Nikopolis - Kassope

(Local Name: Kassopi (Cassope) / Zalongo) 18 km/11 mi from Nikopolis on the road to Igoumenítsa is Kamarina, with remains of ancient Kassope (small theater, stoa). From here it is possible to continue to the Nekromanteion of Ephyra, near Mesopótamos, and the seaside resort of Párga.

Kassope is one of the best preserved ancient Greek cities. It was the chief settlement of the Kassopaii, a Thesprotian tribe that broke away from the rest of the Thesprotians around 400 B.C. and formed an independent state.

The size of the city, the agora, two theaters and prytaneion unearthed by archeologists all indicate that it was the tribe's cultural center. Recent digs also show that the site was inhabited as early