Zagori

States
Greece
Category
Cultural
Year
2023
Region
Europe & North America
Coordinates
39.9052777778, 20.8197222222
Last Visited
2027
UNESCO ID
1695
WH Site
1695
Zagori

The Zagori Cultural Landscape, a UNESCO World Heritage site in northwestern Greece inscribed in September 2023, spans the Pindus Mountains in Epirus, featuring 46 stone-built villages known as Zagorochoria. Nestled in a remote rural setting, these settlements, linked by stone bridges, cobbled paths, and staircases, showcase traditional architecture adapted to the rugged terrain, reflecting Byzantine and Ottoman influences from the 15th to 19th centuries. Recognized as Greece’s first modern-era cultural landscape on the UNESCO list, it blends natural beauty—rivers, gorges, and forests—with a rich heritage of autonomy, trade, and emigration, preserved through community efforts and historic privileges.

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