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{{Infobox Greek Dimos
  |name = Zagori 
  |name_local = Ζαγόρι
|image_map = 2011 Dimos Zagoriou.png
  |periph = [[Epirus (periphery)|Epirus]]
  |periphunit         =  [[Ioannina (peripheral unit)|Ioannina]]
|pop_municipality   = 6032
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Characteristic songs of mourning (moirologia) accompany the lamentation of the dead. [[Funerals|Funerary rites]] include the exhumation of the bones of the deceased following a period of 1–3 years. The bones are washed, perfumed and placed in a wooden [[larnax]] and kept in [[ossuary|ossuaries]] in each village.

== Traditional architecture ==

Villages are built around a central square, also called ''mesochori'' (village centre) with a large church, a [[
Platanus|plane]] tree and a public fountain. Cobbled streets and footpaths interconnect the rest of the village. Each individual neighbourhood has a smaller church.

=== Churches ===

(contracted; show full)est and most picturesque among the gorges of Zagori. The [[Vikos Gorge]] collects the waters of a number of small rivers that form the Voidomatis river which flows through the gorge. The [[Vikos Gorge]] at 990m deep is one of the deepest in the world, indeed the deepest in proportion to its width. The [[Vikos Gorge]] is also a site of major scientific interest, because it is in almost virgin condition, is a haven for endangered species and contains many and varied ecosystems.

==Municipality and villages==
  
The municipality Zagori was formed at the 2011 local government reform by the merger of the following 5 former municipalities, that became municipal units (constituent communities in brackets):<ref name=Kallikratis/>
*[[Central Zagori]] (Agios Minas, [[Ano Pedina]], Aristi, Asprangeloi, [[Vitsa]], Dikoryfo, Dilofo, Dipotamo, Elati, Elafotopos, Kaloutas, [[Kato Pedina]], Manassis, Mesovouni, [[Monodendri, Ioannina|Monodendri]]
*[[East Zagori]] (Agia Paraskevi, Anthrakitis, Greveniti, Demati, Doliani, Elatochori, Itea, Kavallari, Karyes, Kastanon, Makrino, Petra, Potamia, Tristeno, Flambourari)
*[[Papigko]]  
*[[Tymfi, Greece|Tymfi]] ([[Vradeto]], Vrysochori, [[Iliochori]], [[Kapesovo]], [[Kipoi, Ioannina|Kipoi]], [[Koukouli, Ioannina|Koukouli]], Laista, Leptokarya, Negades, [[Skamneli]], [[Tsepelovo]], Frangades)
*[[Vovousa]]  

==Famous Zagorites==
===Art===
*[[John Cassavetes]],actor and director.
*[[Marika Kotopouli]], actress.
*[[Alekos Sakellarios]], director.
*[[Dimitrios Kotopoulis]], actor.
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