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Kalarrytes, Ioannina, Greece by Kafetsis A. Fotis. 

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Na aldeia de Kalarrytes Tzoumerka, o Mosteiro de Kipina, um dos mais impressionantes mosteiros do Epiro, vai deixá-lo sem palavras.

Escalei a montanha, construída no oco de uma rocha íngreme e íngreme, que foi esculpida artisticamente para formar uma cúpula perfeita, evoca espanto e admiração.

O mosteiro foi construído em torno de 1212 m. X. e é dedicado à Assunção da Virgem.

O nome deve-se aos jardins cultivados pelos monges perto do Mosteiro.

A estrada pavimentada chega até a base da rocha e de lá um caminho esculpido na rocha e uma ponte de madeira leva-o ao mosteiro.

Durante o domínio turco, a ponte de madeira era móvel e os monges levantaram-na com uma alavanca para que pudessem ser protegidos de ataques. O pequeno mosteiro está cheio de hagiografias do século XVII.

Visitar o Mosteiro de Kipina é uma experiência que nunca esquecerá.

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Kalarrytes - Epirus, Greece

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Kalarrytes sites on the edge of a cliff on the western slopes of the Pindos Mountain Range above the Kalarrytikos Gorge.

In its heyday it was famous for its silver and goldsmiths, and was one of the major sites of silversmiths of the entire Balkans!  Today, in a way the legend still lives on –  its most famous resident is  Sotirios Voulgaris, the founder of BVLGARI, a world-famous jewellery and luxury goods company!

Despite being remotely located in Epirus, its location is quite strategic, as it connects Thessaly with Epirus and the Ioanian Sea, which perhaps provides a clue as to why the region was inhabited as early as 10 AD.

What I really found unique about Kalarrytes is that every home has a water fountain.  The water fountains serve a practical purpose in providing spring water to each household, but also a social function since they are often where social gatherings are held. Furthermore they represent the identity of the residents and serve as orientation points.  I find that last point quite comical, since the village is SO small, even I couldn’t get lost!

Given the importance of fountains, each one naturally has a name.  So how do you name a fountain?  You consider its position, name it after a local tradition or the name of the donor.

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kalarrytes, epirus, greece

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Καλαρρύτες Ιωαννίνων

Kalarrytes,Ioannina

Spring water

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Καλαρρύτες - Τζουμέρκα! 🇬🇷 Kalarrytes, Tzoumerka, Greece by Vagelis Giotopoulos.

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KIPINA MONASTERY: An unseen religious treasure. Athamanian mountains, Ioannina, Greece. Photo by Amalia Lampri.  The monastery has a long and interesting history that you can read under the cut.

On the way to Calarites high up on a vertical rock of 40m high and over the canyon that runs the Kalarrytikos River there is an unguarded religious treasure. The Kipina Monastery, dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin, is literally buried on the rock with unlimited view of the surrounding peaks. The Kipina Monastery was built in 1349 and belongs to the small settlement of Mystras (old Arborousi or Arborisi). The history of the Monastery is interesting. Seraphim Byzantius (Metropolitan of Arta 1864-1894) reports that it was built by a bishop named Gregory in 1212. The tradition, however, says that it was founded in 1349 by a monk of the Vyliza Monastery who was annoyed because he was not elected abbot, took his followers and left the Monastery determined to establish his own. Searching they located this area not far from the Vyliza Monastery. They liked the place when they saw the cave on the rock because they were safe from the robbery raids. Indeed it proved to be an excellent choice because the monastery never suffered from them. But the problem was in the construction. Access to the cave was almost impossible. The only passage was on the side where they found a gorge of 6 m. width. With a rough wooden bridge they managed to cross over and they were surprised to find that the cave was still going through the rock in a deep cave. This was because this hole was once the bed of an underground river that changed its course due to an earthquake or precipitation, which is why at the foot of the rock where the monastery is located, there is plenty of water. Eventually despite the difficulties they managed to build this beautiful monastery, making it safe from external dangers. The access to the monastery is made by a small path to its east, carved into the rock, which ends up on a small wooden hanging bridge before entering. The bridge was and remains mobile and raised with a mechanism so that the monastery is inaccessible to the prospective raiders, since a four-meter gap is created on the cliff. The name, according to linguists, probably derives from Slavic "Kip" which means picture or painting and ending -ina, a name that the neighboring settlement Armporesi also took later. Another version of the name indicates that the Monastery probably owes its name to the gardens that the monks cultivated beneath it. This cave during the period of Ottoman domination and national resistance was the hiding place of the undercover Greeks and the resistance. After 1917 the Monastery was abandoned by the monks and has been operating once or twice in the summer. Unprotected and abandoned it became a mark for the anarchists who in the autumn of 1997 stole not only the old icons and relics of great value, but they also stole the entire magnificent iconostasis. All that was stolen was never found and only lately those who managed the monastery thought to lock it. The peculiarity of the monastery is that from the northern entrance begins the entrance of a cave (unobstructed) with a length of 240m. and maximum height of 9 m. which had been explored in 1956 and 1993 by Anna Petrocheilos and Stefanos Nicolaides, members of the Speleological Greek Expeditionary Group. - Amalia Lampri

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“Kalarrytes belong to the prefecture of Ioannina, located on the western slopes of Pindus, at an altitude of 1200 m. The village is surrounded by the mountains of Peristeri (Lakmos) and Tzoumerka (Athamanian mountains). On the northwest, the steep gorge of Kalarrytikos river separates the village of Kalarrytes from Syrrako, while on the north and above the village extend the plateaus and mountain grasslands of Baros, which connects Thessaly to Epirus.”

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