Mountain village · Tzoumerka
Kypseli
A village on the southern slopes of the Tzoumerka with the church of Agios Markos of 1770 and Saint Kosmas the Aetolian.
- Location
- About 47 km NE of Arta, altitude 530 m
- Residents
- 247 (2021)
- Old name
- Chosepsi, until 1962
- Church
- Agios Markos, 1770, frescoes 1786
Kypseli lies on the southern slopes of the Athamanika (Tzoumerka), about 47 km northeast of Arta and 11 km west of Vourgareli, at 530 m. Its name became Kypseli in 1962.
History
At the site called Epitafion survive traces of a fortification wall of polygonal boulders and at Kastri a Roman funerary stele was found.
The churches
Agios Markos, a single-aisled timber-roofed basilica, was burned in 1692, rebuilt in 1770 and has frescoes of 1786. The church of Saint Kosmas the Aetolian honours the saint who preached here. Agios Nikolaos, in the central square, was built in 1904, partly with materials from the mansion of the Kotelidai captains.
