Town · Epirus
Konitsa
An amphitheatre-shaped town in the Pindus, near the Albanian border, with the Aoos river and its gorge.
- Altitude
- 600 m
- Residents
- 2,638 (town, 2021)
- River
- Aoos, rafting
- 1948
- The battle of Konitsa
Konitsa lies north of Ioannina, near the Albanian border, built amphitheatrically on a slope of the Pindus at 600 m. In 2021 the town had 2,638 residents, the municipal unit 3,982 and the municipality 5,296.
Nature
The town overlooks the valley where the Aoos meets the Voidomatis. Rafting on the Aoos is popular and the Aoos Gorge is part of the Vikos–Aoös National Park. In town there is an Ottoman-era bridge, built in 1870.
1948
In December 1947 communist guerrillas tried unsuccessfully to capture the town. The army relieved it on 1 January 1948, and the guerrillas who attacked again on 25 January 1948 were decisively beaten.
