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Ioannina, time and again

Posted on October 25, 2026 by Christian Herrmann under Balkans

I first visited Ioannina in 1980. A few weeks ago, my wife Anna and I returned from our most recent trip there. For various reasons, this city in north-western Greece has been a constant presence in my life. It was long after my first journey that I learnt there had been, and still is, a Jewish Ioannina. Now I cannot get it out of my mind.

Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - door sign
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - area of the destroyed second synagogue
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - area of the destroyed second synagogue
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - door decoration
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - door decoration
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - wall decoration
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - outside of the city walls - door sign
Ioannina - outside of the city walls
Ioannina - lighting the oil lamps on the eve of Yom Kippur
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - inside the city wall
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
Ioannina - in the bazaar
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