Kapesovo

{{Infobox Greek Dimos |name = Kapesovo |name_local = Καπέσοβο |type = community |periph = Epirus |periphunit = Ioannina |municipality = Zagori |municunit = Tymfi |population = 30 |population_as_of = 2021 |area = |elevation = |coordinates = {{coord|39|53.3|N|20|46.8|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |postal_code = |area_code = |licence = ΙΝ |website = |image_skyline = Καπεσοβο 04.jpg |caption_skyline = Kapesovo }} '''Kapesovo''' ({{langx|el|Καπέσοβο}}) is a village in the Zagori region (Epirus region), it is 43 km north of Ioannina. The village is near the Vikos canyon, the view of which is spectacular at certain spots.

== Name ==

The scholar Ioannis Lambridis shortens the place name to the Slavic ''koupouz'', in reference to ''kapusъ'' 'turnip', an etymology the linguist Kostas Oikonomou stated shows phonetic difficulties, such as ''u'' becoming ''e'', ''ъ'' into ''o'', and thus should be rejected.<ref name="Oikonomou130"/> The linguist Max Vasmer wrote about a non-existent form, ''Kepesovo'', and considered it a Slavic formation due to the suffix -''ovo'' from a proper noun he links to the Uyghur word ''käbäs'' 'proud', a relationship which Oikonomou considered unlikely.<ref name="Oikonomou130"/> The linguist Yordan Zaimov accepted the absence of the Uyghur personal name ''käbäs'' in Bulgarian and instead linked the toponym with the Bulgarian ''kapeš'' from ''kapa'', 'drop', and the suffix -''eš''.<ref name="Oikonomou130"/>

Oikonomou said the Slavic-origin suffix -''оvо'' became productive in several other languages and it is not mandatory to trace every -''оvо'' formation back to Slavic languages.<ref name="Oikonomou130"/> In this instance, Oikonomou stated the placename is derived from the surname ''Kapesis'', also ''Kapetsis'', and the Slavic-origin ending -''ovo'' which became productive in Greek.<ref name="Oikonomou130">{{cite book|last=Oikonomou|first=Kostas E.|year=2002|title=Τα οικωνύμια του νομού Ιωαννίνων. Γλωσσολογική εξέταση|url=https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/25635/1/949.53%20%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%9A.pdf|trans-title=The oikonyms of the prefecture of Ioannina. A linguistic examination|language=el|publisher=Nomarchiaki Aftodioikisi Ioanninon|page=130|isbn=9789608316010|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241125035650/https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/bitstream/123456789/25635/1/949.53%20%CE%9F%CE%99%CE%9A.pdf|archive-date=25 November 2024}}</ref>

== History == The village was established in the 16th century.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Karavasili |first=Paulina |title=Kapesovo: The 16th century Greek village where all inhabitants have ancient Greek names |url=https://greekcitytimes.com/2021/01/23/kapesovo-ancient-greek-names/}}</ref> In the 18th and 19th centuries Kapesovo was renowned in Epirus for its painters, called Bogades ({{langx|el|Μπογάδες}}), that worked in dozens of churches from Moscopole to Arta.

Kapesovo experienced a great flourishing until 1860 and this is evident in the great manors with folk wall paintings and churches with paintings (hagiographies) in their interior. The church of Aghios Nikolaos, built in 1793, the cultural center and the folkloric museum are some of the village's attractions. In the Paschaleios School, found at 1861, by Konstantinos and Pavlos Paschalis, is kept today one of the four copies of Rigas Fereos chart.

Out of the village is a cobble stone pathway down a steep rocky slope that leads to nearby Vradeto. The pathway is a work of great craftsmanship of Epirotic artisans. Outside of the village, close to Kipoi village is the famous bridge of Kalogeriko or Plakidas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://completegreece.com/guide/excursions/nature/kapesovo-ioannina_epirus|publisher=Complete Greece|accessdate=20 May 2014|title=Kapesovo - Greece Travel Guide (EN) }}</ref>

The first census of the village took place in 1928, 124 people were counted then. In the 2011 census only 51 people were counted living in the village.<ref name=":0" />

The Kapesovites used to migrate mostly to Egypt and the U.S. In Greece, they migrated to Macedonia and Athens.<ref>A.Kathareios (Inspector of the 1st educational region of Epirus) ''Report of Inspection of Zagorohoria in 1913''</ref>

== Demographics == The village is inhabited by Greeks.<ref name="Kahl106"/> Linguist Thede Kahl describes the village as also being possibly settled by Arvanite families who assimilated into the local population.<ref name="Kahl106">{{harvnb|Kahl|1999|p=106}}: "Kapésovo: griechische Zagorisier, zugewanderte arvanitische Familien in übriger Bevölkerung aufgegangen?"</ref> The arrival of Orthodox Albanians (locally called "Arvanites") in Zagori occurred in the modern period and originate from the wider Souli area in central Greek Epirus.<ref name="Kahl113">{{cite journal|last=Kahl|first=Thede|year=1999|title=Die Zagóri-Dörfer in Nordgriechenland: Wirtschaftliche Einheit – ethnische Vielfalt|url=https://www.academia.edu/34296574|trans-title=The Zagóri Villages in Northern Greece: Economic Unity – Ethnic Diversity|journal=Ethnologia Balkanica|language=de|volume=3|page=113}}</ref>

==Personalities== *Konstantinos and Pavlos Paschalis, merchants and benefactors. *Alexis Noutsos, advisor of Ali Pasha. *Ioannoutsos Karamesinis, general governor of the 'League of Zagori', 19th century.

==Gallery== <gallery> File:Καπεσοβο 01.jpg|Partial view of Kapesovo. File:Καπεσοβο 02.jpg|Partial view of Kapesovo's square. File:Καπεσοβο 04.jpg|Partial view of Kapesovo. File:Καπεσοβο 05.jpg|Partial view of Kapesovo. File:Καπεσοβο 06.jpg|Partial view of Kapesovo. File:Καπεσοβο 09.jpg|Christian Orthodox temple in the village. File:Καπεσοβο 13.jpg|An old door in the village. </gallery>

==Sources== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20061128060635/http://www.nomioan.gr/\docs\Tourism\presentation%20En.pdf Prefecture of Ioannina. Tourist department of Greece]

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:Populated places in Ioannina (regional unit) Category:Zagori