Ktismata

Ktismata
Κτίσματα
Community
Ktismata is located in Greece
Ktismata
Ktismata
Location within Greece
Coordinates: 39°54′N 20°24′E / 39.900°N 20.400°E / 39.900; 20.400
CountryGreece
Administrative regionEpirus
Regional unitIoannina
MunicipalityPogoni
Municipal unitDelvinaki
Population
 (2021)
 • Community
133
Time zoneUTC+2 (EET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+3 (EEST)
Vehicle registrationIN

Ktismata (Greek: Κτίσματα, before 1927: Αρίνιστα, Arinista) is a village and a community in the municipal unit of Delvinaki, Ioannina regional unit, Epirus, in northwestern Greece. It is situated on a hillside on the right bank of the river Drinos, at 412 m above sea level. It is 3 km from the Greek - Albanian border at Kakavia. The community consists of the villages Ktismata and Neochori. Ktismata is 7 km southwest of Delvinaki, 30 km southeast of Gjirokastër (Albania) and 47 km northwest of Ioannina. The Greek National Road 22 (Kakavia - Kalpaki) passes north of the village.

Culturally, the village of Ktismata is part of Dropull, an area which also extends into Albania. The village in the modern period is also placed as being part of Lower Pogoni.

Name

The toponym has two possible derivations. The first is derived from the Aromanian noun arin 'alder', from the Latin alinus, earlier alnus, and the Slavic derived suffix in Aromanian -iște and -iștea. The second stems from the Aromanian noun arina 'sand', from the Latin arena and the Slavic derived suffix in Aromanian -iște, due to the Drino river and its tributary, the Gyftopotamos. The new name Ktismata means 'buildings' in Greek.

History

In the Ottoman period, village lands were administered by an Aga, an Ottoman official on behalf of a Pasha based in the region. Ottoman rule ended and under Greece the lands were placed under the administration of Greek authorities; later they were redistributed by the state to the villagers. Gjirokastër was the main market town for the village in the Ottoman era and interwar period until the closure of the Albanian–Greek border following the Second World War. In both World War Two and later the Greek Civil War, the village was razed and later it was relocated to a site at the base of a hill. Some surviving building materials were reused to construct the new village. Greek multipart singing (polyphony) is practised in the village.

Demographics

YearVillage populationCommunity population
1981251—
1991215—
2001354368
2011246253
2021127133

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Αποτελέσματα Απογραφής Πληθυσμού - Κατοικιών 2021, Μόνιμος Πληθυσμός κατά οικισμό" [Results of the 2021 Population - Housing Census, Permanent population by settlement] (in Greek). Hellenic Statistical Authority. 29 March 2024.
  2. ↑ Institute for Neohellenic Research. "Name Changes of Settlements in Greece: Arinista – Ktismata". Pandektis. Archived from the original on 1 January 2026. Retrieved 5 March 2026.
  3. ↑ Hellenic Agency for Local Development and Local Government. "Διοικητικές Μεταβολές των Οικισμών: Αρίνιστα – Κτίσματα" [Administrative Changes of Settlements: Arinista – Ktismata]. EETAA (in Greek). Archived from the original on 9 June 2021. Retrieved 10 August 2026.
  4. ↑ Alexakis, Eleftherios P. (2017). Greek Ethnography, Ethnographie Grecque. Editions Herodotos. p. 305. ISBN 9789604851980. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 January 2026. The villages of Western Pogoni – Chrysodouli, Zavrocho, Mavropoulo, Aghia Marina, Arinista (Ktismata), Katouna (Neochori), Kakavi – belong to the cultural area of Deropolis, part of which nowadays lies in Albania.
  5. ↑ Green 2005, p. 44.
  6. 1 2 Oikonomou, Kostas E. (2002). Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση [The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination] (PDF) (in Greek). Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon. p. 38. ISBN 9789608316010. Archived (PDF) from the original on 25 November 2024.
  7. ↑ Green 2005, p. 193.
  8. 1 2 Green 2005, p. 207.
  9. ↑ Green 2005, p. 57.
  10. ↑ Green, Sarah (2005). Notes from the Balkans: Locating Marginality and Ambiguity on the Greek–Albanian Border. Princeton University Press. p. 62. ISBN 9781400884353.
  11. 1 2 Maher, Nicola (2019). The Crying Clarinet: Emotion and Music in Parakalamos (PDF) (PhD thesis). Cardiff University. pp. 208–209. Archived (PDF) from the original on 24 March 2026. Retrieved 26 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Kahl, Thede (2008). "Multipart Singing among the Aromanians (Vlachs)". In Ahmedaja, Ardian; Haid, Gerlinde (eds.). European Voices: Multipart singing in the Balkans and the Mediterranean. Böhlau Verlag. p. 267. ISBN 9783205780908.