ABSTRACT
Ioannina, the capital of Epirus, is located directly to the west of the Pindus mountain range, in the basin of ancient Ellopia and Molossia. Archaeological excavations have brought to light the remains of the oldest settlement, within Ioannina’s present border, in the area of the castle. Ioannina developed its town planning after 1913. The Castle of Ioannina, which extended across the western and northern peninsula of Lake Pamvotis, with the architectural remains of the Byzantine and Ottoman eras and the settlements in and around its walls had parts that were solely inhabited until 1913 either by the Greek, the Romaniote Jews or the Turkish communities; in other words the Christians, the Jews and the Muslims. The modernization of Ioannina was particularly defined by the works of Aris Konstantinidis and Michael Kanakis, two important figures of the Greek architectural modernism, who introduced a radical change in the image of Ioannina and the life of its citizens.
