AUDIO TOURKatsantonis is a well-known hero. He travelled from the Agrafa Range to the Tzoumerka Range, where his mother lived (community of Petrovouni). On his way to his mother’s home, Katsantonis was sick and was arrested by the Ottomans. He hid in various places of the mountain. This hero before the actual war of independence of […]
Katsantonis is a well-known hero. He travelled from the Agrafa Range to the Tzoumerka Range, where his mother lived (community of Petrovouni). On his way to his mother’s home, Katsantonis was sick and was arrested by the Ottomans. He hid in various places of the mountain. This hero before the actual war of independence of 1821 remained in the cave of Epirus until he was arrested by the Ottomans in August 1808. After his humiliating arrest, along with his brother, in the cave, he was brought before Ali Pasha at Ioannina and became a symbol of sacrifice and heroism at the altar of the longed-for freedom.
Today, on a small stone wall at the cave, there is a marble plaque bearing a photograph of Katsantonis and an inscription under it, saying: ‘BATTLE OF THE CAVE – KATSANTONIS ΤΑΚΕΝ PRISONER – AUGUST 1808’.
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