In 1820, before the outbreak of the Greek Revolution and the defeat of Ali Pasha, the poet Ioannis Vilaras and the famous Epirote scholar Athanasios Psalidas came from Ioannina to prepare the people for the great national revolt.

The historical church of Agios Nikolaos was renovated at 1753 and decorated with unique wall paintings by exceptional painters of nearby Kapesovo.

[4] Two kilometers out of the village, in the Vikaki (Greek: small Vikos) canyon lies the monastery of St John Rogovou.

Neofytos Doukas wanted to establish there the Higher School of Epirus (Greek: Ανωτέρα Σχολή), a high level educational institution.

The village has historically also been settled by Christian Orthodox Albanians, who largely came after the 15th century, later assimilating into the local population.