Argyrokastron (the Turkish Ergeri), a town of Albania, in the province of Janina, near the Dryno, an affluent of the Viosa. It contains the ruins of an imposing castellated fort. In 1814 the town was almost depopulated by the plague, and the population has never since exceeded 5000, being now about 4000.
Argyrokastron
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 1: A to Beaufort, p. 407
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