of the castle, two further mosques are preserved outside the walls. [11] During classical antiquity the basin was inhabited by the Molossians and four of their settlements have been identified there. The Mosque and Madrassa of Veli Pasha are in the centre of the city,[77] and Kaloutsiani mosque can be found in the area of the city with the same name. [34] The Ottoman reprisals in the wake of the revolt included the confiscation of many timars previously granted to Christian sipahis; this began a wave of conversions to Islam by the local gentry, who became the so-called Tourkoyanniotes (Τoυρκογιαννιώτες). According to the 2011 census, the city population was 65,574, while the municipality had 112,486 inhabitants. The 2011 census recorded 838 residents in the village. Municipality of Ioannina, from the very beginning of the humanitarian crisis in Greece, has hosted in camps and urban settings a significant number of refugees and asylum seekers. Ali Pasha was assassinated in 1822 in the monastery of St Panteleimon on the island of the lake, where he took refuge while waiting to be pardoned by Sultan Mahmud II. The University of Ioannina was funded in 1970; until then, higher education faculties in the city had been part of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.[52]. 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