Janina

Janina (pronounced Yanina), or JOANNINA, capital of a vilayet in Turkish Albania, stands in a striking situation on a lake (12 miles long by 3 broad) of the same name, 50 miles inland from the shore opposite the island of Corfu. Its buildings include more than twenty ecclesiastical edifices, and the ruined castle of Ali Pasha (q.v.), whose headquarters were at Janina. Gold lace is extensively manufactured, as well as morocco leather, silk goods, and coloured linen. The population, which numbered 40,000 under Ali Pasha, is now about 20,000, of whom some 15,000 are Greeks; Greek is the language spoken. The town has been under Turkish rule since 1430.