Kastri, Evrymenes

Kastrí, from the Medieval Greek word for small castle or watchtower) is a village of the unit of Evrymenes, Zitsa municipality, Epirus, NW Greece.

The British topographer William Martin Leake mentions the village as Shútista in the 4th volume of Travels in Northern Greece,[3] published in 1835, but saves no further information about it.

After the Second Balkan War and the annexation of Epirus in the Greek State (Treaty of Bucharest, 1913) the families were offered small arable properties in the nearby valley of Upper Thyamis, which previously belonged to Ottoman institutions (chifliks).

The winding asphalt roadway driving to Kastri offers amazing view above the valley of Upper Thyamis as far Tymfi (...) such that otherwise only alpinists can enjoy.

Around the temple is held each year the traditional festival of the village (14–16 August) organised by the St. George Brotherhood, the fellowship of those born in or descended from Kastri.

View of the village entrance. The crest of Mount Kassidiaris is also visible.
The Temple of Dormition. A rather shy church today, it served as Katholikon for a monastery before the latter's collapse by a wildfire in 1944.