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image by Tomislav Šipek, 10
January 2022
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The municipality of Konitsa (6,362 inhabitants in 2011; 95,120 ha) is located on the border with Albania, 70 km north of Ioaninna. The municipality was formed in the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the five former municipalities of Konitsa (4,632 inh., 2,942 in the town of Konitsa), Aetomilitsa (432 inh.), Distrato (278 inh.), Fourka (90 inh.), and Mastotochoria (930 inh.).
Ivan Sache, 11 January 2022
The logo features Konitsa's landmark, the Aoos Bridge.
The Konitsa Bridge
(sometimes called the Aoos Bridge) spans the Aoos River just to the south of
Konitsa. Completed in 1870, it was the work of the architect and engineer Ziogas
Frontzos from Pyrsogianni, a small village some 20 miles north of Konitsa.
Despite his provincial education, he learned much of his craft in the quarry
near his village, Frontzos, and nonetheless impressed the Turkish engineers who
had previously tried and failed to build a bridge over the Aoos. When the Turks
asked him where he had studied, he proudly told them he had studied at the
University of Pyrsogianni, in the "quarry outside the village where young
craftsmen were taught the secrets of this art."
The elegant single-arched
bridge is 66 feet (20 m) high and 115 feet (35 m) in length, which could quite
well make it the largest single arch bridge in the Balkans. It is narrow,
however, just wide enough for pedestrians, livestock, and carts to pass from one
side to the other.
The low walls at either side do not offer much of a
barrier between pedestrians and the river below. Because of this, a bell still
hangs under the arch to warn passersby of strong winds, which could make the
crossing dangerous.
The fact that this pretty bridge still stands at all is
no mean feat. The Turkish Army tried unsuccessfully to burn it down in 1918 and
later attempts to blow it up during the Greco-Italian war and the civil war that
followed also proved fruitless.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/konitsa-bridge
Atlas Obscura
Ivan Sache, 11 January 2022
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