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Ntzieanhortara ridge pass
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Ntzieanhortara (ʤeanhortara) is the name of a mountain saddle or “afhenodiavasi” (ridge pass) that is the highest point in the once most important mountain pass between Epirus and Macedonia. Aravantinos mentions that “…the successive attacks and counter-attacks between the armies of Epirus and Macedonia at the time of Aiakidas and Pyrros the Great and Kassandros and his successors, passed through the location in Pindos now called Tsan Hortara…”. It is also pronounced Tzianhorta (ʤeanhortara), as well as Tziougou Di Amerou (ʤugu di Ameru) meaning “the ridge pass of Milia.” Due to the high altitude (1,630 m.) it is covered in snow for many months of the year, while heavy snowstorms used to cause the death of many travelers. The name derives from the Turkish phrase cankurtaran, which can be interpreted, among other meanings, as “savior of the soul or where the soul is saved”. Referring to the largest inn on the west side of the mountain saddle, Zotos Molossos writes: “...the inn was so named because of the actual salvation of the soul it provided o travelers in the wintertime, who would yell very loud when they lost their path and people from the inn would come to guide them.” The wanderer Leake also refers to the large inn and the guard of the “ΤjanKúrtaradervéni.” See Also
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