Kouvelion

Kouvelion is a hamlet in Central Tzoumerka, Arta, Epirus and has about 12 residents. Kouvelion is situated nearby to the hamlet Zalos, as well as near Paleochori.

Type: Hamlet with 12 residents
Description: human settlement in Greece
Also known as: “Kouveli”
Postal code: 47045

Places of Interest

Highlights include Red Church.

Red Church

Church

Photo: N10705013, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Red Church is a Byzantine church from c. 1280 in the village of Vourgareli in the Tzoumerka region of Greece. It was founded as the katholikon of a monastery by the brothers John and Theodore Tzimiskes, who held the rank of protostrator. Red Church is situated 3 km northwest of Kouvelion.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Vourgareli and Myrofyllo.

Vourgareli

Village

Photo: Σαλαμούρας Σπύρος, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vourgareli is a village and a community in Arta prefecture, northern Greece. It is located in the north-east of Arta prefecture, built at a height of 900 meters in the slope of Tzoumerka Mountains. Vourgareli is situated 4 km northwest of Kouvelion.

Myrofyllo

Village

Photo: candiru, CC BY 2.0.

Myrofyllo is a village and a former community in the Trikala regional unit, Thessaly, Greece. Since the 2011 local government reform it is part of the municipality Pyli, of which it is a municipal unit. Myrofyllo is situated 10 km east of Kouvelion.

Kouvelion

Categories: human settlement and locality
Location: Central Tzoumerka, Arta, Epirus, Northern Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Latitude

39.34371° or 39° 20′ 37″ north

Longitude

21.21631° or 21° 12′ 59″ east

Population

Open location code

8GF386V8+FG

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1781805063

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

Wikidata ID

Q21482279

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In Other Languages

From Greek to Irish—“Kouvelion” goes by many names.

Greek: “Κουβέλι Άρτας”
Greek: “Κουβέλι”
Irish: “Kouvelion”

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