The Vikos Gorge or Vikos Canyon (Greek: Φαράγγι του Βίκου) is a gorge in the Pindus Mountains of north-western Greece. It lies on the southern slopes...
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hectares (8,402 acres), comprises the spectacular Vikos Gorge, carved by the Voidomatis river. The gorge's main part is 12 km (7 mi) long, which attains a...
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Vikos may refer to: Vikos, Ioannina, village in the Central Zagori municipal unit in Ioannina regional unit, Greece Vikos Gorge, gorge in the Pindus Mountains...
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Zagori (section The Vikos Gorge)
gorge. The Voidomatis river has its source in the Vikos Gorge and then continues to flow through its own smaller gorge into the river Aoös. The Vikos...
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of Saint Paraskevi is an abandoned monastery situated on the edge of Vikos Gorge, in the region of Zagori (Ioannina regional unit), northwestern Greece...
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Pindus (section Vikos-Aoos National Park)
parks. The Vikos-Aoos National Park is south of the town of Konitsa, in the west part of Zagori region. It includes Mount Tymfi, the Vikos Gorge and the...
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Aetomilitsa on Mount Gramos, in the Pindus mountains. The Vikos river, Vikos–Aoös National Park. The Vikos Gorge. The old bridge of Konitsa over the Aoos river....
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It is situated at an altitude of 955m on a mountain slope near the Vikos gorge with roads linking it to Greek National Road 6. Vitsa is famous for its...
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Ioannina regional unit, Greece. It lies at the northern end of the Vikos Gorge. The main current sources of the Voidomatis river are located in the...
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interest, such as the Vikos–Aoös National Park, which includes the Vikos Gorge, the Aoos Gorge and the Tymfi mountains, where the Vikos spring water brand...
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England Cataract Gorge, a river gorge located in Launceston, Tasmania, Australia Vikos Gorge, Pindus Mountains, Greece The Gorge and Gorge Water, part of...
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of the Vikos Gorge and is inside the Vikos–Aoös National Park. It attracts many hikers and mountaineers from around the world. The Vikos Gorge is the...
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The Vikos Gorge, part of the Vikos-Aoos National Park in the Pindus range, is listed by the Guinness book of World Records as the deepest gorge in the...
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massif of Tymphe includes in its southern part the Vikos Gorge, while they both form part of the Vikos–Aoös National Park which accepts over 100,000 visitors...
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museum) were excavated in the villages of Elafotopos and Vitsa by the Vikos gorge. Still herding the western highlands of the Pindos in Zagoria, Molossoi...
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located in the village of Vikos. Along its path it converges with other streams originating from the banks of Tymfi or the Vikos Gorge. It ends close to Konitsa...
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well-known kalderimi in the Epirus village of Vradeto used to enter the Vikos Gorge. After many years of neglect, overgrowth, and destruction for modern...
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List of canyons (redirect from List of gorges)
Imbros Gorge, Crete Kotsifos Gorge, Crete Kourtaliotiko Gorge, Crete Richtis Gorge, Crete Sarakina Gorge, Crete Samaria Gorge, Crete Vikos Gorge, Vikos–Aoös...
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surrounded by rivers. It is built on a rocky hill, in the southern end of Vikos Gorge. Kipoi was once the centre of Zagori. After the Balkan Wars and the liberation...
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physician. Vikos doctors (Greek: βικογιατροί) were local doctors practicing a form of herbal medicine in the 18th and 19th century. The Vikos doctors hailed...
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canyons and other karstic landscapes, including the Meteora and the Vikos Gorges – the latter being the world's deepest canyon in proportion to its width...
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middle of the Vikos–Aoös National Park and is about 50 km (31 mi) away from Ioannina. It is located only a few kilometers from the Vikos Gorge and near one...
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northwestern Greece. The village is situated at the southern end of the Vikos Gorge. The village takes its name from the Greek word of silkworm cocoon; silk...
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amphitheatre. The Vikos–Aoös National Park, including the Vikos gorge, through which the Voidomatis river flows. The Zagori villages, partly in the Vikos-Aoos National...
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The core of the 3,400 hectare park is the Vikos Gorge, carved by the Voidomatis River, while the Aoos Gorge, Mount Tymfi, with its highest peak, Gamila...
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lies the historic monastery of Agia Paraskevi, built on the edge of the Vikos Gorge. The monastery was founded in 1412 by Michael Voevodas Therianos and...
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altitude of 2050 m above sea level, on the mountain range of Tymfi, in Vikos–Aoös National Park. It is overlooked by the nearby peaks of Ploskos (Greek:...
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Δρυμός Σουνίου 1974 6.22 km2 (2.40 sq mi) 34.8 km2 (13.4 sq mi) [12] [13] Vikos-Aoos National Woodland Park Εθνικός Δρυμός Βίκου – Αώου 1973 32.38 km2 (12...
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Πλακίδα ή Καλογερικό 56 m (184 ft) Masonry 3 semi-circular arches Footbridge Vikos 1814 Koukouli 39°51′42.1″N 20°47′10.7″E / 39.861694°N 20.786306°E / 39...
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