zagori
states: [greece]
category: cultural
year: 2023
region: Europe and North America
latitude/longitude: 39.9052777778, 20.8197222222
unesco id: 1695
world heritage site: 1695
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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.