Metsovo (Greek: Μέτσοβο; Aromanian: Aminciu) is a town in Epirus, in the mountains of Pindus in northern Greece, between Ioannina to the west and Meteora...
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Metsovo lung was an epidemic of lung disease resulting from domestic exposure to asbestos in the village of Metsovo in northwest Greece. Most of the inhabitants...
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Pindus (redirect from Metsovo (mountain range))
from the Middle Ages up to the 19th century was either "Metsovo" or "the mountains of Metsovo". Most probably this name was not meant to indicate the...
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The first available information about the ecclesiastical organization of Metsovo and its environs points to the fact that, in the 14th century, it was part...
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Ottomans applied a special tax-administrative regime in the area, the Metsovo region comprises a federation of five mountainous settlements in northern...
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In various Turkish firmans, the area of Metsovo is referred to as derbent (Greek: derveni, "passage") and its residents as derbendcis, meaning guards...
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the centuries of decline of the Ottoman's fiscal mechanism. The Chora Metsovo was a mukataa, meaning a tax district, the proceeds of which were leased...
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Katara Pass (redirect from Metsovo Pass)
The Katara Pass or Metsovo Pass (Greek: Πέρασμα της Κατάρας) is a mountain pass in the Pindus mountains in northern Greece. It is 5 km (3 mi) northeast...
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The mule drivers of Metsovo were one of the most significant professional transporters in the early modern Greece. In the Greece and especially in the...
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use of formaela cheese in Arachova, halloumi in Cyprus, and vlahotiri in Metsovo. The cheese is melted in a small frying pan until it is bubbling and generally...
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