Vissani

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Vissani Βήσσανη
Community
Vissani
Coordinates: 39°56′N 20°32′E
Country	Greece
Administrative region	Epirus
Regional unit	Ioannina
Municipality	Pogoni
Municipal unit	Delvinaki
Population  (2021)[1]
• Community	236
Time zone	UTC+2 (EET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+3 (EEST)

Vissani (Greek: Βήσσανη Ιωαννίνων) is a village in the municipal unit of Delvinaki, Ioannina regional unit, in the Epirus region of northwestern Greece. It is situated in the mountainous Pogoni area near the Albanian border, at 750 m above sea level. A small road connects Vissani with the Greek National Road 22 Kakavia - Kalpaki.

Saint Nicholas (1791)

Avel monastery(1760)

Population

Year	Population
1981	417
1991	365
2001	426
2011	420
2021	236

History

Vissani was founded in the 14th century, and grew during Ottoman rule. It became a part of Greece after the Balkan Wars in 1913. The village retains elements of its traditional architecture. In the center of the village is the church of Saint Nicholas from 1791, decorated with frescoes. The village houses were built by craftsmen from the villages of Pyrsogianni and Vourbiani. Vissani is the birthplace of Kitsos Harisiadis, one of the greatest traditional clarinetists of Epirus,^[2] who mastered and taught the tradition of playing the "miroloi".

See also

• List of settlements in the Ioannina regional unit

References

1. "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
2. Lament from Epirus: An Odyssey Into Europe's Oldest Surviving Folk Music, by Christopher King