This was the most difficult photograph to identify from the set of old images of Vlach villages by the Manakia […]

“Few, if any, villages in Pindus have a more beautiful situation than Baieasa. The river, already a considerable stream, which

Perivoli, according to tradition, was founded some two hundred years ago by the union of three villages: Bithultsi, Karitsa, and

Another village that was difficult to identify. However, at one point during my field research, I recognized the shape of

In the late 19th century, the German linguist and ethnographer Gustav Weigand documented many of the villages in the Zagori

Iliochori was called Dobrinovo until the 1920s, which in Slavic means “good beginning”. The village’s beginnings are unclear but can

Ianake Manakia settled in Ioannina around 1898-1899, where he took up a position as a drawing and calligraphy teacher. He

The Greek town of Grevena has a history deeply intertwined with the Vlach people. It was once a key stopover

Laista, known as Laka in Vlach, is the most remote settlement in the Zagori region, once the most populated and